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Saturday:
Wednesday:
... and of course this means he's testing two devices, only one of which is a phone...

:D

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He's still alive because the Nokia killbots and their black-uniformed handlers are all on vacation this month...

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... in Atlanta.

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Like tissot said, you really shouldn't put too much weight on what Jessica and Juan, the allmighty e-mail specialists say. You do understand that not all Nokia employees(~130 000 people in 120 countries) know exactly what's going on at all times in the company. And even if Jessica or Juan here knew that there might be something coming, which they probably don't, they still couldn't say anything. A product "doesn't exist" if it isn't announced and all these people could possibly say is something vague like "concept", "when and if" etc.

And come on, leaked stuff and rumours on techblogs aren't really much to build on even if they sometimes prove to be true.

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One word: oops.

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Given that beta 2 of the sdk was released, I would say it's a fairly safe bet that there will be a new maemo device out for all before the end of the year at worst.

I think we are all itching for a new toy to play with, and if there was a viable alternative that would keep me happy I'd buy it now (probably two) and forget the Nokia one.

But for me there just isn't anything out there that I would even consider given my requirements are a "proper" linux/unix platform, not a sand-boxed or restricted one.

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Hi All,

Been many months since I trolled ITT (Ok, ok, Maemo.org. I'm a dinosaur :p).

Have not needed to come here; my N810 has been more-or-less Ok, continues to help me be productive in my job. I'm reasonably happy with it, other than the same old complaints:

* It is not a CDMA phone
* Still no decent PIM (Garnet is not)
* MicroB is still slow
* The keyboard is way too stiff

Kinda sad to hear Nokia still has not announced something to address those shortcomings without taking away any of the great Linuxy features of the N810, or the nice, big, sharp screen.

I confess, if the iPhone was available in CDMA, I would probably grit my teeth and get one. I will NEVER use the horrible, crappy, ATT GSM network. So, for now, I still wear two gadgets on my belt: the N810 and my trusty 5-days-on-a charge Samsung R500 "Alltel Hue".

Before Verison absorbed Alltel, I would routinely use the R500 as a modem via bluetooth for the NIT when not near wireless (which is most of the time). But now, it never works unless I call tech support and complain and wait while they do something mysterious that temporarily fixes the problem. So I have given up, and the NIT is more and more of a belt-brick. But I continue to wear it.

Oh well, I'll look around here and see what's new.

BTW the new look and feel of the forum is nice.

bye 4 now,

steve

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The problem is what they're saying, compounded with employees in the stores not even recognizing the product line, compounded with absolutely NOTHING of substance in any press releases. The fact remains that when all is said and done--Nokia hasn't delivered anything new in a very long time (you can't honestly claim the N810 and the N810WE to be truly new products after the N800). In technology, you sit on your arse for a couple of years, you could very well become irrelevant.

Meanwhile, Pandora's at LEAST being a lot more transparent about what they're doing. They haven't put anything out yet either--but at least it's a LOT more like the kind of thing I'd WANT.. and, more importantly, COMMUNICATING. We'll see what they're like if and when they ever get this thing out the door as well.

First you want it with a cellphone radio.. then you complain about the PARTICULAR radio they chose to put into it. You sound conflicted and confused about the nature of tying a cell phone into a device. :)

Here.. let me suggest a device WITHOUT a cell phone radio, instead with an internal USB port (or SOME kind of standardized port) where you can SEPARATELY buy the radio for the carrier of your own choice. :) Ahhh... refreshing!

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stevecrye: I have to agree with danramos here. You, of all people, can't complain that it's not a phone since Nokia doesn't make CDMA phones, since, let's face it, CDMA is a dying North-America-only standard. Tethering your N810 to your long-lasting CDMA phone is probably the best-case scenario for you!

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But why, Nokia, they do not tell us or they are in the development of the N900 so official?

At what stage of development?

What time of year is the expected output?

And what year?

It will not kill them, right?