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i still use my htc kaiser from time to time because spb news is not as data hungry as the rss of n900. it just shows the title of the articles instead of you panning a hundred articles to know if there's something interesting to read...

there's no slingbox and silverlight support for n900 so i still use my kaiser's sling app and skyfire for those jobs...

i'm way more happy with maemo's speed and stability than the winmo 6.1 crap and cosmetically improved 6.5 although 5 and 6 were ok.....winmo 7 must redeem the winmo line up in order for me to maybe return from them...

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Well, well, WELL. Good news, everyone :rolleyes:. Still, why the delay? Isn't N97 running the same OS as 5800 does... I guess I am going back to N97 at this very moment...just to check on OVI maps. I am pretty sure that I will come back to N900 shortly as I do not foresee much driving to the unknown today:rolleyes:

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Well you cant really say its perfect, because its not properly implemented into the phones OS. You can send pics directly from the phone app, you have to switch the apn manually, and you cant send pics to more than one person at a time. You also cant save your sent messages. But at least it works, it will have to do for now.

I miss my N86 because it just felt so easy to use. Making a call took only a second, and it was just easy to get around everywhere. But I dont miss it enough to go back to it, so its all good :D

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Yeah I kind of miss the N95 just because it has a couple of small advantages over the N900.. But nothing too serious that would make me want to go back to N95.. Crossing my fingers on the OVI Maps news to be ported to Maemo 5/N900... :(

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it looks like all of the N900 users came from either previous N series phones, or an iphone...but that kind of makes sense in a way

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My old nokia was the greatest! ;)

http://wiki.maemo.org/Image:Jebba-oldfone.jpg

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I miss my N82's xenon flash.

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I missed my e90's keyboard and battery life.

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ha ha not on your nelly. i wouldn't swap my N900 for anything. Sending my N95 to Mazuma next week...buuuut I need voice nav argghh. after all the probs i had with my first one I can now say Im in awe of this thing. happy bunny.

oh forgot to say battery life sucks but Im living with it.

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I do miss my N9-3 a little bit. Mostly, the following applications:

1. The ability to sync properly (calendar and conctacts) with Google, but that is almost solved. Syncing the calendar only seems to work fine, but syncing contacts is a no go, except on the fist full sync.

2. A native Google Maps application. I will not pay $80 or whatever sygic ends up charging for the N900 application. And Ovi Maps is a joke.

3. A native Gmail application. Modest is too slow. It's easier to fire up the browser and go to gmail directly.

4. Audible player. I doubt we will ever see anything compatible because Audible is not interested in linux and DRM is just a nightmare.

5. Slingplayer. Again, Slingmedia does not care for linux and the existing linux solutions involving wine are probably too convoluted for the N900. But who knows. Maybe with Easy-Debian?

6. A good Bible reader. Here I'm just waiting for Rapier or something similar to make it to extras.


I mostly listen to my audiobooks on my ipod while I'm driving, so it's not too bad if I cannot do it on the phone. I'm sure that syncing fully with Google will be resolved, so really, all I need is Google maps.

I am, in contrast, every day more impressed with all the possibilities that the N900 promises and delivers. It seems that every day there is a new application that does something amazing. So I wouldn't go back to the N95-3.

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Because there was a problem with the free space on the system partition.

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I'm generally a Nokia user but I also get to experience many other devices through working in mobile. A few days after getting the N900, I ditched my day phone (5800 - I still regard as a very good device and a fantastic cost-effective music/video player); the occasional N95 (best camera phone around); my reserve device - BlackBerry Bold 9000 (nothing to recommend but was used for e-mail). The N900 has all the things that these other devices have.
I've used Ubuntu for two years and so the N900 is natural, open and pleasant. There's no going back now, and certainly the tediously over-hyped alternatives such as iPhone just can't cut it. I like what Apple have done, especially to the value chain, but the N900 blows the (30 month old) iPhone into the weeds - unless you love iTunes and all that goes with it :-)

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Previous phone was HTC Touch HD and I dont miss it one bit now that I have got eBook and Comicbook reader on my n900 the only thing I miss is Document editing... That would be nice especially with the full qwerty.
before the n900 I had the SE w910... (have always had SE and always disliked Nokia for being non-logical in their UIs) the w910 is a nice little phone that I use on the occation Im going to a party where I know its gonna get wet and wild and from where Im probably gonna come crawling home...

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i do miss my trusty e71

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i had a moto cliq recently. the thing i miss about it was its incredible contrast ratio (its blacks were BLACKer than any phone ive had). even though the resolution is so-so, it had the best looking colors ive seen on a phone in a while (even better than the n900). i also really miss the social integration of MOTOBLUR...it was awesome.

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I definitely miss my E70 for its form factor, battery life, and that I can sync it to my Mac. I'm not sold on the N900's camera yet and do miss MMS for anybody I know that isn't using an iPhone.

3G, a decent browser, ssh, and a command line interface keep me hoping for improvements in the N900. Won't go back, but still can't recommend it for anyone but phone nerds.

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Miss? Misplaced maybe, but not missed.

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Well i use both my N95 8GB and N900. but i use n900 more :D

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That's a maemo 7 device. Hold onto it.

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i now carry my E71 with N900. I love E71's form factor and i can type fast with the qwerty keyboard.

