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-   -   Is The N900 That Great? (https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=38028)

Laughing Man 2009-12-22 04:12
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 2733T (Post 437109)
now i'm wondering, besides the phone part, is there anything hardware or software related that makes it better than the N810?
Pretty much everything on the hardware side is better than its older brothers. The ones that aren't better are..

- smaller screen (4 inch to 3.5)
- no more USB host =(
- no SDHC slots =( (can't use my 16 GB SDHC cards I have in my n800 right now).

Software side the OS is better for finger usage and it's alot faster. But at the same time due to changes from Maemo 4 to Maemo 5 alot of things have to be retooled.

j.s 2009-12-22 04:16
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by fatalsaint (Post 437111)
The N900's hardware is significantly better from what I've read. And the software is supposedly better as well. I'm not exactly sure what the major differences in Maemo 5 and Maemo 4 are tho.
Hardware is mostly significantly better.

The chrome around the flash can ruin pictures and the flip out stand is pathetic.

Hard to say how the GPS compares because of the problems with the currently available software.

The software is wildly mixed.

j.s 2009-12-22 04:19
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 2733T (Post 437112)
considering that i got the my N810 for about a third the price, and that I already have a phone, what would make me want to buy it.
Probably nothing.

jpandrusky 2009-12-22 04:19
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Just my side. I've had mine 4 four days. 2 days in and I realised that email wasn't working. The email side is horrible, the N900 won't cache emails and folders locally and doesn't like to update on its own. Every time I want to look at my email I have to wait 20 minutes for the device to download the folders and headers again. I've gone back to my BB 8700 just so that I get email again. My opinion, if you have cash to burn and like to tinker, get the N900. Otherwise, I recommend waiting till the device works as advertised.

erocker 2009-12-22 04:20
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rawutt (Post 437007)
that might be true..but i'm not a geek neither wll be ;)
however affection towards this phone increasing day by day..
i can watch live tv with 3g connection...can listen live radios..can store whatever i want, make phone calls; send n receive emails; since i got it back i've not touch my laptop at all..

i think normal ppl like me enjoys this phone even more!!
hey how can u watch live tv on it???

spinnukur 2009-12-22 04:23
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Was on the plane, running music in the background, pdf reader, word to go, and Dr. SNES ( or w/e it's called ), running very smoothly, no issues at all...

Can the FailPhone do that? NO!

MrWh1t3 2009-12-22 04:24
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 2733T (Post 437112)
considering that i got the my N810 for about a third the price, and that I already have a phone, what would make me want to buy it.
It seems like you aren't ready to buy it. Move on.

rawutt 2009-12-22 05:25
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by erocker (Post 437121)
hey how can u watch live tv on it???
as an example if u r in uk u can watch bbc news 24 live online.. n i also watch online tv live from nepal(as i'm Nepali;) )..

c0rt3x 2009-12-22 07:56
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 2733T (Post 437109)
now i'm wondering, besides the phone part, is there anything hardware or software related that makes it better than the N810?
CPU: 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8, up from 330 MHz ARM11
GPU: PowerVR SGX 530 (14MPolys/s), up from PowerVR MBX lite (1MPolys/s)
DSP: 430MHz C64x+, up from 220MHz C55x
RAM: 256MB, up from 128MB
ISP: Yes, up from no
IVA: Yes (2+), up from no
Storage: 32GB, up from 2GB

By the way, you don't have understand anything to see that almost everything is at least twice as good. ;)

roundyz 2009-12-22 10:18
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by chase15 (Post 436979)
well, software issues... soon to be fixed.. when new FW comes...

i don't think the firmare is going to be the be all and end all software update we all hope it to be, It's going to fix bugs, over missing functionality. No portrait mode in most apps isn't a bug for example.

fatalsaint 2009-12-22 14:03
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
I agree.. there will be several firmware updates over the lifetime.. that's pretty much guaranteed. This one firmware update will not fix everyone's complaints.

askarir 2009-12-22 14:26
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pegasus (Post 437080)
In the UK, I am not too sure, my guess is probably no for now.
http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/nokia-n900

Rushmore 2009-12-22 14:40
Re: Is The N900 That Great?
 
As a netbook and media player- nothing touches the N900 in a phone-size form factor. It is KING.

As a phone, I am beginning to despise the N900 due to the continued weak GSM reception in very low signal areas (which is common for Tmo where I live). The signal is great in medium or better signal areas, but is poor everywhere else and takes too long to reacquire a signal.

I now use my N900 as a netbook and media player and went back to my G1 as a phone. I will probably go ahead and get the damn Droid, since Verizon coverage is pure 3G everywhere in my area, rather than one & two bar GSM with the G1 and one or no bars with the N900. Either phone I have poor data connection in many areas. Seems to have gotten worse, rather than better.


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