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I have the N900. It replaced my E71. The Skype integration is amazing. :-)

I agree that Symbian is a dead end. I have two books on Symbian development, and Symbian's bizarre form of C++ and their relatively complex code signing system drove me away from the platform.

With the N900 as a vanguard, I'm excited to see just how far Nokia can take its open, Linux-based smartphones.

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With Symbian being open sourced, what are the chances of getting a virtual Symbian device going on the N900?

Pretty low unless someone is willing to put a lot of money into it. The problem with Symbian is gazillion bizarre corner cases and exceptional situations -- this makes it hard to develop for, and also makes making a proper emulator very work-intensive.

This may have been even crazier, so there may be hope yet...

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/31/mac-os-x-10-3-installed-o...

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