Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

They were comments from over two months ago, has PR1.3 been sidelined since that time as surely more bugs "to be fixed in PR1.3" would have been found recenlty?

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

He has been on my list for a while. I just wish people would ignore him so we can have some substantive posts for a change without arguing with him over his own misgivings.

Anyway, I agree that the review as actually good in that it did grok the device and wasn't just another "it does not have 10k fart apps like the iPhone" sort of review.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

You can check the bugtracker to see where we currently stand :)

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Then you'll hate me. You'll hunt me. You'll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that's what needs to happen.

Because I'm the hero [s]Gotham[/s] TMO deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

So you will hunt me, because I can take it. Because I'm not your hero. I'm a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

This is such a load of crap. I miss the days when trolls wouldn't act as if they were so bloody self-important.

Sell your device and go away. Please. No one cares about your self-aggrandizing posts.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Nope, I'll just feel sorry for you.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

:ryoma .

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Hi,

In the end we know their are ongoing issues with this device that will be addressed in some way or another.

Personally I want a device that will always be being improved instead of an off the shelf run of the mill article.

Users will view this device depending on what they want device for to suite their lift style.

Constructive criticism is good when and where necessary just not on every reply.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

May I suggest you find something else to protect? Thanks!

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

lol, he's saving people from the maemo gremlins. Let the man do his job.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Yeah, but I'm sure you're probably nearer to the Joker than the dark knight. In fact, you'd probably win Joker at his eponymous job.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Jeeeeezzzz...I can't stand it...talk about self-gloss! Can you walk by a mirror without looking?

You're no hero. All you are is another clueless troll trashing Nokia, who at least had the guts to risk releasing the N900, Maemo/MeeGo and the community who works so hard to support it with help, info and apps you get for free! Another guy who didn't understand what he was buying and still doesn't. You just don't get what this is all about. Those who do are pleased with their purchase.

Now, to get back on-topic - sorta, at least...the Anandtech guy gets it. Finally, a reviewer who can see beyond app counts, ringtones and spec sheets! The N900 is not about app stores, CPUs or AMOLED screens! It's about a concept! Or am I just fulla beans?

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

-Mediaplayer has major playlist editing flaws and no equalizer

I have never used playlists or equalizers, and the media player has successfully replaced my iPod touch.

-Maemo Ovi Maps = **** compared to S60V5 Ovi Maps 3

Works pretty well, found me and directed me when i was lost.

-No functioning Application Store

i just bought angry birds pack 1

-No commercial third-party applications or games

Offscreen, rovio?

-No real Portrait Mode support

True

-No adequate usable Office applications

openoffice?

-Principally no real first or third party support

i see hundreds of apps, but nokia dont care anymore

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

True

True

This is where you're wrong.
The marketing people from Nokia don't ever visit this forum, just some people who like to help the community about stuff.

I'm happy you finally admitted it.

I'll answer this one for him:
No, he's not.

No, I'll just ignore you.

Really?
I think I don't deserve you!

If you are not needed right now, why are you here?

Ah. Slight paranoia, sense of infallibility, etc.
You should see a psychologist.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Its hard to take you seriously when you lie:

And then contradict yourself (re Sygic)

So you want commercial third-party apps but wont pay for them, and you complain there arent any paid commercial thirdparty apps in an application store that doesn't work... and yet others are able to find and buy those apps - and you just refuse to. :rolleyes:

Adding you to my ignore list since I doubt you'll able to see the irony.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Actually, according to the law around here at least; if you go over the speed limit it's your fault. Not the car manufacturer, not the car or the speedometer. Case in point, I drive around in an old oilburner with a defective speedometer, and as long as I stay within limits (relying on knowledge of what gear I'm in and the RPM dial) no one is giving a damn whether the speedometer works or not.

