[maemo-developers] 3G model?

[From: Dave Sherohman]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:23:59AM -0500, Ryan Abel wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> >Even if the product has been officially announced, though, people
> >speculating last month on "potential hardware" to be included is a
> >pretty strong indication that it's not going to be released in the  
> >next
> >few months.
> 
> Are you sure? The alpha SDK with the new UI is coming soon, and the  
> beta SDK should be expected in May. We're not very far away from a  
> release.

You've just made me more sure.  If the beta SDK is expected in May
(i.e., beta in a few months), then the retail version of the hardware
device will definitely not be released within the next few months.

> That's fine, but I want to be sure you and everybody reading this list  
> understands that these aren't unsubstantiated rumors. Nokia has  
> announced their intentions, and they're working on the software. We're  
> getting a new device, and we're getting it within the next 6 months.  

Nokia has announced *intentions* to develop a device with no announced
hardware specs or release date.  My impression from the links you sent
offlist is that they may not have even officially announced that
development on the hardware has started.

Given that it's a basically unannounced project at this point (even
though it is clearly in progress) and given the tendency of even
announced products to be delayed, what makes you so confident that
they'll be going from an unannounced project to completed retail product
on the shelf in 6 months or less?

-- 
Dave Sherohman
NomadNet, Inc.
http://nomadnetinc.com/