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dieter at plaetinck

Sep 28, 2009, 7:17 AM

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best way to get a n900 in Belgium?

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows what the best way is (for someone from
Belgium) to get/(pre)order the n900?
I submitted my email address @ http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/ but still had no response.
Which is kind of weird since presales
have started for already a while for many countries in Europe, but
Belgium is not listed in the presales information at
http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/

I also went to the nokia website, but nowhere on the n900 product page
is a link to buy/preorder.

I am however going to the maemo5 summit in Amsterdam, will there be
devices for sale there? I don't mind not getting a developer reduction
or whatever, I just want it ;)

And what about the free goodies? I heard that the countries where
preordering is possible, you get a free bluetooth headset, but this
action seems to have stopped already in the Netherlands...

Thanks for your help/information.

Dieter
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laurent at open-minds

Sep 28, 2009, 2:03 PM

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Re: best way to get a n900 in Belgium? [In reply to]

Le lundi 28 septembre 2009 à 16:17, Dieter Plaetinck a écrit :
> Hi,
> I was wondering if anyone knows what the best way is (for someone from
> Belgium) to get/(pre)order the n900?
> I submitted my email address @ http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/ but still had
> no response. Which is kind of weird since presales
> have started for already a while for many countries in Europe, but
> Belgium is not listed in the presales information at
> http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/
>
> I also went to the nokia website, but nowhere on the n900 product page
> is a link to buy/preorder.
>
> I am however going to the maemo5 summit in Amsterdam, will there be
> devices for sale there? I don't mind not getting a developer reduction
> or whatever, I just want it ;)
>
> And what about the free goodies? I heard that the countries where
> preordering is possible, you get a free bluetooth headset, but this
> action seems to have stopped already in the Netherlands...
>
> Thanks for your help/information.

I'm also interested in that piece of information. I contacted the 2 official
Nokia resellers in Brussels, but I got an answer only from one and he has no
information at all about the N900, its price or availability in Belgium.

--
Laurent Léonard

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peter.flynn at mars

Sep 28, 2009, 2:25 PM

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Re: best way to get a n900 in Belgium? [In reply to]

Laurent Léonard wrote:
> I'm also interested in that piece of information. I contacted the 2 official
> Nokia resellers in Brussels, but I got an answer only from one and he has no
> information at all about the N900, its price or availability in Belgium.

I asked three Nokia stores in Ireland (and two in the UK on a recent
visit) and none of them had ever heard of the N900.

I showed them my N800 and they'd never seen or heard of one before. One
guy asked if it was an iPhone...he was impressed; he'd never seen a
pocket computer before...

Someone in Nokia Marketing needs to send out some info to someone...

///Peter
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wolfmane at gmail

Sep 28, 2009, 4:37 PM

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Re: best way to get a n900 in Belgium? [In reply to]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Peter Flynn <peter.flynn [at] mars> wrote:
> Laurent Léonard wrote:
>> I'm also interested in that piece of information. I contacted the 2 official
>> Nokia resellers in Brussels, but I got an answer only from one and he has no
>> information at all about the N900, its price or availability in Belgium.
>
> I asked three Nokia stores in Ireland (and two in the UK on a recent
> visit) and none of them had ever heard of the N900.
>
> I showed them my N800 and they'd never seen or heard of one before. One
> guy asked if it was an iPhone...he was impressed; he'd never seen a
> pocket computer before...
>
> Someone in Nokia Marketing needs to send out some info to someone...
>
> ///Peter

Actually, that's the way they like it. They aren't interested in
making a consumer device, only developer's toys that will never be
complete or polished to the level that the average consumer can make
good use of it.

I am often asked about my N800 too. I tell them what it is, but I'm
careful not to recommend it to people that I know wouldn't be able to
make the best of it.

