[maemo-developers] N810 RIP

[From: Lorn Potter]

Jeffrey Barish wrote:
> Ryan Abel wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:30 PM, Jeffrey Barish wrote:
>>
>>> Judging from the clearance pricing of the N810 at buy.com ($219.99), I
>>> surmise that Nokia has now discontinued it as well as the N800 and
>>> the N810
>>> Wimax Edition.  So, let's see.  That leaves... nothing.  Nothing but
>>> fond
>>> memories of 2 years spent developing for a platform that no longer
>>> exists.
>> Well, I suppose ignorance can be forgiven since an announcement hasn't
>> actually been made yet, but I'd recommend reading up a bit before you
>> jump to the melodrama.[1][2][3][4]
> 
> The rumors are fascinating.  In the meantime, I am nearly ready to start
> shipping my software but my potential customers have nothing on which to
> run it, unless they happen to own an N8x0 already.  Nokia opened their
> platform to encourage developers to contribute their expertise, but their
> capriciousness and opacity about their hardware roadmap are tolerable only
> to hobbyists or companies porting software from another platform as a
> sideline.  If I postpone delivery until after the rumored next-generation
> platform appears,

It's not _just_ a rumor. There is something else coming up: Fremantle. There is something else even
more exciting after that.

> what assurance do I have that Nokia will not balk again? 

Balk at what?

> What assurance do I have that Nokia will not price me out of the market
> with an upgrade burdened with features I don't need? 

I am confused here, how would Nokia price you out of the market? As far as I know Nokia isn't
charging for SDK and application development.

Maybe there are features in Fremantle that many more would like, giving you more opportunities and a
larger market than the current device can offer?


> If you see only
> melodrama in these concerns, then perhaps you have never tried to run a
> business in the face of such uncertainty.

I think the economy would be a bigger uncertainty in any business right now.
Besides, the n810 is still available. http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,n810




-- 
Lorn 'ljp' Potter
Software Engineer, Qt Software R&D, Nokia Pty Ltd