Originally Posted by gerbick

Hmm, can't argue either of those choices, to be honest. I never liked the N900 despite owning it. It wasn't about what it could be extended to do - that was downright near limitless - but it was not a device that did what I required out of the box. Years later, it still isn't a device that I look back on fondly - my N810 was to me damn near the perfect device.

The Samsung Note 1 really cemented this entire phablet phase that we're still stuck in but brought along a stylus which the folks here seem to love.

At the end of the day, I think the Jolla tablet would have been wasted on you. It brings nothing new to the table whereas the N900 and OG Samsung Note did.

Perhaps your crusade can stop and your search for what's next and should be near and dear for you can start? Just something to consider.

Originally Posted by Dave999

OFC its wasted. Bought it to support jolla and to try it. I guess I have to get the new Ubuntu tablet. But in the end reasons is irrelevant. We all bought it so we deserve it equally.

didn't except jolla to be so careless...

Originally Posted by gerbick

I don't think they were careless. They did gamble, but so many other companies do so - Microsoft gambled with the Surface twice, wrote off 900 million dollars, killed WindowsRT (windows for ARM devices) and yet... they remained profitable.

They're able to do so because of scale and size. Jolla couldn't gamble as such quite yet.

You can keep that anger. I have no more time for it. I'm looking for the "next big thing".

Originally Posted by Dave999

Gambling with the hands that feed you is potentially dangerous and can always backlash and hit you in the face. That was not the same as Microsoft did for obvious reasons.

Originally Posted by Dave999

Gambling with the hands that feed you is potentially dangerous and can always backlash and hit you in the face.

Originally Posted by billranton

When this sorry saga finally ends, or at least when all the backers have received their emails and committed an end result in one way or another, then that'll be the welcome end of the Jolla device business. It was worth a shot, but after NovaThor (still mourning what this might hav e been), the battery brown-outs and supply saga, the SIM card problem, the tablet screen replacement, the tablet factory switching and selling off, they've proved that little boats just can't weather those storms without hurting their customers.

I look forward to seeing what they can achieve in the field they excel at - developing and perfecting Sailfish OS for several different devices, and hopefully completing their store-approved API so developers can get the more out of that hardware in functionality and performance than any other OS on the market.

But I'm still REALLY interested to know if anyway gets a Taobao tablet...

Originally Posted by gerbick

I hate to sound harsh, however I've noticed that TMO tends to talk a lot but rarely spend a lot. Whenever they (we) do spend, they (we) anticipate that device to have a longer than normal consumer product lifespans. Yes, I include myself into this...

So no. I'm willing to bet that nobody, myself included at the moment, bought one of those Taobao tablets. Reading around, I'd say that caution was perhaps the best route.



Way more doers than collectors here. Why don't you buy one Dave?



It's only money. Can't take it with you.