OK Nokia I can forgive you for trying and not making the deadline (Skype) but it is very hard to forgive you for being inconsiderate of your customers' expectations, by being silent, that were based on your implied promise.
Now I am not going to throw my N800 out the window but it makes me more keen to companies that make their customers number 1 in their policies.
I have to be completely blunt and agree with the sentiments expressed by heavyt and others. I do not understand the secrecy. Not for on OS. Not for applications. Heck, how far in advance did Apple leak info about the iPhone? And how long have we been hearing official taunts of its impending release?
I don't get it. But, don't be disillusioned if/when today turns out not to be the day. The update IS coming, and VERY soon. The OS will contain elements that will make many people happy, and those hungry for applications won't be disappointed either. Just hang on a little longer.
And this won't be the last update for the N800, either.
also, this is not like docking the spaceshuttle into the international spacestation. It s ok to allow some flexibility. This was announced in January right? so it s at least a 6 month project, maybe 10? we re talking of 25-50 weeks. let s take 30 weeks.
If the update is delayed by one full week, it s like if your 6 hours flight (NYC-London) is delayed by 12 minutes.
Of course there should be an annoucement. "Flight ITOS 2007 due to arrive at end-of-Q2 will be delayed by xx minutes" but I m not going to file a complain if it arrives 12 mn late without announcement. I can even give 15 mn.
I have to be completely blunt and agree with the sentiments expressed by heavyt and others. I do not understand the secrecy. Not for on OS. Not for applications. Heck, how far in advance did Apple leak info about the iPhone? And how long have we been hearing official taunts of its impending release?
I don't get it. But, don't be disillusioned if/when today turns out not to be the day. The update IS coming, and VERY soon. The OS will contain elements that will make many people happy, and those hungry for applications won't be disappointed either. Just hang on a little longer.
And this won't be the last update for the N800, either.
That's because Apple lives and dies on its hype machine and Apple drones. They'll do anything to whip people up into a frenzy.
I would love to have the update now... but the truth is that Nokia never stated that June 29th would be the official day for the firmware release. They said end of H1 for Skype. I'd say if Skype gets released within the next two weeks, they've met their promise.
Perhaps it taking longer than everyone expected is a good thing. They have not delivered a good update ever, as far as I am concerned. Its like nobody QA's this stuff, and in two years, still the same crappy email client UGH! @#$%^%.
Hopefully, this is finally going to show some polish, it would be about time.
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I'm also disappointed about the fact that Nokia has not stated anything about the release schedules. Not even to developers. It would be very good to know the release schedule some time in advance so that development efforts could be focused on the few days after the release. This way developers could check their programs and get firmware compatible versions out as soon as possible. Developers would be happy, end users would be happy and no-one would waste their time waiting for the release to happen every other week.
#1-I think its safe to say at this point that it'll be out when it's ready so quit holding your breath already because your'e just gonnna turn purple and croak. #2-We all have a great time zone calculator app right on the desktop just tap your clock and choose various destination cities. Oh and #3-Don't even for a second do you want to compare Nokia's firmware release's to ANY console or PC gaming release dates..
I'm feeling the impatience growing...
