[maemo-users] Good deal for N810 @ buy.com - Re: FYI

[From: Samer Azmy]

Hello Mark,

You have a valid point, but what I know as a matter of fact that Nokia has
developers working on Maemo and they are paid developers, I still agree with
you that they are not that many and no lots of applications are out from
them but I see that is normal because that is the target group of such a
device GEEKS
so, we buy it to work on it and pay Nokia in sense of time

Regards
Samer

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Mark <wolfmane at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Valentin Chopov<valcho at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Corrected subject ;)
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Valentin Chopov<valcho at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n810-internet-tablet-full-pull-out-qwerty-keyboard-810/q/loc/101/206228943.html?adid=17070&dcaid=17070
> >>
>
> ...provided you're still interested in an orphaned product... (Sorry,
> folks, but as great as the Maemo community is, it's far from the same
> thing as support from the original manufacturer.)
>
> The recent developments on Maemo and statements by Nokia clearly
> indicate that not only does Nokia have no intention of ever making the
> ITs a commercially viable product (and never did), but they also have
> the same attitude toward all future Maemo devices. They'll continue
> throwing out the hardware and hoping there will be enough early
> adopters and *unpaid* open-source developers to keep taking the bait
> and giving them money and making their devices useable.
>
> I was cautious enough to avoid the OpenMoko trap because their device
> was clearly not ready for prime time, but I made the mistake of
> believing that a 3rd generation Maemo device meant that Nokia was
> serious about their devices. Lesson learned...
>
> Mark
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