Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 487195)

I'll be perfectly candid: my main concern is around the usb port. Anyone who's been able to send their USB port back in a separate box from their 900, for replacement knows why.

Originally Posted by colnago (Post 487226)

I love how threads regarding "stickers for the back of your Droid's screen":

http://androidforums.com/motorola-dr...ds-screen.html

...along with threads about "animated wallpaper", get more views and responses than on topics regarding core functioniality and firmware updates.
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Originally Posted by chrisp7 (Post 487108)

But your logic works both ways.. A flawed assumption that everything is fine with the N900?

It does seem that a lot of die hard Maemo people are burying their heads in the sand. Yes the N900 is generally zippy but can slow down at times.. Id like the N900 OS to be a competitor to Android/iphone one of these days (in terms of bugs/polish/interoperable apps).

Sorry Im not trying to be antagonistic, I just want to improve things.

Originally Posted by slender (Post 487245)

[offtopic]


Actually that´s just awesome. It would be nice to customize N900 screen back with penguin with laser beam eyes sticker :)

Originally Posted by anidel (Post 487190)

That is MORE than fine.. no one's complaining because people complain about the N900.. we, me, complain because people BLAME this and that because of the issue.. as if other platforms where issue-free and Nokia did a poor job... while it totally the opposite.
It's an amazing platform, amazing work done (could you believe one day you'd be running a , let's call it, Debian distro on you mobile device?).

I am just flattered by the tones... while it's so simple to simply accept issues and ask them to be fixed.

Where's the issue with that? none, as long as people are friendly.

Originally Posted by Laughingstok (Post 487169)

Again, "mainstream" n900 owners are a majority that probably should NOT own it. Maemo is a BRAND NEW OS. It's GOING to have problems.

Nokia is genius. The N900 is landing in the hands of the people they want it to. The people who can TRULY see the implications and power of the device. NOT the people who are going to b!tch because it scrolls a little quirky sometimes.

Look through these forums. It's loaded with very intelligent people that are doing AMAZING things with the n900, things other phones can't even hold a candle to. Now you tell me, are they crying because some of the visuals are not as lightning fast as another phones? Nope. That's because that crap comes later. It's fluff. It's stuff intended to appeal to the masses to make them happy. The same person that would be attracted to a shiny piece of gold so they can hold it in their hands and stare at it. Meanwhile those of us who truly "get it" toss the gold and grow an orchard so we can feed ourselves. Stuff that matters.

And speaking on behalf of "mainstream," I live in the United States and I have not seen ONE commercial, ad, radio sound byte, or anything advertising the N900. They are NOT trying to make it an iPhone killer. They are letting it "seep" into the Geek world and watching it bloom from an open, hacker friendly device, into what will probably be a true "killer-app phone" on Maemo 6 and devices to come.

Originally Posted by Laughingstok (Post 487169)

And speaking on behalf of "mainstream," I live in the United States and I have not seen ONE commercial, ad, radio sound byte, or anything advertising the N900.

Originally Posted by real_per (Post 487231)

I do contribute to the bug system, but I don't have the time (or the will to spend it if I did), to investigate the root cause of every bug I come across.

Originally Posted by colnago (Post 487248)

Once I installed the "flashlight app", and more recently, the maemo-geolocation app/plug, those two apps alone afforded me the same functionality that "I" got from my Droid. However, with the GSM support, I have better reception over a broader area (I went as far as developing an external antenna mod for the Droid), as well as a few more features "out of the box".

Once there is either sling or HAVA support, I will be "completely" satisfied with my 900, but currently I have litterally (0) issues with the OS/hardware/software, nor with its use as a phone/browser/GPS/email/media player.

Just because some people's "d'ruthers" are not completely met, does not mean that there are things "fundamentally wrong" with the device.

Originally Posted by chrisp7 (Post 487277)

No one is saying the N900 is fundamentally flawed. I would say the N900's current state flawed - it mostly will be sorted out but will take prob around 6 months (As with ALL Nokia releases unfortunately). The N900 is great, I love it, I love so many functions BUT its N900 beta imo.