On 15 Jun 2009, at 22:30, Mark <wolfmane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Jamie Bennett<jamie@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> >> I must of missed where 'Nokia Employees' hinted at June next year. >> > > Apparently so... Care to share some links? > >> I base my guess on a _beta_ SDK in practical feature freeze, an >> October >> summit with high levels of device information expectations, various >> community projects maturing on the Fremantle SDK and the fact that >> Nokia >> employees have been working on the new device for quite some time >> now. >> > > OK, so you're saying that a beta SDK means impending device release? > Doesn't seem likely to me... > >> >> Why would Nokia announce at OSiM last year a device that wouldn't be >> available for 20+ months later? > > For the same reason that OpenMoko announced a device to be released in > 2007 that _still_ doesn't exist... I don't think you can compare OpenMoko to Nokia. > >> It's not in their interests to have a device >> development in public that long. Also why would they effectivly >> freeze the >> new software a year before it is released? Doesn't make sense does >> it. >> > > They aren't freezing "the software", they're freezing the *development > environment* that is needed to create the software. Effectivly freezing what third-party developers, which Nokia rely heailu on for these devices, can do with the API's. > What part of that > do you not understand? Why such juvenile comments are on this list? > Mark Regards, Jamie -- http://www.linuxuk.org _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