Aside from being a shitty simile: It's really up to the user (driver or N900 end user) to:
a) drive within legal speed limits
b) have the knowledge to ascertain what equipment is needed for a given task and aquire said equipment ie. don't buy a Ferrari if you need a Honda
c) take your car (N900) to the f'in mechanic (Nokia/place where you got it) if it's broke beyond usability. If you buy a pair of pants 2 sizes smaller than you need, do you think people at the bus stop feel sorry for you and your squished nads?

Trolling around here won't fix your speedometer. While you do have a few legitimate points they're lost in BS like below:

LOL... See, something like this is the reason why I won't put you on ignore. This is comedy gold. As Venemo said, go see a shrink.

Agreed. Very well written and to the point(s). When I started to look around for a new phone this spring it really ended up with 3 choices: iPhone, HTC Desire or N900. I don't like Apples business style or the trend/herd mentality of their users (however wellcrafted the products may be), so it was HTC or Nokia. In the end the HW keyboard and the fact it was a fully fledged unrestricted linux machine in my pocket sold the N900 over the HTC.

Does it have shortcomings? Yes it does! Does it bother me that the platform seems largely abandoned by Nokia? Hell yeah, it's frustrating. Do I spam every thread around here with my issues? No, because if anyone can make me get the most out of my toy it is this community, not Nokia. Why act like an *** to the people who can help you?

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

He has mastered the skill of biting the hand that feeds it.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

saying "the n900 is crap, nokia sucks, android is better!!" does not qualify as either. so far, this is the only input i have seen from you here.

criticism is fine, but please make it constructive.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

PradaBrada, why don't u finally leave this community and join an anti- N900-Maemo-Meego - fanclub or w/e ?

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Hmm, i'm in sort of a cell phone limbo and have been considering my next move. Android or Maemo or wait for Win Phone 7 but i need something NOW. Played with a Nexus 1 and liked it except for pitiful battery life and can't see screen when outside in sun.

N900 flew by my radar seeing as it's price has dropped a bit less than $400 but having been duped by my terrible experience with the N800 and N810 devices i might just hold off.

It would be nice if Nokia hadn't shut down their NYC store so i could go fondle it in person and see the good bad and ugly. If it's no different from the N800/N810 but with a phone slapped on top mainly, then i'll pass. The N800/N810 left such a bad taste in my mouth when i had them that i swore off Maemo. Looking at the app store, there's not much there at all.

What do do...

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Well, I have seen dummy N900s at Fry's. You can see what it looks like physically in person but their slider is crap compared to the real thing :)

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Unfortunately, there are no Fry's in NYC.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

There isn't one where I live, either - there just happened to be one in Woodland Hills, (L.A.) when I was there for business and saw the dummy devices they had (which also reminded me just how lovely the N97's flip-up slider is).

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Guess i could always give it a try and sell it if it doesn't meet my standards.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Seeing as how you had a bad experience with the n800 and n810. I would not buy the N900. It's pretty much the same thing with a better GUI and a cell phone radio slapped in. =P

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

:mad::mad: Hmm, so the same sputtering on N800/810 when trying to play videos locally, random freezes and so forth, music not fluid, apps crash randomly, bla bla bla.

Stability-wise and O.S-wise the N900 is no different in experience from n800/810 aside from better GUI...that what you mean?

Hmm, i might hold off then. :(

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Out of all those issues, the only one I've really had is apps crash randomly (though they are extras-devel apps). And the occasional freeze due to Mappero's early development.

There's not much of a point in getting the N900 unless it

a) has the hardware you really want or
b) you want to run desktop software like OpenOffice or
c) you feverishly want to support only open source for some reason

For me it's pretty much a and b.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Well thanks for all that. My search continues then.

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

Just reading up about benchmarking the n900,
with a view to comparison with Android systems,
and found this.
You said you ran linpack on the n900?
Searching in all the wrong places,
but perhaps you could point to where we could get this?
I found this:
http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/linpackjava/
- is this what you used?
Thanks...

Edit: Where is the Benchmark comparison thread? :confused:
ReEdit: found it - http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ight=benchmark :cool:

Re: Anandtech reviewed the N900 and loved it!!
 

I think he compiled it himself

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