I am not satisfied with N900's thickness and the 'wide' qwerty, on which I can't type as fast as I do on E71. You know, my fingers need to 'travel' longer distance from one key to the other due to the qwerty keyboard's width. :confused:

E71's thinness also makes me feel _so good_. It's its browsing experience that really annoys me. I use my smartphone 70% for browsing, which is the primary reason for me to get a N900, not to mention my intention to try out a new promising platform from nokia. Some other things from E71 that I miss are:

- allow USSD codes (stupid N900, an unthinkable disappointment)
- some hardware keys to launch/switch to applications
- one handed operation
- google map native client
- nice/stable msn client
- imap idle for push email

Well, I do understand N900 is much more powerful device than the E71 and therefore more bulky (also due to the fact that it's 4/5 step of meamo, meaning nokia has yet optimized its size). However, I can't control but really miss the good feeling of holding/using a E71 (stainless steel casing is cool, too). I also understand that N900 is more a tablet than a phone, and therefore its horizontal qwerty.

Can I have best of both world? :D

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miss my E90 voice dialling from bluetooth.

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Lol... My "old phone" is old indeed. It was an old Nokia 6230, which when I got it was the bleeding edge for what it could do. :) Yes, I held on to one cell for over 5 years.

I only miss two things about the old 6230:

• One-handed texting with T9 (make a T9 touch keyboard... please?)
• The built in RFID system (used to open my garage door :p )

There are a few things that are still a little rough that the N900 needs a developing app to do now (MMS for example), but that's minor. And really, going from one to the other is like going from an Isetta to a Ferrari. Once you get used to the strange way the doors open, you're all set. :rolleyes:

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I gave my Palm Centro to my roommate, even though I still have six months to pay on my contract. It had a pretty nice keyboard and other nice features, but the web browsing was pretty bad. It did play Audible books, which is important to me because I have hundreds of them, which I purchased legitimately. But I have other files, some not so legitimate, for listening. I recorded rain sounds today, which would never have occurred to me on my Centro. Goodby tethering my N800 and N810 to the Centro, I won't miss you.

I'm glad I have a Kindle to go with, though.

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Had about 15 Nokias in the last decade along with about 5 SEs, 5 HTCs, and a couple Samsungs thrown into the mix.

The N900 represents for me the next logical step in the never-ending quest for the perfect device, a paradoxical endeavor albeit a fun yet expensive one.

To put it in perspective, the N900 made its way to me through 3 distinct lines of Nokia products that I have owned:

e61 - e61i - e71
9500 - e90
N800 - N810

How could I have passed on the N900 ?? Seriously

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Was using a Motorolla A1200 before. It's a cool phone. but N900 just smokes it all way possible...

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None of those poll answers fit me.. I had a Nokia 7710, precursor to the 770, their first widely available touch screen handset that introduced hildon to the world (more or less) I used it up until getting an N97 last July.. (urgh .. teribble handset.. 256meg of OS space too small for the maps upgrade?! terrible)

I loved widescreen phone with its S90 interface, it was fantastic.. and as a result, I do miss using it and have fond memories.. but I love my N900..

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Wow, what did you do with that, feed it to your dog? :eek:

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I do miss my Samsung i8510 sometimes, But the knowledge that I have an N900 kills that feeling. :)

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Well N900 is a quite piece of engineering. Lots new features for an ex E90 user. But still missing for few features in the phone application.

Somehow i found that N900 is not very ideal phone to use in car while driving. What I really miss is:

• Speedials straight from dialpad
• Voice dialing via BT HF
• Car friendly way to search contacts in landscape mode via touchscreen

Now quick usage of the N900 while driving is everything else than quick :)

But after all. It is much more compact sized than my old E90. Easy to operate and much better workmate than old ninty when working away from office. Maybe I'm just stuck in the communicator era because I have used them more than 10 years now (Still have the last 3 generations of them in use). But this phone is really the first one I was willing to take for everyday use instead of communicator.

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e71, not at all...

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Before I use HTC TyTNII with WM, Maemo is to much better, WM is slow, but I miss good sync, navigation, office, car BT handsfree not 100% work. Other aplication work, but still unstable.

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if I miss my old N81? Hell... NO! N900 rocks.

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I came to the N900 from an OpenMoko Freerunner... And I can definitely say I don't miss my old phone at all! The N900 may have it's quirks, but it's a better phone and OS stack in pretty much every way...

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yup i miss my n95 8gb :(

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I miss Google Maps in my old 5800, but that's about it, LOL. N900 is superior to just about everything else!

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Before the N900, I used an iPhone (first-gen) 8GB.

As much as I miss some of the apps I've used there, I'm really impressed with N900's supreme geekiness (if there's such a term). And with the possibility of a dual-boot Maemo/Android, I might as well forget the iPhone. :)

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How can you not miss an E71?

Well my cousin has it now and she's happy so that's all I care about :)

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I still use my N95 8GB...fit better in my pockets and....I'm afraid to scratch my N900 so I don't use it a lot....still waiting for the invisible shield...

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Coming from Windows Mobile (HTC Diamond), i can only love my N900.
The only thing i prefer on my old HTC is the size. The N900 is too big to fit in a pocket.

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The only thing I miss is the N82 camera / Xenon flash quality (and the voice guided navigation :-)
But all in all, I much prefer computer and internet in my pocket thanks to the fantastic N900!