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But bottom line, what would sort of other reaction would you expect from a thread with this title and the poster's naysayer attitude? Just curious. |
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We just happen to look the situation differently, I want to see the glass half full, and you, well almost empty. |
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2. Nokia does need to produce a device, that competes with the iPhone and Droid as a smartphone, sure. Their current offerings are not there yet, at least not for the hardcore market. But N900 is not that device, sorry. It was not meant to be - and, like you and others say, it is not. While they probably would like to sell as many as they can, that does not change its placement on the Maemo roadmap and its design goals. It is not a consumer smartphone. Blame Nokia for not having an iPhone/Droid level consumer smartphone if you like, that may be fair, blame Nokia for deciding to put out an intermediate device before consumer smartphone with Maemo, if you think that was a bad idea, but don't blame the N900 for not being something it was never supposed to be. I can't believe anyone truly expected this to be full-fledged smartphone experience. I don't know where people got that idea. I guess that was their expectation, not necessarily something that was realistic. But as a mobile computer, in my opinion, it rocks. |
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I think this thread is well past being useful at this point.
Why can't we just agree to disagree and stop feeding the trolls? |
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The side button can be found by feel only but it's simply too small and weird to use. If you take quick look you'll see the USB port is on top and the headphone jack and slider on the bottom. This makes absolutely no sense. Headphones/on-off should be on top and USB on the bottom. Wtf. |
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The combination of a MID and a cell phone could be fantastic and I have been looking for such a hybrid since before I got my N810 (as anyone who follows the OQO forums can attest). But the phone part of that is critical. Until the N900 (or a subsequent model) can match or beat the other smartphones on features and functionality, I'll stick with my two device solution. |
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well, this may be offtopic but i now have my retail n900, and i would be a fool to gripe about it. good piece of gear.
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iJanne: Stop beating the same drum about the N900 not being not a consumer smart phone. I am a consumer and I bought one. That's the end of that argument. It's listed under phones, and open to consumers. Any points you make here are completely ridiculous. Also, Nokia NEEDS to produce a smart phone to compete with the market. What are you talking about? Look at this phone, it even looks like an iPhone. Is it a coincidence that they advertised all the features that this phone has and that the iPhone is lacking? I don't think so. Bottom line is that this phone, as it is right now, falls short of the market measuring stick and it's up to Nokia to do something about it. It is completely irrelevant that a handful of enthusiasts (me included) like the phone and will keep using it. This does nothing for Nokia's bottom line or their downward spiraling market share. I understand your opinions but this phone has been botched from the day it was supposed to come out and it didn't. More problems to add: - Definite memory issues somewhere, phone slows down considerably if it stays on for too long without a reboot. - Stuck in portrait again today. - Browser is IMPOSSIBLE to use while page is loading. It doesn't even display a checkerd pattern if you scroll but simply a white page. - Browser displays a black screen for a few seconds when switching to full screen mode on certain pages. - Browser fails to display the page sometimes after it is done loading. Once you start scrolling it starts displaying the page. - Buttons on the call screen are in messed up order. The accept call button is in the middle of the screen with buttons on top and on the bottom. It needs to be the only thing on the screen or not surrounded by anything else, to avoid accidental presses of other buttons. - Media player does not remember shuffle settings if you click the back arrow and select another song from the list. - Random interface slowdowns where you click to call a contact and you stare at the screen for 5 seconds with nothing happening. - Sound quality when connected to speakers is abysmal when compared to a PSP I am starting to feel the need for some apps. The phone doesn't do much out of the box...where are the games, the funny picture apps etc? Ovi Maps is not even laughable. Just simply ignore it exists. It's the worst GPS/Mapping application in the history of GPS. It takes forever to open and panning the maps is atrocious. GPS lock can take forever if you're not on Wifi for some reason (yes with a good data connection). I have simply never felt the need to use it anymore after I had to stare at the loading screen for what...30 seconds or so? All I have to say is google maps on the iPhone. Opens in 2 seconds, GPS lock in no time...and guess what...I can find that pizza place in another 10 seconds. Good luck doing that with Nokia Maps. |
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Once again: take both the reactionary complaints AND praise with a healthy dose of skepticism. That includes statements like "THIS PHONE IS GARBAGE" and "THIS IS THE PERFECT PHONE". :rolleyes: |
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1. How did you miss all the bugs? 2. Have you reported some of these bugs and are they being worked on? Sorry, but a media player app not remembering shuffle settings after you select a different song from the playlist tells me that nobody even used the media player app before the phone was released. |
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I am not saying the N900 is not available for "consumers", just that it is not a consumer smartphone. It is a mobile computer and marketed as such. Just because some site lists it under "phones" does not change this. You ignored my earlier argument that N810 is also listed under phones - they list their Internet tables under their devices category, most of which are phones. Sure, it works as a phone but it is a mobile computer. Again, read their product page: http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/ Why the heck did you expect it to be something it was not designed to be? They barely mention the phone functionality in the specs! Misleading to list it under phones (like listing N810 there), perhaps, blame them for that, but the N900 is not what you are asking it to be. Return it to the store or sell it, it is not for you - possibly never will be. When Nokia announced it, they told us months ago loud and clear what it would be - and what it would not be. Just because you thought different doesn't make it so. I am "beating the same drum" because a lot of you guys are ignoring the simple mission statement of this device. I'd be fine if you'd say releasing such a device was a mistake or causing confusion - that is certainly very much arguable and I'd be fine accepting your opinion - but saying it lacks because it is not something it was never designed to be, just because you thought it would be all that, is just utter stupidity. We all knew, or we should have known, going in what this thing is going to lack. Especially we knew it would lack content. N900 is a stepping stone to create content for Maemo. Maemo is not yet a smartphone OS, at the time being it is still an Internet tablet/mobile computer OS with phone functionality. That is what the N900 is and that was its place on the Maemo roadmap, by design. Sorry if you thought otherwise, but you didn't do your research. Again, you can very well state Nokia should have more than a mobile computer with Maemo out by now, I think very few people are disagreeing with that. We all know Nokia is late and Symbian is aged. But they have what they have, and N900 is not a consumer smartphone - it was not designed to be one. It is a mobile computer withe phone functionality aimed at a different market. Your expectation simply wasn't in line with what was announced as the product N900. You should have know better and not bought it. |
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I think the problem is that regardless of whatever you call the N900, be it a phone, a tablet, or a mobile computer, it cant really explain why there are issues with the device in terms of bugs.
