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Re: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream

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Originally Posted by danramos (Post 816369)

I cannot read that site at all.

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As far as software OS's go, their stories are very similar. One year after 1.5, near as I could tell, Android was very rapidly building up toward (or had already put out) 1.6 and was already aiming at 2.0. Similarly, one year after the first Maemo (OS2005) was released on the Nokia 770, Maemo very rapidly moved up to OS2006 and aiming for OS2007. Very big upgrades all-around in both camps.

If you want to talk HARDWARE support, that's quite different. Hardware support has ALWAYS been far, far better for HTC's G1, where you can easily walk into a store and get face-to-face support from where you bought the unit as well as, even this far out into the future now, replacement parts of all sorts. I've never had quite the same luck with Nokia in either regard.

@"cannot read the site": that is strange.

@"As far as software OS's go, their stories are very similar. "
That was what I meant.
It seems that some people are impatient with Maemo and
compare it to present Android.

@face-to-face support: do you mean hardware or usage?

Re: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream

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Originally Posted by ME2g (Post 816398)

The site is written in, I think German? I can't really read it except for a few words kinda. I definitely cannot purchase from that site from where I live.

As far as face-to-face support, it could go either way. I was able to walk back into the Verizon store where I bought my Droid to complain about losing my first phone and instantly got a replacement, later walked back in to complain that the unit I got had a bad camera and IMMEDIATELY had it replaced. During those visits, they seemed enthusiastically able to answer plenty of questions about using it as well. I can't buy an N900 by walking into any stores around me--I've never seen one in person yet. There really is no physical presence for Nokia in North America. I'm reasonably certain that I wouldn't be able to get any kind of in-person assistance from anyone if I'd gotten an N900. I'm sure that this will be dismissed as a regional issue (by anyone in Europe) but if you're nowhere near Nokia, they might as well be non-existent since they don't appear to be trying to make themselves present in any other way (phone support is terrible, can't web-order parts/service/contracts, etc.). It's an incredible shame that such criticism is dismissed instead of considered.

Re: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream

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Originally Posted by danramos (Post 816397)

@slender
Are you trying to say that i could get easily support for my N800 here in the United States or in North America :) maybe not at ALL but jeeeezzzz man get real you just live in wrong continent ;) that's all.

:rolleyes:

I'm glad that you understood my sarcastic point. What can I say? Just excatly! Do not believe in ads and do some research before buying stuff that is not properly supported on your continent.

Re: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream

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Originally Posted by allnameswereout (Post 816388)

Come tell us here how complete the hardware is once you have the microUSB port in your hands :D

I read some of the postings.

Let's talk about this in 6 month or so...and I am extremely careful
with items like this.

Re: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream

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Originally Posted by danramos (Post 816369)

I cannot read that site at all. I tried searching it on Amazon.com without any luck. Is that a Nokia stylus or a third-party made stylus? Either way, good find! (Except that it doesn't help me with my N800, and even if I have an N900, I couldn't buy from that site.)
[...]

Can you get this page:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...F8&me=&seller=
?

Re: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream

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Originally Posted by slender (Post 816409)

I'm glad that you understood my sarcastic point. What can I say? Just excatly! Do not believe in ads and do some research before buying stuff that is not properly supported on your continent.

Precisely why I didn't bother with the N900 and I continue to wait patiently while I fiddled with my Dell Mini9 and and Motorola Droid (which wasn't meant to replace my N800, but has done a surprisingly good job of it).

That certainly doesn't help Nokia nor my interest in obtaining a more open-source based device.

Also, my condolences for your being on the wrong continent. :cool:

Re: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream

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Originally Posted by ME2g (Post 816421)

Can you get this page:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...F8&me=&seller=
?

YES! Thank you! ...er, no wait.. those aren't N800 styluses and I still can't purchase anything from there. Anything from amazon.com, hmm?

Re: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream

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Originally Posted by ME2g (Post 816414)

I read some of the postings.

Let's talk about this in 6 month or so...and I am extremely careful
with items like this.

Alright. Don't wanna burst your bubble but it happened to other people who were extremely careful with their device. :(

Re: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream

sorry my post was not intended to hurt anyone! if it did I apologize for that...

I just wanted to point out that other side of the river always looks green... and obviously he had no idea about android devices which are no holy grails of smartphones...

thanks
diimaan

Re: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream

"End of the Nokia Smart Phone dream" huh?

Were you paying attention today? Did you see the E7 or the N8? And the N9 will supposedly be better while running MeeGo. Nokia's smart phone dream is just beginning.

The N900 was an initial entry into the neo-smartphone arena, and a bold one at that.