sjgadsby | # 1441 | 2009-07-15, 17:33 | Report

Due to his enthusiasm for robotics, the irony will be great when the Nokia killbots arrive for Matthew Stephenson.

danramos | # 1442 | 2009-07-15, 17:48 | Report

I, for one, look forward to serving our shiny, metallic overlords.

green46 | # 1443 | 2009-07-15, 18:11 | Report

I reply to Juan, the Email Specialist @ Nokia:

Hi Juan,

Thank you for your quick reply. I'm confused on a couple of points.

My understanding, from press releases detailed by engadget, mobile crunch, boygeniusreport (I linked to the relevant posts) and others, is that the N900 is something more than a concept device, and is indeed planned for production. Information has even been released (albeit, unofficially) that it will be attached to T-Mobile for phone service with release dates beginning last month.

The wording of your email is a little concerning, not only because you use the term 'concept' in relation to the N900, but also because you say "when and if" it will be released. This makes it sound as if the N900 is not on your production list, and if it is, it won't be available for at least the next year or more.

Can you please clarify these statements? Is the N900 going to happen at all?

Thanks,

green46.

Another Email Specialist replies:

At least she confirms it's only at the concept stage. I think that indicates it's considerably more than a few months away - maybe a year or more?. Can't quite understand it though, since they're all but fire-saling the 810. Either they're unconcerned about having a viable tablet on the market, or they're uninterested about investing in tablets at all.

My question now is - did the media reports get it wrong? Or did Nokia start something they're not preprared to finish? All the rumored specs and release dates... who made those up? And why say anything if it's all total bullcrap?

attila77 | # 1444 | 2009-07-15, 18:17 | Report

I think that's actually an advantage in this case

danramos | # 1445 | 2009-07-15, 18:32 | Report

Well, considering that's coming from an actual Nokia company representative, that about makes it a solid fact that I'm not even going to consider the N900. I'm certainly not going to tell my friends and customers to wait, if they were already using their old tablets and ask my opinion. Bah. So disappointing.

If Nokia keeps disappointing, that's probably more right than you intended it to be.

Meanwhile,the money I HAD intended to spend on a new tablet went to a very suped up Dell Mini9 and it's been an incredibly good investment so far. I wish I could have said the same for something new and pocket sized by now (N900, Pandora, anybody?) :P

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green46 | # 1446 | 2009-07-15, 19:05 | Report

Agreed. I have been impatiently waiting for the N900, but now I have to look elsewhere. The obvious choice is the iphone, but I canNOT deal with that onscreen keyboard.

Can anyone suggest a N900 equivalent phone that has 3G connectivity and a qwerty keyboard? One that's available now, or very soon?

debernardis | # 1447 | 2009-07-15, 19:13 | Report

Anybody living in Atlanta with a good telephoto lens, a paparazzi attitude, and some spare time for stalking the guy?

neatojones | # 1448 | 2009-07-15, 19:18 | Report

The problem with that email correspondence could be the fact that the next device isn't going to be called N900. The N900, could be a concept for the next tablet device or it might not be. Perhaps you should have referred to the next Maemo device instead, though there is no telling if this would have been any more useful.

Promising looking alternatives for the N900 with phone capabilities could be the Toshiba TG01 if you don't mind Windows Mobile, or the (hopefully) soon to be released Sony Xperia with Android OS if you prefer open source http://www.brighthand.com/default.as...gle+Android+OS

They both seem to have top of the line processing speed (1Ghz snapdragon) and screens that are as large or larger than what we've seen in the leaked info on the n900 with similar features including decent cameras, GPS, etc.

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tissot | # 1449 | 2009-07-15, 19:26 | Report

C'mon guys. You are asking about rovers release date by email from Nokia. Those posts don't tell anything about announcment dates, like they shouldn't. Lets all spam Apple and ask when will iphone 4S be announced.

EDIT. Yeah toshiba looks interesting thought it haven't had that positive reviews for now. Still got huge potential. Same goes for Rachel from SE.

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danramos | # 1450 | 2009-07-15, 19:29 | Report

I'm still looking for a non-phone (or something that can have a radio ADDED to it.. not tied to it) Linux tablet (as close to debian distro as possible) that I can fit in my pocket. My N800 is absolutely PERFECT in all regards. I just want something newer with more memory and speed. Most of the people I've worked with LOVE it for its ease of coding useful applications for whatever they want to do with it. So, for us, an iPhone isn't cutting it--Android might not either. It needs to be as close to being like a desktop as possible, the way the N800/N810's were.

Aw well.