> Should I get it? The answer largely depends on what you want and what cellular carriers you have available to you. There is no phone on the market w/ as much free software goodness and hackability. Other phones have similar hardware (iPhone, Droid, Droid Incredible and Nexus One come to mind). Both Android and iPhone have more applications for sale for their respective devices. Also consider that the N900 is a better mobile computing device then a phone. The Cellular carrier situation in the US limits the capabilities of the N900. Only AT&T and T-mobile support the phone. And T-mobile is the only carrier in the US that supports the full data throughput of the N900. Neither carrier is considered the best in the US. Any issues like this elsewhere in the world should be known before making a purchase. > is there plans for a new N900b or something of the sort? Almost definitely. But we have little official word when or what that will be. Every manufacturer of Android phones is working on other devices. We know now that there is another generation of the iPhone. This provides a lot of choice in the smartphone market. Nokia continuing the symbian line provides more choice w/in the same manufacturer. > and therefore it may be prudent to wait a while? Prudence will always have you waiting in the technology market. There are many other factors involved that probably should be discussed when spending this much money. Keep in mind that even though Nokia will not officially support MeeGo on the N900, there is already community support for MeeGo on the N900. Qt 4.6 will be installed on the N900. The device will likely be useful as a mobile hacking platform for some time to come. If the N810 is any indicator, that period of usefulness could be quite long. E -- Erik Hovland erik@xxxxxxxxxxx http://hovland.org/ _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
