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So after reading several glowing reviews and seeing a the hardware up close, I am dying to get this phone and some Meego action. I was still on my original Sprint Pre when HP decided to murder webOS, and at the time I went and did a Pre 2 Sprint conversion and planned on just using that indefinitely. But now....
So am I just a glutton for dead OS punishment, or are others itching for this phone as well?
Pretty much the only thing stopping me is the extreme cost. eBay was showing around 700-800...

Originally published in the gdgt newsletter, sign up at http://gdgt.com/newsletter/ As I'm sure you probably heard by now, last week Nokia’s board of directors took the long overdue step of replacing its CEO and installing Stephen Elop from Microsoft as the head of the company. Everyone had been talking for months about how outgoing CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was in trouble, so this development wasn’t exactly shocking, but given how moribund Nokia’s been lately it also wouldn’t have... Read more →

running Symbian as they prepare to move to MeeGo. Now we'll get to see over the next few years how well they can compete and whether the market will be able to support all six of them. By the time all of these have actually debuted in the marketplace it will be four years since the announcement of the first iPhone, the initial catalyst of the modern smartphone era. What do you think? COMPANY: LEGACY > CURRENT Palm: Palm OS > webOS RIM: Blackberry > Blackberry 6.0 Microsoft: Windows... Read more →

Unfortunately I ran into the IM bug that they're still trying to sort out with Empathy so I was unable to really utilize it. I'm definitely going to keep an eye on it and if/when that issue gets sorted I'll happily install it on my Asus netbook.

Can someone explain this to me or is this confusing for everyone? And will Maemo and Moblin still live on or are they dead?