Mark
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xavier.bestel at free

Sep 29, 2009, 12:54 AM

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Re: best way to get a n900 in Belgium? [In reply to]

On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 17:37 -0600, Mark wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Peter Flynn <peter.flynn [at] mars> wrote:
> > Laurent LÃ©onard wrote:
> >> I'm also interested in that piece of information. I contacted the 2 official
> >> Nokia resellers in Brussels, but I got an answer only from one and he has no
> >> information at all about the N900, its price or availability in Belgium.
> >
> > I asked three Nokia stores in Ireland (and two in the UK on a recent
> > visit) and none of them had ever heard of the N900.
> >
> > I showed them my N800 and they'd never seen or heard of one before. One
> > guy asked if it was an iPhone...he was impressed; he'd never seen a
> > pocket computer before...
> >
> > Someone in Nokia Marketing needs to send out some info to someone...
> >
> > ///Peter
>
> Actually, that's the way they like it. They aren't interested in
> making a consumer device, only developer's toys that will never be
> complete or polished to the level that the average consumer can make
> good use of it.
>
> I am often asked about my N800 too. I tell them what it is, but I'm
> careful not to recommend it to people that I know wouldn't be able to
> make the best of it.

Just see the bright side: having an N900 will make you unique :)

Anyway, I'm pretty interested in buying one sooner than later too (if
possible avoiding the ridiculous +50â‚¬ we have to pay in France compared
to the rest of Europe). Anyone knows about the availability of the
beast, when and how to get it ?

Thanks,
Xav

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dieter at plaetinck

Sep 29, 2009, 12:59 AM

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Re: best way to get a n900 in Belgium? [In reply to]

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:54:58 +0200
Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel [at] free> wrote:

> Anyway, I'm pretty interested in buying one sooner than later too (if
> possible avoiding the ridiculous +50â‚¬ we have to pay in France
> compared to the rest of Europe). Anyone knows about the availability
> of the beast, when and how to get it ?
>
> Thanks,
> Xav
>

France, Netherlands etc (but not Belgium) have the preorder possibility
See http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/

I think this is your best bet.

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xavier.bestel at free

Sep 29, 2009, 2:57 AM

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Re: best way to get a n900 in Belgium? [In reply to]

On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 09:59 +0200, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:54:58 +0200
> Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel [at] free> wrote:
>
> > Anyway, I'm pretty interested in buying one sooner than later too (if
> > possible avoiding the ridiculous +50â‚¬ we have to pay in France
> > compared to the rest of Europe). Anyone knows about the availability
> > of the beast, when and how to get it ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Xav
> >
>
> France, Netherlands etc (but not Belgium) have the preorder possibility
> See http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/
>
> I think this is your best bet.

I'd prefer to avoid that: it's 650â‚¬ in France whereas it's 600â‚¬
elsewhere :(

Xav

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peter.flynn at mars

Sep 29, 2009, 3:13 PM

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Re: best way to get a n900 in Belgium? [In reply to]

Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:54:58 +0200
> Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel [at] free> wrote:
>
>> Anyway, I'm pretty interested in buying one sooner than later too (if
>> possible avoiding the ridiculous +50â‚¬ we have to pay in France
>> compared to the rest of Europe). Anyone knows about the availability
>> of the beast, when and how to get it ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Xav
>>
>
> France, Netherlands etc (but not Belgium) have the preorder possibility
> See http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/

Aaaaaah. Light dawns. Good grief, I am being slow tonight.
It's a *phone*. Like the iPhone, it's only available in the countries
where they have done a deal with the telcos. Smaller states like Ireland
or Belgium will have to wait.

///Peter
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dieter at plaetinck

Sep 30, 2009, 12:24 AM

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Re: best way to get a n900 in Belgium? [In reply to]

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:13:16 +0100
Peter Flynn <peter.flynn [at] mars> wrote:

> Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> > France, Netherlands etc (but not Belgium) have the preorder
> > possibility See http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/
>
> Aaaaaah. Light dawns. Good grief, I am being slow tonight.
> It's a *phone*. Like the iPhone, it's only available in the countries
> where they have done a deal with the telcos. Smaller states like
> Ireland or Belgium will have to wait.
>
> ///Peter

Hmm afaik nokia doesn't really do deals with telco's/isp's for the n900.
i.e. in the listed countries you can buy it provider-independent, no
simlock etc.

Dieter
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