Here's a clue:
That analyst? Speaking from his 90% allotment! LOL
I've gotta call a whiskey, tango, foxtrot on that big guy... I don't know what happened but I see 3 successive posts by you. Are you replying to yourself or was this thread edited.
otherwise the American FOSS crowd may end up supporting the wrong platform just because it's Google.
"because it's Google"? wouldn't that be "even though it's google"? people who are interested in free software etc. usually stay away as far away as possible from google. bad, bad reputation.
By the way, I had absolutely no idea that chris WAS an analyst. What I said was partially a joke and it's through experiences where I had inside info on quite a few different things (completely unrelated to tablets, Nokia, cell phones, etc...) only to hear analysts "guarantee" things that were completely wrong.
"because it's Google"? wouldn't that be "even though it's google"? people who are interested in free software etc. usually stay away as far away as possible from google. bad, bad reputation.
Google has plenty of misguided Linux followers who don't understand why it's not enough to use the kernel to run a virtual machine.
Please 'scuse the ignorance, as i've been under the (un?)friendly confines of sprint since..forever.. but how are issues handled with unlocked phones via carrier insurance?
Say i buy the N900 unlocked and the phone acts up, needs servicing or replacing.. do i turn to Nokia, or the carrier its under?
If you don't buy from the carrier you cannot expect hardware support from them.
Support would be from Nokia. Maybe seller if problems occur shortly after purchase.
Well the reason i ask is because i've never purchased a phone directly from Sprint, yet their insurance always covered any issues i've had..replacements or otherwise(Touch Pro at the moment, purchased from a private party).
But Thanks for the info!
Totally agree on opinions of analyst have worthless opinions.
(corrected in respect to texrat)
@christexaport
I don't think the maemo community know much about symbian-freak since s60 got nothing to do with the people here... lol
You must not know the direction Symbian is headed in, then! Symbian and Maemo will be forever tied when Symbian^4 is released, because the main app developer toolkit will be based on Qt, and pretty much any Qt app on Maemo will be easily ported to Symbian as well. And despite the rumors, Symbian isn't dead. It fits a niche Maemo isn't suited for. The N900 is an almost minimum hardware setup for Maemo, requiring 3D for the UI, etc., whereas Symbian is more versatile as far as hardware is concerned.
so Symbian and Maemo are of the same bloodline come 18 months from now.
