Has Nokia confirmed this? or should we expect developers to make a port for this?

Interesting point, I know no one even remotely interested in getting one, I have never met another person with one and I work as a business manager in the NHS, so travel between PCT's and work a lot in various GP surgeries. Being in IT I know loads of sad techie geeks as colleagues, again none have even remotely looked at the N900. (Partly me getting it and putting them off.) I see it as a dead format by this time next year.

Someone said Nokia shouldn't be putting out apps, because google and apple don't. But they have support of developers, Nokia isn't getting support when they can't even get ovi suite to support the phone, and PC suite doesn't fully. That IS Nokia's fault and so no one will develop when Nokia won't. The only way to fight back with the overwhelming 'love in' that Apple and Android see, is subsidise it, pay companies to do it. Until then the Ovi suite is dead, the N900 is hamstrung and Nokia will just continue spiralling the drain.

Too many people wait for the 1.2 release, but it isn't coming with an app to navigate in a car, it isn't coming with an app to tell me gas meter reading, or pay a bill, or find the nearest take away. That is what sells, that is what people want. (and thereby getting support from developers) 1.2 isn't an app store NOR is it basic features that should have been in out the box. It is fixing SOME bugs. Some of those bugs are not even real world issues for most of the people that bought the phone.

I bet the mystical 1.2 release doesn't fix the bug that has made my battery suddenly go from two days life to less than eight hours of no use at all. I would log a bug, raise a forum post but what is the point, the phone is crap and I know it. Sad that I now have to accept that fact don't you think?

I made the switch to Android last week (HTC Desire). No regrets so far, and I don't miss anything really.

Of course the hardware keyboard is very good, and I certainly can't type as fast or as accurate yet on the Desire, but the auto correction makes it a breeze to type.

I have actually rarely used it in landscape mode... which I did enjoy on the N900, and I was actually one who thought there was no need for portrait mode! One thing I find quite odd from my useage!

As for the N900 browser, yes it is fantastic, but I've had no problems on the Desire, and I find it to load faster. The argument for "We don't need apps such as facebook, twitter, etc. because the web browser can do it" is void for me. Even on my Mac, I never use the Twitter site, I use an app for it. I'd use an app for Facebook if there was a decent one too. Again, thats for me, I'm sure a lot of people prefer the browser too apps. All about personal preference.

One thing I did really like about the N900 is the way Conversations integrated with services such as Facebook chat and MSN. I use eBuddy on Android, which serves it's purpose.

Oh, and multi-tasking. I prefer the way the N900 does it by a mile. I've yet to look into multi-tasking much on Android.

At the end of the day, it's all about what the user needs or likes. I find I'm liking Android better as it's more productive for me. I do hope Meego works, and works well when it starts shipping on phones, as I enjoyed Maemo - I found it quite intuitive and easy to use, and currently I'm finding it was easier to use than Android in some areas.

Flash is laggy, but I meant I click on a youtube video and it should open in the media player, than lag fullscreen and become unresponsive.

On the contrary I feel quite proud surrounded by friends or strangers with iPhones. It gives me a feeling that everybody else has been "borged" not me XD

My answer to the same question would be "sorry, this is not a phone; this is a tablet PC with cellular communication capability"

You sound like a Terminator : "I Am A Cybernetic Organism, Living Tissue Over Metal Endoskeleton"

Let me guess you're from the future trying to save mankind from the Apple machines?

I feel the same way. Tired of *****ing and moaning, I've just became quieter. Stopped my plans of developping apps for the N900, stopped helping people on forums, stopped "living" my N900.

But what I dislike the most is the twisted sense of unreality on these forums. It's incredible that there are people still defending Nokia's delay of PR1.2, saying stuff like 'it will be done when it's ready', presenting lame excuses like longstanding bugs and so on.

I hate Nokia with passion. I'd like to do really bad things to their management staff. I do like Linux, with all its power and freedom, though. Kudos to Nokia's technical team, employed by a company undeserving their talents.

However, the N900 is the official development platform for MeeGo on ARM.

So your solution to a device that is heavily reliant on community support is to cease trying to develop for it (although I dont really consider "considering" developing actually beneficial) and to cease helping people on the forums.

I salute you as a perfect example of what is wrong with the youth of today.