Originally Posted by benny1967 (Post 343180)

The N900 has "compromise" written all over it

Originally Posted by Hogwash (Post 343291)

Do those of us that compiled 0.1 linux and booted it from a floppy on a 25Mhz 386 (with a TURBO BUTTON - remember those?) get a nostalgia award ;)

Although my memories go way back further than that, it has been most fascinating to me to be involved with the evolution of linux from day 1...all the way through to Maemo. That's why I'm so fired up about Maemo...it has such potential to be a significant factor in the 'convergence' of computing technology.

Originally Posted by zerojay (Post 343295)

It's so very easy to tell that you haven't ever had your hands on it, Benny. So crystal clear. :)

Originally Posted by geneven (Post 343350)

Products become well known when people link them to important things they already have in their minds. When you pick a nonsense word, you are voluntarily picking the hardest thing to publicize, because it has no guaranteed mindshare to start with. Congrats, Maemo, you picked the maximum challenge!

Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles (Post 343852)

All of these technical words had to be invented. Netbook sure wasn't a part of the mindshare but they seem to be doing well enough.

Originally Posted by Thesandlord (Post 343863)

Yes but:

Originally Posted by Paxicide (Post 309181)

I think one day I am going to tell people "I was maemo when maemo wasn't cool..."

...maemo may be the next big thing in the mobile world, and much less community feel with all the potential "fanboys" that may hop on the bandwagon, and perhaps then I may not even like to hang out at maemo.org anymore. Nevertheless, that idea went through my head when I started reading articles today like this and this...

When these articles says things like "the door remains open for new OS entrants, predicting that Nokia's Linux-based Maemo platform is a strong contender to feature in future smartphones" it makes me ponder the huge potential of maemo.

It is funny to me, and at the same time kind of scary, to see that people are expecting such big things from meamo, and for Nokia's future in the North American market. Consequently, I hope Nokia doesn't "nokia" this one up like the N97.

So one day when my friends are just trying out a new maemo device for the first time because they want to be cool and involved in an open source community--- I can say yea...I know...I was there before it all happened...

Now if I could get a meamo.org 2009 summit shirt to prove it!!:D

Originally Posted by sjgadsby (Post 343211)

Lobbying by telcos ended that, and so cellular has been added to the mix.