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That review Michal Jerz did ( http://my-symbian.com/other/preview_n900.php ) was pretty thorough. Good stuff and well work reading.
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I found this very encouraging in Michal Jerz' article:
However, there are signs that work is being done and that there will be a more advanced version of Maps when the device starts shipping. For instance, I could find audio files for voice navigation, which suggests that we should expect this feature to be available. I hope he is right. :) |
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Hi guys,
First of all, I'm so glad that you liked the preview. It surely isn't perfect but I wanted to make it available ASAP so it didn't go through the usual verification. My goal was to focus on the UI and built-in functionality, hence so many screenshots showing most of available apps, menus, functions, etc. This was meant to let visitors know how the device looks and feels. I haven't written much about things like battery life, performance, etc. because my experience with testing protos tells me that such things are usually THE LAST to optimize and differences between protos and commerical units are often so considerable that it really does not have any sense to elaborate on a battery life of a proto when final units will become available in a matter of just a couple of weeks. Actually, I wasn't even sure if I should post sample videos and images as they're also subject to improvements. For instance, the second video with noticeable frame drops must have been affected by some swap activity in the background, which won't take place if e.g. memory usage gets optimized a little bit. The preview will be extended and updated once I get hold of a newer firmware or a commercial unit. Regarding the small storage capacity for software installation, I am well aware of the /opt (actually, home/opt) directory providing some 2 GB worth additional space. But the problem is that it is NOT being used by installable software packages. The only software that installed there was Dataviz' Documents-To-Go whereas (if I recall correctly) the "guideline" is that all apps larger than 500 kB (including all dependencies) should go there. Apparently, this is being ignored. Even the "official" Bounce Evolution (17.5 MB) installed under root ("/") and ate a lot of that precious space. In my opinion, this should not depend on developers' choice as lots of developers will be ignoring it and make their software install under rootfs. There should be either a user-selectable option where to install a package, or the system might do it by itself, i.e. automatically choose /opt if a package is larger than e.g. those 500 kB. Otherwise, it just won't work.... Regarding the "few tech details I got wrong", I'll be grateful for pointing them out so that I can correct them. The preview will surely be read by thousands of people so it'd be good if the information posted was entirely correct, not to mislead anyone. I got the device without any information or support, so everything is based just on my own observations and I surely could have gotten some things wrong... Finally, regarding the screen, my observation is based on a fact that I had two phones in that pocket: the N900 and the 5800 XM. The N900 got a couple of awful scratches (gosh, if I knew, I would protect it somehow!) while the 5800 didn't get a single one, which leads me to a conclusion that N900's display is more fragile. But I may be wrong and it might have been just a coincidence... Nevertheless, a good screen protector or a good carrying case definitely won't hurt the N900 even if what I wrote about its screen wasn't right ;-) All in all, I am so obsessed about the device that I am going to launch a separate site (My-Maemo.com) for it. I don't remember being that excited about any mobile gadget since the early Communicators or the first UIQ 2.x phones :-) P.S. I've heard about enabling the USB host not being possible on the N900 due to some hardware restrictions, but I kept it in the preview until I verify it myself :-) Best regards, Michal Jerz http://My-Symbian.com |
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Welcome aboard...
Your review is linked to from > here < as well if you don't mind. http://www.clicksmilies.com/auswahl/ernaehrung004.gif |
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thx for the extensive review michal!
one question: the contact shortcuts (the pictures of people) seem really big, is there a way to make them smaller? |
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Michal's preview was well written and amazingly comprehensive and took care to point out this was a pre-prod device. I could not have asked for a better confirmation that my decision to pre-order was well founded. The best line of the review for me however was
the N900 truly impressed me with its FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE, STABILITY (it was really ROCK STABLE, take my word), |
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Definitely a +1 from me too... This is a great preview (http://twitter.com/timsamoff/status/4468106943).
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