At least you were lucky enough to catch it in time. If you look at the FCC ID of units from both revisions, you'll see the RX-51X that I'm talking about.

The other sure way to tell is if you have to use Pali's bootloader in the place of the bootloader used to load Nemo(Meego) or Android(GB/ICS if you want a strict tablet w/o non-VOIP data services)

Take away all the dishonesty and watch the cost "differential" evaporate into thin air.

In addition, those guest workers are sought for having the status as indentured servants, something not associated with citizens in the properly functioning (and non-distorted by guest workers/illegals) job markets of First World countries like the US.

A few decades ago, McCarthy would have rightfully put you and these companies in their place for siding with enemies of the United States of America.

All the force on K Street won't matter if Wipro/Infosys/etc. and their lobbyists have a very bad day with the explicit disclosure of why. Just explain to the public that their fraud and all their misdeeds (public and otherwise) on national television if someone complains. It's a desperate measure, but someone brave enough to do it would gain the confidence of millions of US citizens defrauded out of jobs; it would be the "Icarus falling out of the sky" moment for the abuse of guest workers of any skill level.

It just takes one Trojan Horse of a President to get in and do the deed.

Given that it's from one of the most un-American entities out there, I'd say that it'll end up doing the exact opposite. It'll be shoddily coded and maintained as well as run.

If there's a way to identify an IPsoft/install, the best thing is to get a human and to get one not from a Third World country.

By any chance are those the RX-51, or the more recent RX-51X, which had some sort of radio fix? Not sure if that's why they made a second version of the N900, but that might be something to check out.

Surprised that you're not complaining about the USB port - I've got two of them thanks to that issue alone. One of them works, the other will have to be charged by the debug port.

They sold even more to First World destinations than the WhorePhone, the intended First World device. Nokia was just trying to do everything to kill it for the US and Europe in deference to the crippled WinMo WhorePhones.

I was just preempting the usual responses about attaching a keyboard - whether by OTG host or by Bluetooth.

At least with a GPIO-based keyboard, there is some more control over power usage without the need for the baggage of Another Protocol below it.

Nokia made the point of striking the balance between open and usable before Android existed, especially with the Maemo platform. For example, I've yet to see Android get the connection UI right - where it detects that you're making an internet connection and provides you with a dialog box of available connections (versus quitting or opting for automatic connections).

Unlike Firefox OS, you'll have a terminal (and more direct access to hardware).
Unlike Android, it has no carrier-driven limitations.
Unlike iOS, you won't have to break into your own phone to get it to do what you want it to do.

Which is one of the problems, unless you're trying to sneak in some anti-American snark.

Whether it is by Bluetooth or by something like USB-OTG, a non-native interface would be power-hungry.

One of the things about the N900 (and the N950) was that it not only packed a ton of those features, it also had the hardware keyboard.

I'd rather reflash an N900, warts and all, since this is just an N9++. Let me know when they make something like the N950 with that software on it, except that it's available to all this time around.

Would be a change for them to have another product that isn't as Third-World encumbered as most electronics seem to be.

Unfortunately it didnt go well the first time around, since the unstoppable leaks gave us Watergate.

Given your use of the "global competition" euphemism. to suggest that it is something akin to a perpetual sports playoff, I am.

You show a contempt for the US that is typical of countries wanting to see the US fall.

Never had to take or structure a deduction in a manner that wouldn't cause a competent accountant to take a long time to explain(without any prior involvement), involve jurisdictional games, nor would rely on untested territory of the tax code. I don't make a point of having my tax forms hit the proverbial hornets nest of Federal, State, and City revenue collections.

If you're suggesting that taking a simple deduction on one's 1040 and receiving a negative sum or a lowered positive sum is the same league as things like Double Dutch, you would be mistaken. That's like asking an amateur in a sport being taken in at the professional level and thinking they won't get outclassed.