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Re: First N900 Review

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Originally Posted by dansus (Post 313432)

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At 550 euros at launch which will come down to 475 euros within weeks of release, its half the price of an iPhone and simular to the HTC Hero.

Did you say similar???????

Re: First N900 Review

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Originally Posted by tso (Post 313280)

hmm, so how easy will this thing be to "jailbreak"?

erm... being jailbroken ie you can install and do what you want with the device is the idea of Maemo, unless i missed something and Nokia have locked it down for Freemantle.

Re: First N900 Review

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Originally Posted by vkv.raju (Post 313433)

Did you say similar???????

I did... Why?

Re: First N900 Review

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Originally Posted by dansus (Post 313435)

I did... Why?

Purely from a hardware stand point of view:
htc hero uses an old processor Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz where as n900 uses OMAP3430 which is currently powered at 600mhz and can be geared upto 1ghz.

Also, the TV-Out feature.

All-in-all, apart from the form factor (this is a personal choice), N900 is great and undoubtedly superior than the hero!

Re: First N900 Review

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Originally Posted by vkv.raju (Post 313439)

I would think the HTC Touch Pro2 would be a more interesting comparison.

Re: First N900 Review

a couple of things:

1. Is that Jaffa's 'Attitude' app? Makes you wonder....

2. Is this the task switcher in 'select' mode?

I really like the use of focus in the UI, pretty intuitive I think to navigate

Good show Nokia! Now, when can I get one, and can you convince Ted Rogers to lower his data costs!!?

Re: First N900 Review

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Originally Posted by SD69 (Post 313441)

I would think the HTC Touch Pro2 would be a more interesting comparison.

Well, Touch Pro2 too uses the same old hardware but includes the TV-Out feature. On top of that, it uses Windows Mobile 6.1.

Comparison between WinMo and Maemo is worthless I guess.

Re: First N900 Review

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Originally Posted by ARJWright (Post 313400)

Nice analysis by Eldar at the beginning; is this community ready for the attention?
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I have two N97s right beside me right now; hardware on this looks very, very similar. If the build quality of the first one I got, regardless of price, Nokia has a winner and then some.

Subsidized, this device will be $399-499 USD. A subsidy making it cheaper than that says that this device will be a huge success; and I think it will, but like the Ford FiveHundred, not initially, only after its seen on the road a bit.

Subsidized or on contract as we call it, it will be free in the UK. $399 on anything higher than a $20 contract would be a rip-off.

Expect to see something like this on 18month contracts;

£35pm > £99
£40pm > £65
£50pm > £0

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Originally Posted by ARJWright (Post 313400)

Eldar always writes in a way to make you see the next steps if you read the lines carefully. The RX-71 should be very, very ground breaking. Nokia's CEO made a comment once about netbooks being nothing more than smaller laptops, that Nokia understands the difference between a computer that's mobile and doing mobile computing. I'm very intrigued, and think that the keyboard-shifting model is coming, with Maemo 5.

Yes, expect this to be the first of many devices to come in different shapes an sizes.
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Re: First N900 Review

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Originally Posted by vkv.raju (Post 313446)

Well, Touch Pro2 too uses the same old hardware but includes the TV-Out feature. On top of that, it uses Windows Mobile 6.1.

Comparison between WinMo and Maemo is worthless I guess.

Yes, as a user, don't compare the OS, but the UI and other similarities of the devices. Touch Pro 2 is closer to being HTC's flagship device and a competitor to N900 than the Hero I think.

Re: First N900 Review

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Originally Posted by vkv.raju (Post 313439)

Yep, thats my point. For a similar price point, you get a whole lot more.

To be honest, the Hero is a bit cheaper at £399 but offers less in hardware terms.
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