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Yes, I still have my Psion 5 in a box somewhere. Came across mine while packing up for the move. I hadn't used it for ten years, stuck some batteries in it, and it still worked. I seem to remember some talk of a linux port to it some years back? I wrote a currency converter for my psion, and set the CLI to respond to some UNIX commands (I'd done the same with MS.DOS, and set up NT to run a Posix compliant shell).

Mish.

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Good point guys but i feel that working on windows platform is much easier than working on Symbian.. Moreover with 150 million more devices, the scope of symbain platform isn't dead yet... There's still a long way to go... I don't think it should be that difficult for developers to work on windows platform, it just needs a little bit of investment of time,,,
watch Nokia Developers Weigh in on the Planned Nokia/Microsoft Partnership

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfWFvCJJaNs

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I'd easily be prepared to buy a device like n900 but with form-factor of psion 5.
It's larger, but still fits in a pocket, and the keyboard and screen are actually comfortable to work on.

It could have wristbands to put it around your arm ;)

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MS has been trying 14 years and the results are disappointing.

If Nokia really would like to differentiate, WP is not an answer.
Meego would be the answer and + Dalvik VM would be a way to get fans and more developers right from the start.

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Me too - The device was 6.5" by 3.5", but something with a 7" screen and functional keyboard would be my dream machine. Something between the Psion 5 & the early Sony Viao from 11/10 years ago, (9" x 6"). The netbook was a bit disappointing in that respect (a tad too big for a pocket or handbag).

Mish.

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Nokia is a powerful partner. SnorkelTel was never going to conquer the world, especially back when Nokia was basically a god.

None of the examples there ever had the power or the right time. Not that I'm saying they should not server as a cautionary tale but I strongly believe all those put together have nowhere near the momentum Nokia has left in it now, let alone what it can do if it really takes off.

There are advantages to this, like having an OS optimized for a device before launch. If Nokia-MS will ever last enough to put up a device of biblical proportions (Nokia can and, with the right support it can do it again), they will reach escape velocity.

Who knows. But it's a long way away.

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When Nokia gets its first WP-phones out in 2012, it will no longer have the momentum it may have now. And if WP-platform survives, Nokia does not differentiate in GUI in any way from those other manufacturers which would re-start to make WP-devices.
It is a win-win situation for Microsoft, but loose-loose for Nokia.

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That's kind of true. OTOH, Nokia has a year to come up with some neat stuff, including porting some of the stuff they have now (they already announced maps). Plus, knowing Nokia, it will not be ready by launch time and they'll keep patching.

Maybe they'll have all that neat stuff from Nokia labs that they gave us to smell and never released, like rollercoaster tycoon or what it is, cool games, stuff like that.

No, I don't believe it either.

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I think its time we ALL get over it. Nokia passed Symbian/Maemo/MeeGo (well, partially - but ultimately that's the situation) and we should too - even though there would be some death twitching from Symbian and MeeGo's side in the near future...

Anyone who does not want to get aboard the Android train (and be under the constant supervising eye of comrade Google), or the iOS train (if you want to shoot yourself in the head - there's an app for that) - then just patiently wait for the next open-source mobile operating system venture that will inevitably happen in the near future, as cell-phones are quickly becoming mini-pc's so the possibilities will be endless...

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People will continue to express shock, horror and dismay because it's Microsoft. For a bunch of FOSS fans, that's like making a deal with the Devil's more evil brother.

I've switched to a wait and see stance.