Yes. The last bit was a joke. And not too funny or appropriate. Sorry. Won't happen again.
I think your comment was entirely appropriate on this forum.
Free software is one of the central pillars of Linux, Linux is at the centre of Maemo, and N900 is unique in being by far the most open of all the phones available this year.
I for one am buying an N900 primarily because of it's openness. Of course it has to be technically good too, but I didn't buy an iPhone because it lacks the openness, and I didn't buy an Android phone because it is still too tied in to Google services.
Perhaps a lot of N900's users won't be too interested in the free software underpinning it, but I'm sure a lot of it's developers are.
And these days, the "Open Source" meme is relatively mainstream in all sorts of ways, not just software, so it's on topic for this thread too.
I found another one on that site published the next day called "The trailer"
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Nokia N900: The trailer
The Nokia N900, which runs the Linux-based Maemo operating system, offers a powerhouse performance that could leave Apple's iPhone in the shade.
Nokia need to spend alot more money on adverts etc .
They have some good video promo's out there...I've seen them on youtube...but they need to get them on mainstream television networks like Verizon did with the Motorola Droid. Dropping little videos on a few blogs and Youtube is hardly going to get the word out.
They have some good video promo's out there...I've seen them on youtube...but they need to get them on mainstream television networks like Verizon did with the Motorola Droid. Dropping little videos on a few blogs and Youtube is hardly going to get the word out.
Maybe.
On the other hand, most people I know don't watch television adverts ever. Some don't watch TV at all, or only watch downloads, or only watch programs on web sites, and those who do watch broadcast TV record it with a PVR and skip the adverts.
If the N900 was aimed at a general audience, maybe, but it is clearly going to appeal more to heavy internet users.
Partly because it's not as pretty or cheap as other phones, and partly because it's main features (apart from an open source community behind it) are the sort of things heavy internet users do already - now available in a mobile package.
What better way to target it's most likely audience than using the medium they are already on?
Despite the ire of many who read this site, the n900 is a mainstream device. And will get the attention of the mainstream media. Major carriers across the globe are carrying it, reselling it and supporting it. The question is what kind of sales does the device need to be a success? 100k 500k, 1M devices in the first quarter (or month)? Nokia needs a win.
At the Nokia meetup in NYC I heard the number tossed out that they expect to sell between one and two million units already, it sounds like anything more is gravy for the N900, maemo 6 + maemo 6 device is the real challenger.
I'm glad they hype it, though. Not that I care about Nokia succeeding, but because I believe the N900 will further the goals of Free software and ultimately those of general openness and anarchosocialism.
I also believe that this was a very appropriate comment to make. The openness and Freedom ideas at the core of the platform are the differentiating factor of the device.
I don't think Nokia want to advertise a device they don't even have a definite shipping date for. There will be adverts. When there is an n900 to sell.
