Forum: Nokia N900
2009-09-19, 10:09
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Replies: 48
Views: 18,821
Re: Video: N900 Startup time and Swipe to unlock
Nokia doesn't put a lot of effort into boottimes. They spend that effort on battery life instead. Why? Because these are always-on devices. They aren't meant to be turned off every time they go in...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2009-09-17, 10:52
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Replies: 523
Views: 151,203
Re: Portrait mode use cases
Portrait mode, and native app usage in this mode will be one of my questions to Jussi later today. Glad I found this thread too.!
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2009-09-14, 20:41
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Replies: 523
Views: 151,203
Re: Portrait mode use cases
You're right. I get heated sometimes. But those familiar with me know why I'm here, and know I'm a fire soul. I'm passionate about mobiles, and do everything I do to further the industry, nothing...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2009-09-14, 14:24
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Replies: 523
Views: 151,203
Re: Portrait mode use cases
"Oh, that new phone from Nokia.. I heard it's pretty good, except it's not powerful enough to do portrait mode" :D
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2009-09-11, 14:00
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Replies: 523
Views: 151,203
Re: Portrait mode use cases
You could hold the phone button on the upper edge and flick it with your thumb. Or you could just slightly open the keyboard and close it immediatly with one hand.
But i think nokia should...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2009-09-11, 12:49
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Replies: 523
Views: 151,203
Re: Portrait mode use cases
Personally I just found out the n900 wouldn't be supporting portrait for key apps. This is disappointing enough to make me seriously reconsider buying what looked to **finally** be the perfect...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2009-09-10, 16:44
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Replies: 523
Views: 151,203
Re: Portrait mode use cases
A limited, but finished, release for SMS, Phone and Calender would work just fine for me too.
Ofcourse this means that the dashboard too would probably need to rotate.
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2009-09-08, 04:25
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Replies: 523
Views: 151,203
Re: Portrait mode use cases
Do you realize post #225 was the last on-topic in this thread?
The discussion about Qt portability is *very* interesting but don't expect anybody finding it under a thread about portrait mode in...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2009-09-06, 18:06
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Replies: 523
Views: 151,203
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2009-09-06, 13:37
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Replies: 523
Views: 151,203
Re: Portrait mode use cases
I most like the simple idea of having a *different* desktop entirely for portrait use. This was mentioned by a previous post.
The 'portrait' desktop would have a different customization of...
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Forum: Design
2009-09-05, 20:09
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Replies: 66
Views: 22,883
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2009-08-28, 19:58
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Replies: 45
Views: 15,038
Re: What disappoint me in Maemo 5.
True but i dont expect to use the keyboard all the time. I would use the touch screen only for basic browsing and checking updates of widgets. I think it would be a good idea to support everything...
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Forum: Competitors
2009-08-28, 07:46
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Replies: 340
Views: 202,739
N900 vs Iphone.
So this post is dedicated to explain to them the differences between the two and how much better the n900 and maemo 5 compared to the current apple Iphone and its closed wall practices.
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