Looking at the Vodafone UK website it would seem that the Nokia N900 is now available for you to buy. Or is it as simple as that? Well maybe not.
The Nokia N900 is Nokia’s first Maemo device capable of voice calls, and has been causing a bit of a storm in the mobile world. If the rumours are true about Vodafone, then it’s likely to cause a few more waves.
The problem is that it looks like the N900 is for sale, but has anyone actually got their hands on one yet? It would seem not.
Now, this may be just a stock availability issue for Vodafone, but maybe things are a bit more sinister.
A good source of resource for this is the Vodafone eForum, where a few Vodafone customers have been complaining that Vodafone can’t, or more alarmingly won’t sell them an N900.
Yet.
The reason?
The iPhone.
Word on the street has it that Vodafone is so obsessed with the upcoming launch of the iPhone in a couple of days time, that the N900 may take valuable sales away from the Jesus phone and so therefore is not allowing customers to buy the N900 yet. More so, with Orange shifting record numbers of the iPhone in the run up to Christmas, Vodafone must be desperate to do one over on it’s rival.
There is even stories surfacing that N900’s are available in Vodafone stores, but staff are not allowed to sell them.
Anyway, if you do fancy trying to get hold of an N900 from Vodafone, they are reportedly going for free on a £40 a month contract, if you sign up for a whooping 24 months.
Have you been able to get your hands on a Vodafone N900 yet? Do you believe these stories? Let us know in the comments.
Maybe you work at Vodafone yourself, why not send me an email to put the story straight. You can find me at steve@thenokianetwork.com
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