On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Mark <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Jamie Bennett<[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I must of missed where 'Nokia Employees' hinted at June next year.
> >
>
> Apparently so...
>
> > 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...


Funny, so I have a non-existent OpenMoko[1] device :)

[1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner

Best,

-- 
Valério Valério

http://www.valeriovalerio.org


>
>
> > 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. What part of that
> do you not understand?
>
> Mark
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