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Clubberlang 2010-08-06 21:55
Re: n900 to buy or not to buy
 
You are late to the "party". This is an early adopter device. I would wait for the next best thing from Nokia (Meego) or another party Motorola/HTC (Android). If you asked me 8 months ago I would say yes.

cyberboy109 2010-08-06 21:57
Re: n900 to buy or not to buy
 
175 bugger lol I would have bought it but just a tad short ah well...I was gona buy one from dynasim for just over 300 I live in the uk and I don't kno any other websites that sell umpc or mids...oh and expansys wich is expensive

Taleydra 2010-08-06 21:57
Re: n900 to buy or not to buy
 
The n900 is great now, and will still be great for a long time. Longer than the n8x0 devices I expect. You might even find a deal on a used one.

danramos 2010-08-06 22:54
Re: n900 to buy or not to buy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clubberlang (Post 778281)
You are late to the "party". This is an early adopter device. I would wait for the next best thing from Nokia (Meego) or another party Motorola/HTC (Android). If you asked me 8 months ago I would say yes.
You came to the WRONG party altogether. It's an ultra mobile PC, not a tablet or even specifically a Linux device. Pay better attention.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Taleydra (Post 778287)
The n900 is great now, and will still be great for a long time. Longer than the n8x0 devices I expect. You might even find a deal on a used one.
Talk about coming late to the party.

scottuss 2010-08-09 12:54
Re: n900 to buy or not to buy
 
I bought one a few days ago, and it was brand new (read: not cheap!) The main reason: I love Linux, I use it on all my systems and wanted to do so on my phone. (I had an Android phone which had a good underlying framework, but the Apps built on it are too closed / useless for my requirements.) I've got as many Apps as I need, and they're all good quality, free and Free.

I also have a full Debian desktop running on the handset, that's something really amazing!

I don't care that Maemo has died out, MeeGo may be the way forward, and a community build is sure to be available...

All I'm saying is, I know I'm late to the party, but with this device, I feel it's better late than never. Best thing I've purchased for a LONG time.

fatalsaint 2010-08-09 22:44
Re: n900 to buy or not to buy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 778236)
I wanna see that done! :D
This actually seems viable... if nothing else you download and compile the flasher into easy debian... then connect the N900.

Am I missing something? (Actually might be fun to try with my N810..)

MartinK 2010-08-09 23:06
Re: n900 to buy or not to buy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 778236)
I wanna see that done! :D
I few days ago, there was a thread about a guy (successfully!) booting his laptop with dead OS from his N900 using PXE. :)

rustler 2010-08-10 01:23
Re: n900 to buy or not to buy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by fatalsaint (Post 780902)
This actually seems viable... if nothing else you download and compile the flasher into easy debian... then connect the N900.

Am I missing something? (Actually might be fun to try with my N810..)
Last I knew flasher was closed source, x86 only.

Probably doable with the 0xFFFF flash tool as the source is available and it can be compiled for ARM.
Take care.

fatalsaint 2010-08-10 06:22
Re: n900 to buy or not to buy
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rustler (Post 780985)
Last I knew flasher was closed source, x86 only.
Ahh.. yes. That could prove difficult :).


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