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The way I see it, the NITs are pretty much an island, there is practically no alternative today if one wants truly pocketable openness (with android devices just emerging on the horizon). That's why many people (myself included) want the next generation so bad to succeed and at the same time fit whatever expectations we have. As yourself have pointed out, this time around the announcement will not be so much before the actual release. The extra speculation is just the flip side of that strategy (with the long announcement having it's own downsides, od course). Also, maemo is amassing more and more users who are not tech savvy enough (or simply don't have the time) to play with the SDK, but enjoy all the blessings that maemo and linux in general can bring - for them, the wait is even harder as they have nothing to do but sit around and wait. And idle hands are the devil's tools on forums