Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

I sort of understand your peeve about the terminology, but for all practical purposes it's the same thing. You use Nokia's own tools to do it - it's basically another setup step.

On a normal distro you'd install as root and then set up a daily user account. Here it's the reverse. Big deal, as long as it's official.

Many people seem to think freedom of speech means others aren't allowed to be annoyed by their rants. It's disturbing.

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

If the N900 had been the same size as the N810 or *gasp* bigger (5 inch screen 1024 pixels), it would have raised the bar much more. The unfortunate thing was the shrinking to a smartphone sized device which causes it to be compared to smartphones and we can all agree that the phone functionality leaves some to be desired.

As a MID I have no doubt maemo 5 is the best current OS for that niche.

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

thnx buddy! Thats exactly what i'm saying.
so in conclusion:
the N900 is NOT a smartphone YET

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

agree with you abt the openness and community driven development....but isnt it the business model adopted by all OEMs today...certainly nokia isnt the initiator.

spare me for my ignorance, I'm always intrigued about openess particularly in software.Does openness means it sans commercial boundaries...for eg if you overclock the CPU and any issue arising after that, would nokia acknowledge to support the hardware assuming the openess of the platform supports tweaking the kernel.Ok..... it might be a core kernel level tweak but alternatively why is a disclaimer being run for all third party app installs.

the other interesting thing is nokia personnel boast on the same openness of the platform in upgrading to meego or maemo 6 but with a rider of dependancy on nokia's business decisions

the point is, the current business models of leveraging communities through SDK releases undermines any differences between an open and closed system.

correct me if i'm wrong

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

I'd say it has the most "smart" of them all, but is a little lacking in the "phone". That is compared to the current competition, the phone functionality still beats all of the phones from a year or three back.

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

rcarlos, surely the sarcasm in fatalsaint's last post came through clearly... right?

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

Maybe, but I'm saying it a little differently.

The N900 is already better (more capable) than any smartphone. But it doesn't have a one-handed smartphone UI, because its not a smartphone.

Since so many people seem to want to use the N900 as a smartphone replacement, I expect the user interface will get some additional smartphone-like features. But that would be taking a step backward.

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

ssshhhhhshhshhshshshhshs

You're totally killing my mojo here... ;)

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

its also disturbing when people get annoyed abt hearing others disappointments in a public forum

Re: Did maemo 5 really raise the bar?
 

fatalsaint....the thanks was for the sarcasm....and dont hype the mojo