Mozilla and H.264... not gonna happen easily. $5 million in yearly licensing - read here...

And Flash... Gordon works on the iPhone as well as N-series tablets. Work in progress, but a lot of people are watching this too.

The iPad isn't for me. The N810 was. So was the 770. The N900 isn't for me.

But I have totally different needs than what's being brought up in this thread... I'm a programmer, but I know most laptops that won't crush my lap isn't an option. I need Java, Flex, Flash, Photoshop... so even the mighty N900 falls way short.

And the iPad fell even shorter. But I won't sit here and act like Maemo is perfect. It's not. I won't talk about the CPU - it runs a system with more developers and corporations behind it. DRM? Sure... amazingly enough you can buy audiobooks via Ovi on your N900 and can't even play them now. Work out the problems in your own backyard before pointing at another talking about "reality distortion fields", "marketing", "hype", et al.

The N900 was (here) hyped. I think it fell flat - forward facing camera that's as useful as the one on the N810 - read: not at all useful. Can't view Hulu - Adobe can be blamed, but Nokia should keep Adobe on the platform and up-to-date (I know, I know... it's an update away, it's coming... it's not here right now is it?)...

Nokia has a great platform. Even greater community. But damn, nitpicking about the competition that offers a few more things than what's out there - what's the last updated software that came from a third-party? And when will Ovi actually work for the N900?

I also want Nokia/Maemo to do well. Hell, I've been stupid enough to purchase two internet tablets already. I'd buy a third one if they get more support.

iPad... still doesn't have true multi-tasking. Now, Nokia needs to get some traction post haste.

Actually 2) buy an iPhone while you browse with the iPad, while syncing with your iMac and iPod.

Hulu is useless, doesn't even work on my desktop PC with latest version of Flash.

Then get a capable desktop. Works fine here.

Sorry I was being facetious, it is restricted to only Americans, so Hulu is useless to anyone outside the US

Wasn't paying attention to your location. Think of it this way... you got the BBC iPlayer without having to proxy, fake your location, et al. Win some, lose some.

I knew it, there is no point going further.

(hint: look at the big picture and try to figure out what 5 steps are about)

I expected to be better but i guess not ... it's just a blown up iphone w/ some "new" featrues like ibook app, custom background(wallpaper) etc ... it's still interesting but for the price ... it's not worth it ...you're better off buying a asus ul30vt

I want my mail only one times. Sorry!

Yes, you don't seem to get the big picture too.

Rhetoric question: if you want to get your OS to whole different level, do you use your time to general os finger friendliness, developers GUI guidelines, easy cross-porting between "cheaper model's" OS'es (Qt) or focus to single applications?

Am I totally wrong because that's just what I've waited from step 4/5 : platform is really good but out of the box apps are lacking. Would fremantle be step 4/5 instead of step 4/4 if the out of the box experience could be compared to iPhone 3GS's successor?