As an S60 developer, I was happy to hear Nokia state that it wouldn’t allow carriers to customize its N900 tablet – Microsoft is currently putting Windows Mobile developers in a rut with its Zune HD in a fashion not dissimilar to Nokia’s N900.
Unfortunately, Nokia has since stated that it will allow carrier customization:
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This week, there have been a number of speculative stories suggesting that Nokia will not allow for operator customization of Maemo devices. Seems a few people are getting ahead of themselves. As we have said over the past couple of weeks, our plan with Maemo is to focus on the consumer experience – integrating applications and services from Nokia, our broad community of developers and publishers and, of course, from our operator customers. While we have not announced immediate plans to offer an operator variant for the N900, there are many customization points for operators on the N900. It would be absolutely incorrect to assume that we will not offer operators the ability to tailor future Maemo devices to suit their needs.
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As of now, we don’t know much more – so stay tuned!
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