Maemo 6 / Harmattan on N900? - Page 40 - maemo.org

Slick | # 391 | 2010-01-29, 16:27 | Report

I thought when I bought this phone that hings were gonna be different then how they handled the n97, the phone I almost got instead of this one. All of the promotional videos had a feel or air about them that seem to embrace the community. And after the release it was absolutely clear that they hadn't changed at all. n900 owners are just financial funders for maemo 6, and buyer of the maemo 6 device will fund maemo7. I think once they have your money they don't care about supportting your device.

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russo_br | # 392 | 2010-01-29, 16:29 | Report

Originally Posted by zwer View Post

Now don't get me wrong, N95 was a fantastic device, but that lame move from Nokia have severely shaken my decade-old trust and confidence in the company, and if N900 didn't came along I'd probably have a competitors device in my hands right now, and I wouldn't look back. I'm not sure that Nokia can afford to f-up with the N900, too, at least not from my perspective (as a user, and a developer).

Didn't know that they did that after acquiring Navtec, and I had maps from both Nokia and Garmin, so it was functional to me. I don't even think N95 was that great, but the information you gave just makes me more afraid about how Nokia will act with N900 customers... The main point of this discussion (on my opinion) is simply that N900 owners or potential buyers want to be sure they are not wasting their money on a short-life device.

And like you said, developers should be concerned as well, since they would not just lost their money to buy a device, but time and investments too.

bugelrex | # 393 | 2010-01-29, 16:36 | Report

If Nokia truly will not to allow M6 on n900, the least they can do is to open up every line of of source code in Maemo 5 (except maybe some internal phone stuff) so developers can change anything and everything themselves... its the least they could do

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russo_br | # 394 | 2010-01-29, 16:38 | Report

Originally Posted by phi View Post

You know, if Nokia truly cared about the community that is helping it develop the Maemo platform, they'd offer a trade-in program.

Never heard of such action from a mobile supplier... I don't think shareholders would approve!! Such move would imply in cutting some heads from Nokia's management...

alexreed88 | # 395 | 2010-01-29, 16:39 | Report

man honestly i hate hearing about this topic. i think about it every day. the n900 was the first ever phone i spent over 500 on..and many people thought i was crazy..but i felt it was a good investment. i love this phone..but honestly..in like of the "milestone-harmattan" junk..if i could go back in time i would totally tell myself to keep the cliq for a while longer and pass this one up. it even seems like this site is dying a bit..there are rarely any new apps...nothing new on ovi..and nokia NEVER provides any feedback to any of our concerns.

its sad that a person thats (sort of) new to nokia has to learn this tha hard way..im quite sure that if we are screwed over this time that i will never buy another nokia..regardless of how cool maemo 6 looks...

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cashclientel | # 396 | 2010-01-29, 16:40 | Report

Originally Posted by fatalsaint View Post

$550 for a new phone every year is certainly not saving anybody any money no matter what TCO model you use...

Well agreed...but...

I'm not sure where you're based, where I am (UK) the phone is free on a £30/month contract for 18 months. This is a fairly typical deal for comparable phones. When you come to renew the contract on month 18 you get another handset free... that's just how it goes. If the thing breaks in that time you just use an old one until your contract is up and you get a new handset.

Contracts without phones have just started appearing, but they aren't really that good of a deal if you buy the handset seperately. I.e. the equivilent data/minutes for £30 with a free N900 is £20... i.e. the N900 'costs' about £150

mrebanza | # 397 | 2010-01-29, 16:40 | Report

This guy is very upset about his N97 . . . . . lol . . . . OMG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dngtLBV70kM

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fatalsaint | # 398 | 2010-01-29, 16:43 | Report

@alexreed:

I'd have to agree.. I didn't think finding out M6 wasn't coming to the N900 would prevent me from getting it.. but the more I think on it it just might.

I still believe Maemo is by far the best mobile platform available... but I just can't justify giving half a grand to a company that seems to maintain little continuity, or future for any of the devices they bring out. So far, I have not seen a legitimate reason why the N900 could not run M6. We've already seen some videos of QT4.6 powered interfaces running on N900-like devices.. it's got to be powerful enough to run it. And multi-touch is just a cop out.

Maybe I'll just buy an N900 from someone who is bound to sell it after being screwed.. that way - I'm not directly paying Nokia

. I fully support their work in the Open Source fields.. but this business model just can't stand when the competitors (here in the US) are supporting their devices for years.

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Matan | # 399 | 2010-01-29, 16:45 | Report

Originally Posted by cashclientel View Post

Support for Maemo 5 is going to dribble on for another few months and will be officially dead by late summer. Nokia haven't invested enough in community resources (like a good website) so the community won't be big enough to take over.

Here you are certainly wrong. Nokia don't even have the decency to announce when they stop supporting a device, so it will not be "officially dead", only "practically dead". Look at the N810 for details.

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fatalsaint | # 400 | 2010-01-29, 16:45 | Report

Originally Posted by cashclientel View Post

I'm not sure where you're based, where I am (UK) the phone is free on a £30/month contract for 18 months. This is a fairly typical deal for comparable phones. When you come to renew the contract on month 18 you get another handset free... that's just how it goes. If the thing breaks in that time you just use an old one until your contract is up and you get a new handset.

The N900 is free for you??? Holy **** batman!

I didn't know the N900 was subsidized even in the UK. But I am in the US.. I have no such option.

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