Aw, nuts... this thread didn't get near as interesting as that... other one.

So what's the 900 or whatever number they're gonna assign to it? Stage 4? Wake me up when stage 5 comes up and I'm not on Nokia's 8 month $500 payment cycle.

Looks like Nokia "fixed the glitch" when it comes to my source: the FCC. The N810 WiMAX edition isn't even posted yet, so my bi-weekly scouring of FCC filings won't help get a tip on this one

What? Don't all of you have the N1K yet? I had mine implanted the other day.

Tim

I'd assume that if there's no new model in 2008, the patform can be considered dead. it wouldn't survive such a long time without substantial improvement in this market. (even more so if you remember that the 810 is practically identical to the 800 and even Nokia admitted it couldn't be seen as a successor but as a sideline.)

I think calling the platform dead is a little harsh but yeah, Nokia will have to make some big investments... just consider how much money google is dropping on their platform... And Apple... oh well they have an army of turtleneckfreaks coding for free - and as much as i hate to admit it: A lot of the hacked apps for the ixxxxx are a lot more polished than the ones available for the nit's. I love my tablet an this platform, but i think Nokia is getting nowhere if they don't support the community more. How about some big contest like Google did for Android.....

This is not meant as offensive, so I hope no one takes it that way-- but only a handful of internet tablet apps developed by the community even have the proper resources behind them to come close to what the "turtlenecks" probably have. This is true OSS, and a lot of it is trial-and-effort, learn-as-you-go due largely to constraints I won't belabor.

BUT-- *if* this community pulled together, formed fewer, slightly larger teams and pooled time/knowledge/other resources, the results, I am convinced, would be amazing. There has been a lot of overlap/conflict between some OSS projects...

And I won't/can't go into the (*ahem*) official side of things. : /

You know what I'd like to see instead of an N900?

Maemo on the E71 and E90 (with E90 versions for WCDMA 1700 ... and I guess the WCDMA band used by AT&T).

A tablet design that's more like the AT&T Tilt, Sidekick Slide, and/or I-Mate Ultimate 9502 would all be cool ...

and maybe it'd be cool to see a maemo on a larger tablet design, sort of like an UMPC (say, maemo running on something with a profile like the Samsung Q1) ...

But, really, the N810 is "good enough" for now. What I _really_ want, sooner than a new tablet design, is for Maemo to make the leap to the Nokia phone line-up.

(and, by "good enough", I mean the hardware design... the software, application ecosystem, and GUI could still use some improvement, but for now the hardware is "good enough" IMO ... but I wouldn't balk at "N810 UMTS edition" and "N810 EVDO edition" sisters to the WiMAX edition ... though, a new hardware design before LTE gets deployed might be nice)

Are you serious? OMFG..it's a good thing I'm holding off on the N8x series. I already have the iphone/touch, last thing I need to get a device that does the same job. and i'm not even an Apple fan boy, I just want something that just works...thanks Jobs, may I have another.


Now listen up Nokia, here's my request k:
-faster processor
-more ram
-regular SD slot
-glass screen..ie iphone/touch
-PIM

is that asking too much? NO!

You already have a winning form factor, don't change a damn thing. Oh and keep the slide out keyboard, that's a plus.

I will see you middle of 4th quarter..*wink*


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