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One one hand, the Maemo platform is based on Debian, with some amount of customization. Python is available via http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org/

Resolution of the devices is 800*480px widescreen.

PyGame has been successfully run via the SDK, Frets on Fire being the game.

Ovi store will, apparently-eventually carry Maemo software as well.

On the other hand, device base is not terribly large, I do not know how much work it would take and wether it's worth it in the long run. Seems, however, a lot easier than iPhone support..

I'm trying to port Ren'Py to the OpenPandora console. It uses the same screen resolution (800x480), the same SoC (TI OMAP3530) and is also Linux based, so I suppose if I get it to work, maybe the same package could be used with Maemo...

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=55868

discusses a port of Ren'Py to mameo. I don't plan to work on it myself, as mameo is more-or-less a dead platform, and was never very popular in the first place. Ditto for openpandora, which IIRC has total sales in the thousands - which is much less than what Android sells in a day. Since only a small fraction of users on these minority platforms will use Ren'Py, it's tough to justify the additional development effort.

That being said, I can try to support people who want to port Ren'Py to other platforms themselves.