That's a sad world where people are recommended to go with the flow and use large rectangular phablets with capacitive touchscreens and pre-installed Android just because a start-up failed.

Yes, I have put a lot of faith into Neo900. No, I am not intending to curse Neo900 or ask for a refund - as stated above, majority of start-ups finish like this - I am intending to ask for any and all possible documentation to remain in existence, on a safe server, and/or many computers, even if it is not feasible to manufacture due to lack of some ancient components.

I am hoping for Leste to become fully usable as an everyday operating system - not just on OMAP5 and Nokia N900 - but also on Fxtec, Pyra, Droid 4, and whatever other phones, tablets or laptops become targets.

And then maybe Neo900 can be revived - no necessarily physically compatible with N900, lack of mechanical parts is daunting - and with a different processor? - I reckon it sounds like STEP2, a little? I still hope for it to be small, pocket-able, protecting privacy, tinkering-oriented - and running Leste.

Of course, funding would be a problem. Of course, I personally don't expect such a project to start until and unless all Neo900 pre-orders can be, at will of customer, either refunded (no ill will intended) or converted into vouchers for new device (for persevering optimists).

And I am guessing that everybody needs a break and re-charge - a few years, perhaps, to play with devices that do exist, and reassuring ourselves that it is possible to make open-source devices and not fail - and then in the future, a few years later, we will see what "modern smartphones" will look like. Google advertises on-board (off-line) speech-to-text as a new cool thing, as if pocket-sphinx (and other speech-to-text software) didn't exist ages ago!

Thank you. Best wishes.
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