You can argue that since the phone application is not its main area of focus, certain things such as unique ringtones for each contact is not to be expected. However, broken exchange support, and email experience in general and flat out bugs with the device cannot be explained by the label you put on it. Nokia rushed the release, which is something they admit themselves. That said, I reckon that most of the bugs will be fixed with time. I dont know if we should expect all the features people here are longing for, but for a $600 device, you should at least expect the software to be reasonably bug free. Also, I would expect that a mobile computer would offer me a superior calendar en email experience. I am not trashing the N900, but I am really tired of people saying that the reason we have all these bugs and issues is because its not a phone..Thats hardly relevant.. |
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Whatever N900's shortcomings as a mobile computer, any instability or bugs, certainly warrant our attention and dislike. Continue to beat the drum about these and lets get Nokia to fix them. This is a good mobile computer, it needs to mature into perfect. However, lacking features known from existing smartphones is by design. In this case, Nokia admitting Maemo is not yet ready for a consumer smartphone release, they admit not everything would be there, and they aimed for something different because, in this time frame, they just couldn't get to that smartphone level yet from Maemo's tablet/computer roots - so they CHOSE to have an intermediate step, that of a mobile computer with phone functionality. We knew this, we should have known this, Nokia was open and frank about it - the state of Maemo and the roadmap. By the way, I hope and continue to ask Nokia to roll back into the N900 any future features they add to Maemo on the road to full smartphoneness, but that doesn't change the fact that we knew it not be there from the get-go and it may never be there. |
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After 4 days My N900 has few pixels missing, I mean they always show white colour.............
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I'm sorry, but are we in the minority (or just a silent majority) who think Nokia was frank and open about the fact the N900 would be "X". Yet some people continue to complain because the N900 is not in line with their expectation that N900 would be "Y".
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iJanne you are not in the minority.
Just most people are just getting on and enjoying their device, where they see problems they are logging bugs, and where they can help others they are just getting on with it. |
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And BTW, just to reiterate, I think the issue of bugs and problems has been confused with the issue of smartphoneness. The two are separate issues. I concure with the fact that former needs fixing, complaining where necessary - just disagree with the latter. |
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It is indeed very true that most people who actually have their N900 are not here whining about it. On forums such as these you usually have three groups of people. You have those who love it, those who hate it, and those who doesn't have it yet.
Again, I can be forgiving that the N900 doesnt have all the phone features we want. But I think its pretty poor work by Nokia if the N900 has as many software issues that has been reported here. That said, things such as MMS would be appreciated, but I am more than willing to wait for it.. |
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I do have a good feeling about the N900 getting a lot of post-release attention from Nokia though. They have gone out and said that they were overwhelmed at how high the demand for the device is, and that they are having a hard time shipping them out fast enough.
I think Nokia may realise the potential here if they can manage to release solid updates quite quickly. They might end up earning alot more from the N900 than they first expected! |
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I got my n900 late yesterday. It just gets better as I use it.
bye bye iPod touch, hello freedom ! big up to Maemo developers and NOK. |
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With all these issues, Maemo 5 isn't what it should be. It takes the word "freedom" away from N900. I really have to re-consider this device. It's absolutely UNACCEPTABLE what Nokia have done. They have professionals working for months on a device and it comes to the market as if a 10 year old made it. Haha it's funny, its even worse than the N97 release! (didn't they learn from the E90's dead mic releases? :S:S:S) And everyone thought "oh, Nokia are delaying it so they don't make a fool out of themselves, they must learn from the N97"!! Oh...the irony... anyway, I really do hope they sort their unprofessional behaviour out, or maybe theyre just a big scam? hmm..
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What have Nokia done that is so unacceptable? Would be nice if you elaborated a bit..
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i think that n900 will improve with manyupdates like the n800 and n810. people should stop complaining about it and just wait for the updates. and anyone whos new to maemo devices and dont like the n900 should get more familiar with it or wait for more updates
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I am sorry for those who are let down by the N900 may it be software or hardware. For those of you who think it's gonna suck, please do the right thing and cancel your pre-order/order so that those who want it can get it sooner ;)
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Think I may be returning my device after only one day of use. I bought the device mainly as a phone and mp3 player. But for some reason it is unable to play any of my playlists and the media player keeps freezing up (apart from the fact it is so basic). Plus I have had a few random reboots, the device seems a bit slow, my USB connection keeps dropping off. I would have been able to make do with all the other issues if not for the failure to play my playlists. I am now deleting all my music files then will try to synch with Ovi Music. If it still doesn't work then the device is definitely going back.
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Of course iPhone's scrolling is perfectly smooth because its resolution is only 480x320. N900 has 800x480. |
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this thread needs to die. congrats mega on your success with that troll.
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you all need to stop. 90 percent of you probably dont even own the ****ing phone. stop the nonsense.
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yea. definitely said by someone who hasnt written a line of cod ein his damn life.
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