[maemo-users] N810 for $180

[From: Mark]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Jamie Bennett<jamie at linuxuk.org> wrote:
>
> On 15 Jun 2009, at 21:41, Mark <wolfmane at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Peter Flynn<peter.flynn at mars.ucc.ie>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Lake Stevens Dental wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> FYI, Buy.com has the n810 for $180.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which is another way of saying, the end of the n810 series is near...
>>>>> It's still a great little unit, as is the n800.
>>>
>>> What's the replacement for the N810? My N800 is still going fine, but if
>>> I was in the market for a new equivalent, what's the model, and are
>>> there any nasty gotchas?
>>>
>>> ///Peter
>>>
>>
>> There is none. From the details they've given thus far, the next
>> generation of Maemo devices are going to be completely different than
>> the current tablets, with incompatible hardware therefore software/OS.
>> They also won't be out for probably at least another year.
>
> Another year? What is this based on?From the information that is currently
> available your 'guess' seem way off to me.
>
>> R.I.P. Internet Tablets...
>>
>> Mark
>
> Regards,
> Jamie.

If you have something better, let's have it. Otherwise, people in
glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones. My "guess" is based on
posts to this list from people directly employed by Nokia.

Mark