The company continues to insist that Symbian has a huge place in its line and will continue to do so, but long-term, we see nothing about Maemo that leads us to believe it couldn't be Nokia's single platform of the future.The mere thought sends shivers down our spine. As it has with its predecessors, Nokia seems totally comfortable with that assessment, throwing this loosely-assembled box of high-power hardware and software at anyone who dares live on the bleeding mobile edge.
As a second, dedicated browsing device or a geeky weekend hobby, though -- possibly an upgrade from an N810 -- the Nokia N900 is a very compelling device indeed, as long as you remember one simple rule: it's a computer with a phone, not a phone that can compute.Yesterday is history, future is mystery; Nokia N900, Nokia E90 or Nokia E73 gonna be yesterday, but Nokia gonna cut a fine figure in the future on the strength of Nokia 's updating technology and winning newfangle. Even if it takes high-end hardware to run effectively, you can't deny that today's high-end is inevitably tomorrow's low-end.
The company's commitment to open source and the Maemo development community is commendable -- it's something that should absolutely continue -- but going forward, we'd love to see what kinds of magical things could happen if it took development to 100 percent feature completion internally with a full round of usability testing before handing it glove machineoff to the eager geeks in the field.And hey, calling the Nokia N900 half-baked seriously isn't a knock in this case -- it's just a realistic admission of where Maemo stands today.
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