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Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?

Here is one more reason for a slightly shorter N810 :
(without reducing screen size)
To reach T-G-B comfortably when thumb typing.

Or, why not, the same form factor with a bigger screen and a split keyboard.
The D-pad could be a row of five keys on one shoulder, as already suggested.

( At least in Sweden most pocket calendars are just the size of the N810.)

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?

Whilst it is no doubt WAY to late to speculate about the n900 design. (if it's not too late to change then release is much further away than I'd like)
I have to say that I'd gladly take a new device that looks *exactly* like the n810, but with faster processor/graphics accel, 3g and better camera.
but if I could have my wish then the screen would be flush to surface and about 10mm wider within the existing dimensions of an 810.
give me a | somewhere on the keyboard. maybe give me a scroll wheel on the side of the case (top right shoulder?)
camera on back, webcam on front.
That's about it. I don't need the device any smaller, and certainly don't want to trade battery life for less size.

Honestly though, if it was exactly the same as my 810 both hardward and software. but with faster processor and a 3g connetion option, I'd still be happy.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?

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Originally Posted by dwould (Post 279747)

Honestly though, if it was exactly the same as my 810 both hardward and software. but with faster processor and a 3g connetion option, I'd still be happy.

I feel much the same. For all of my suggestions, I'm very pleased with the N810 hardware, though it sometimes doesn't come across when posting. I'd gladly buy a N810+ with some form of WAN (HSPA/Wimax/LTE), a faster processor (OMAP3 will do nicely), and more ram (~512MB please!).

YARR!
}:^)~

"Corrupt" said he.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?

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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt (Post 279760)

and more ram (~512MB please!).

256MB is realistic, 512MB really isn't. Part availability, cost, power usage.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?

I wouldn't bet on that ^.

hee.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?

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Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 279785)

I wouldn't bet on that ^.

Well, looking at the kernel, it looks more like 128MB, so. :) Assuming you're not confusing flash, though, which seems likely to be over 16GB.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?

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Originally Posted by GeraldKo (Post 278931)

On the N800 you have the d-pad and the escape/menu/swap buttons on the front (where it seems N810 users wish they were, too, rather than hidden with the keyboard). I like having hardware buttons and it seems Fremantle (unlike the iPhone) expects them, too. But having those buttons on the front requires that the unit have a larger face.

Based on previous threads, I think Fremantle supports hw buttons but does not necessarily expect them. And it may not be Fremantle that supports the hw buttons, but the UI or some other layer on top of Fremantle. I am eagerly waiting for an answer to this.

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Originally Posted by GeraldKo (Post 278931)

How about putting the buttons on the back? If they were positioned correctly, laid out well, and surfaced to provide tactile information, it would be easy to use them without seeing them. I'd position them vertically down the center of the back, where both righties and lefties could easily manipulate them with a forefinger, middle finger, and/or ring finger (instead of a thumb). (If you test this out, take into account that the unit would not be as wide as the current N8*0 -- in fact, it would be only about 92mm, or even say 100mm, instead of the N810's 128mm or the N800's 144mm.) The middle of the N900's back could easily be reached even by a small hand that was simultaneously being used to hold the unit.

I think there is a problem with circuit board layout in putting buttons in the middle, should be near the periphery sort of like I/O connectors. Of course, there could be an innovative solution to that problem.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?

Well I for one am glad that the next tablet is not the same hardware and software as the current generation. What we have now is good for now, but in a years time...

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?

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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles (Post 279793)

Well, looking at the kernel, it looks more like 128MB, so. :) Assuming you're not confusing flash, though, which seems likely to be over 16GB.

128MB would be disappointing, just short of shooting yourself in the foot. With a semi-official dual-toolkit approach and even more eyecandy, not to mention fennec et al, 128MB is the point where you end up on swap in no time - and not even a quad core A9 cortex can help you then.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?

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Originally Posted by attila77 (Post 280231)

I don't buy 128MB myself, it's from an early kernel version so there isn't really a lot of stock to be put in it.