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Forum: Competitors 2011-02-12, 01:06
Replies: 13
Views: 5,806
Posted By switchfiend
Re: Folks looking for an alternative Linux platform after the WP7 announcement

@eachna,

I'm with you on Samsung, by the way.

I bought a Galaxy S and had to return it after a week because of all the bugs (the GPS issue being one of them). The story at the time was that...
Forum: Competitors 2011-02-11, 23:54
Replies: 13
Views: 5,806
Posted By switchfiend
Folks looking for an alternative Linux platform after the WP7 announcement

might find something interesting in this blog post by Rasterman (head developer of the Enlightenment WM, worked for OpenMoko for a little bit, recently went to work for Samsung):
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Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2010-05-25, 08:02
Replies: 328
Views: 108,393
Posted By switchfiend
Re: Official: No MeeGo for the N900

Right.... So Meego is putting out a version of their software, and it is up to the "handset manufacturers" (in this case Nokia) to do the work to implement it for their specific device.

The...
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2010-05-25, 07:44
Replies: 328
Views: 108,393
Posted By switchfiend
Re: Official: No MeeGo for the N900

It's not incredibly difficult, it just involves rooting your phone and reflashing to one of the custom ROMs. Oh, and then reinstalling all your apps that aren't able to be included in the ROM...
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2010-05-25, 07:26
Replies: 328
Views: 108,393
Posted By switchfiend
Re: Official: No MeeGo for the N900

Yeah, speaking as an Android owner whose phone came out about 4 months before the N900, you guys have now officially gotten 1 more software update than I have (and will likely ever get).

So the...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-01-22, 17:21
Replies: 21
Views: 7,880
Posted By switchfiend
Post Re: N900 vs Dell Mini 5 ???

Honestly, while I've been impressed with Android's quick development (going from being pretty consumer unfriendly with 1.5, to being much much better with 2.1) I don't see the appeal in Android as a...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-01-19, 19:00
Replies: 32
Views: 7,836
Posted By switchfiend
Post Engadget N900 Review just posted (surprisingly even-handed)

I didn't see this posted yet, but thought it was actually a pretty fair and even review (not something frequently associated with Engadget reviews):
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Forum: Applications 2009-12-14, 01:10
Replies: 75
Views: 105,720
Posted By switchfiend
Re: N900 WEP cracking / Backtrack 3

Don't know about Backtrack (I don't imagine they're going to want to go through and rebuild everything for ARM sources), but you might want to check out the next version of NeoPwn.

The previous...
Forum: Competitors 2009-12-13, 23:07
Replies: 34
Views: 12,329
Posted By switchfiend
Re: The google nexus one

Depending on what you mean by "Android" that's not entirely correct.

Android is a series of things, it's a linux kernel (much like Maemo), it's a virtual machine that runs on top of that kernel...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-10-07, 23:04
Replies: 156
Views: 33,712
Posted By switchfiend
Smile Re: Will Joe Average understand why the N900 is special?

(I swear some day I'll write a post that isn't novel-length...but today is not that day, alas).

I hate to piss in your cornflakes, but the odds are good that Maemo will never become Nokia's point...
Forum: General 2009-09-23, 05:17
Replies: 43
Views: 11,405
Posted By switchfiend
Post Re: What Linux Distro Suggested for a Maemo/Linux newb??

I definitely recommend reading the links that folks posted about what the various desktop environments available in Linux are.

I figure it might be helpful to you (and hopefully other folks who...
Forum: Alternatives 2009-09-22, 21:29
Replies: 45
Views: 10,747
Posted By switchfiend
Smile Re: Mer should have its own section

I am literally running it for the first time as we speak, but so far so good.

I dug my n800 out of the closet to test it out, and everything works so far.

Edit: After installing and mucking...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-09-18, 21:32
Replies: 156
Views: 39,330
Posted By switchfiend
Post Re: N900 on The Engadget Show

If you watch that section again, I'm pretty sure that he's actually talking about the Symbian OS.

They are talking about how Nokia hasn't been pushing their smartphone platform here in the US.
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Forum: Nokia N900 2009-09-03, 20:30
Replies: 35
Views: 12,424
Posted By switchfiend
Re: N900 on nokiaUSA

Cool. I assumed it would show up about a week after Nokia World (they will get a lot more buzz launching it first in Europe).

I would argue that it is in fact very much a NAM 3G version, just not...
Forum: Development 2009-09-03, 05:00
Replies: 189
Views: 77,304
Posted By switchfiend
Re: Getting started on Maemo 5 in Windows 7

This is better news then anything I've heard the past few weeks (which is saying a lot, because there's been lots of good news).

Having a development environment that doesn't require a dedicated...
Forum: Community 2009-08-14, 18:04
Replies: 153
Views: 41,416
Posted By switchfiend
Re: How can we encourage iPhone developers to develop on Maemo?

I feel dirty saying this, but until I can develop for Maemo in something besides Linux, I'm really not interested.

If I'm developing for the Pre, I can develop in Windows, Linux, or OS X.

If...
Forum: Community 2009-08-14, 16:40
Replies: 153
Views: 41,416
Posted By switchfiend
Post Re: How can we encourage iPhone developers to develop on Maemo?

I think that there is a general goal of attracting more developers to Maemo which is quite separate from the specific goal of attracting iPhone developers. I suspect it is more beneficial to work on...
Forum: General 2009-05-25, 21:46
Replies: 1,775
Views: 519,663
Posted By switchfiend
Re: N900 specs revealed

I suppose "interesting" is better than "disturbing" ;)
Forum: General 2009-05-25, 21:30
Replies: 1,775
Views: 519,663
Posted By switchfiend
Re: N900 specs revealed

I'm not sure about the press all "LOVING" it,

Boy Genius Report's article seems to question why they would bother making it: "Anyone excited for it or are we looking at another IT destined to be...
Forum: General 2009-05-25, 20:19
Replies: 1,775
Views: 519,663
Posted By switchfiend
Re: N900 specs revealed

If this leaked picture is actually of the tablet:

http://media.cellpassion.com/post/1475/lowres_nokrover.JPG

Then I really question the decision to shrink the display, as it looks like the...
Forum: General 2009-02-24, 01:02
Replies: 52
Views: 11,190
Posted By switchfiend
Re: My Nokia n810: Once year later

I'll throw in my two cents (which aren't worth any more than that, as everyone's opinion varies).

I bought an n800 pretty much right when it came out. I loved the idea of the device. I didn't...
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