The 500 fortunate applicants to the N810 maemo device program

Virgina there is no santa!! there will be no miracle on 51st street this year!!

a watched pot never boils!!

however this year I have been playing with bugs. now you can too while we wait for the event that seems to always be tomorrow. http://buglabs.net

-shawn

today's the day, no?

Are we supposed to already have the code to get the device when available in the Online Store? I do not have mine yet.

I found this Announcement today (17.12.2007): The N810 codes for maemo contributors, next week The N810 discounts for maemo contributors will be ready to be used in the online Nokia shops taking part of this program… next week. http://flors.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/the-n810-codes-for-maemo-contributors-next-week/

Live long and prosper -V- Greg

They said the code would be turned on the day the devices became available, but it seem they did not account for the local stores allowing the devices to be pre-ordered. Ideally, they would turn on the code to allow us to get on the list. I'd hate to have to wait for the second shipment.

Have not seen anything in a while or any new mail about using the code - are there any updates?

I lost the code cause I got my macbook's disk completely messed up and dead few hours ago... :// Maybe I can solve using a data rescuing tool, but could you send me my code again? Thanks...

Now if only the device would hit the Nokia online store so we could buy it.

Some chat about that on Jaiku:

http://zerojay.jaiku.com/presence/18544679

I'm little eager here, the n810 went up for sale on Nokia's website earlier today and yet the discount codes appear to have not yet been activated. Rest assured I do not mean to look a gift horse in the mouth, but I'm very eager to know if the codes will be activated before the (from what I've heard) limited stock of the first shipment are all sold old.

the code i was given doesnt work, wtf?

this gift card has no balance... how do i order it?

:-( I am very new in this, so I guess there were a reason not been choosed.

Heads up to say a thank you to Nokia, congratulations to all, and commiserations to those who didn't get through.

I'll be sure to update project proposals when the time comes.

Sergio: OpenGL yES please ;)

It'd be very interesting if Nokia decide to implement hardware accelerated 3D using the onboard PowerVR MBX in the future.

I can only speculate that the reasons are: 1) Licensing issues. 2) Device/OS limitations e.g. memory bandwidth? [Don't think it'd be the screen since the E90 happens to do very well with 3D ... see http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F3YVIEVOyvk ] 3) Possible that the OMAP2420 in the N8x series happens to be a special cut-down edition that doesn't have the necessary hardware? 4) Access to the hardware may destabilize/brick the system? 5) A future 'sales' trump card to be pulled out at the end of line. 6) It's just not worthwhile investing the resources at this stage as there are more important things to be getting along with.

Quim: Any insider info/roadmaps you could disclose on what's going on [if anything] with the MBR? The hardware works wonderfully well on the Symbian series of phones; there's been speculation that the MBR powers the iPhone. I'd imagine access to it on the N8x would open up a wealth of "user friendly" and "pretty" applications to the system. :)

I'm 17, then I'm a student and I was accepted too... This sriticism is unnecessary in my opinion...

In regards to your complaint that no young students were accepted I would like to point out that I was accepted and am a first year student.

IMO: well done to Nokia for doing this program at all, and well done for doing it so transparently; and also with much improved administration since the N800 one.

From my participation in the relevant forums and mailing lists, this looks to me to be a well chosen list, and I expect that the Internet Tablets' app-sphere will be rich and exciting as a result.

i would like to express my big disappointment about the selection of the "happy few 500 " . As always were choosen people that just own 770 or n800 or even both !! also people that surely have enough money to buy it by themselves .... i am sad to see that there are no space for young student that want to give contributions but they aren't admit to your closed caste ... P.S. if there is anybody that feel to not deserve the discount .....i am honored to receive it . Thank you maemo for NOT having accept me .

I can't wait to test my ports to the N810. Only a question, IT2008 will suport 3d accelleration?

Sergio

Thanks Maemo.

I have already installed the development environment. Works nice with the new installer scripts. I shall sort some webspace out for my projects and link it asap.

Thanks again and congratulations to everyone else.

But you can put a public/private flag next to each own proposal, so that each "fortunate applicant" can choose to make it public.

I will make a draft of mine and put it in the wiki asap, but still...

Because we never told users about the possibility of publishing them and now we can't publish them just like that.

If there is another program we will ask for open and public submissions.

Thanks for selecting me and congrats to others. Commiseration to those not selected, if it was up to me I would select everyone.

why isn't possible to see them?

As you can see the wiki .. I have already started working! And soon fill the maemo garage with my projects Thanks again Maemo Team

Thanks maemo team and Nokia thanks for having made my dream, as I promised I will bring with my ideas and my plans to improve and make known maemo to all users Italians and the world. My carry forward projects and wiki software in Italian for Italian facilitate users to use maemo and nokia Internet tablet