Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

Sorry.. this is just a minor pet peeve of mine. I don't think it comes with root "out of the box".. you have install "an app for that" (although it's not really an "app" so much as a script that modifies the phone.. but anyway..) I would love for it to come with root "out of the box".. that would be epic.. but sadly - everything I've read said "no, install rootsh first."


Anyhoo... please continue the pointless fanboi flamewar thread. Just consider my post another pro-Nokia fanboi* one. I don't have an N900 merely because I can't afford the money.. not because I don't think it's worth the money. Its the coolest phone I've witnessed yet.

*Just so I don't try to sound too sane, an impossibility for anyone to claim responding to a thread like this, I need to insert some silly fanboyishness that is totally irrelevant to anyone or anything.. otherwise I run the risk of being off topic. "Nokia Rules, You Drool!"

There we go.. I think I'm in the clear now....

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

er....not to bring this in here but which other phones have portrait and landscape support for the desktop/homescreen?

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

Erm.. android has both for the home screen and all the 5 desktops? At least.. my rooted one does.. I haven't had a vanilla android in ages :D.

Unless I didn't understand the question... entirely a probability.

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

well i guess i am mistaken. the nexus one i played with couldn't do this. the droid only did it when the keyboard was slid out. the pre and iphone definitely don't do it

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

Yeah mine will actually rotate with or without the keyboard in/out just by tilting it.

And in fact (and I am positive this is *only* rooted versions do this one) - It will go landscape both ways. If I have the phone one way, flip it upside down, the screen flips rightside up again.

Portrait doesn't do this though.

Any case: Android itself is obviously capable.. but whether any phones out there do it by default (aside the N900 I guess?) or not is unknown to me.

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

You may claim this to b a rant...but i believe i'm entitled to put forth my opinions.

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

Who said you aren't?

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

Well, OBVIOUSLY you Tex. Because, saying anything about ranting (even something positive) totally means you think people should just shut up and color....

:D

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

Well it may have raised the bar for internet tablets.
The N900 is a developers device not a phone for general use.
It is not a multimedia device or even a smartphone yet...imo

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

internet tablet > smartphone.

The N900 is an awesome internet tablet. But it is the first internet tablet to include cellphone functionality. Considering this is the first time Nokia tried to put a cellphone in a MID, the functionality doesn't quite replace phone-centric devices like the N95 yet. But I trust it will get better soon. Or maybe later. Eventually.