Just bought 2 extra N900s...
 

I headed Dubai, yesterday for something that had to do with my father's job. The biggest and most spectacular thing about Dubai is Nayef Centre that retails/exports mobile phones/parts to at least half of the gulf. Anyway after the bombshow today, I bought two extra N900's at the price of 1500 Dirhams = $400, quite a good deal under these circumstances. The seller in the outlet was quite shocked on why did I attempt this since the N900 is the least demanded phone in the UAE. My reply was: "It is the summer coming, and I just felt like harvesting devices..."

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epic :cool:

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wow...im also thinking on stockin up on the N900?? Anyone feeling like selling theirs???

@ammyt..Did u get both at the price of $400?? If that's the case then its a steal..Cause here in India the N900 is still going for around Rs. 21,000 ($460)...

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It's starting to remind me to the Amiga

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Yes I got both of them at $400, retailer already wanted to loose them up, many useless stock.

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$349 at amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-N900-Unl...7448549&sr=8-1

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I'll also soon buy at least one more as a reserve.

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Been thinking of doing the same thing. Good deal. N900 might be the last great Nokia device. Though I am excited by Meego. A back street experimental OS is very exciting.

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gonna buy another one too

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would be better of buying atari's (remember them..........died in the 80's). I love my N900 but today's announcement in the death knell for maemo

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No need to be excited about meego its dead since nokia chose windows os as their main OS for any future phones.

So it wouldnt be a bad idea to get a second N900.

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Heh, I've still got a 1040ST and a Mega 4 ST sitting up in my attic. :)

But honestly, Linux is a different beast entirely. My first Linux box was a wonderful Micron PC I got when I finally gave up on my Ataris. Micron, of course, stopped making PCs more than a decade ago, but I'm still using all the same programs I had back then; in fact, most of them run on the N900.

Maemo/Meego may have just suffered a setback, but unlike corporate hardware and software, Linux is immortal. The ideas and algorithms will still be sitting out there even if Nokia abandons the idea of selling open-source cell phones. Eventually, somebody will pick them up.

And besides, how long can it be before end users can just start pulling hardware off the shelf and start building their own home-brew phones? :)

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I got feeling years from now the N900 will become a colectors item, a cult device, being sold for several thousands at auctions, kinda like old home computers and video game consoles.

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Smart move. I am planning to get a spare too, in case of something happens to this... and the second one could be a sandbox for devel-sw.

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I am feeling sad now. I loved my old miggies. I still have an A1200 with a 68040 accelerator. Why is it that the platforms I am comfortable with (and I love) just die? Damn it.

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After hearing about the so-and-so future of MeeGo at Nokia, I started keeping my N900 on a pillow at all times, and I carry it inside my backpack between 4 pillows.

This thing's just gained epic status as the last truly innovative device to ever leave Nokia, and will be a unique part of Nokia's history in retrospect. I expect to sell this buddy for 1000€ in about 6 yrs.

Haha I kid!

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a1200 with 040 and 166mhz 603e powerpc accelerator, mediator pci bridgeboard and voodoo3 graphics card was my last amiga setup, crazy to think i'm typing this on something many times more powerful, my n900...

Now, if we could port amigaOS 4 to the n900.....

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I expect to sell this buddy for 1000CNY in about 6 yrs 60 yrs - FTFY cjp :)

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To your post I say haha :D

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I bought a second, used n900 on ebay. And I feel good for that :)

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I have an A1200 with an 030 accelerator in it :)
Ever seen OS 4.1 ?:o

(sorry off topic)

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A port might be too complicated, let alone unavailability of sources, but emulation works fine, check: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=610851 or http://maemo.org/packages/view/e-uae/ :cool:

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Emulating a G4 is not going to be a very pleasant experience... ;)