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You can always get the N97!!

looool, i'm joking of course...
I have one and I absolutely hate it.

even the fm transmitter is weak.. let alone other aspects

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Yes, me, I got 4!
One i drop and has a broken KB hinge (clone)
as new (clone)
my original 2010, now my current phone
and my NEW IN BOX OPTUS AU N900 :) :)

I think ubuntu will have a distro for andriod phones.. so that could sway me off the N900.. big ask.

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I will NEVER part with my N900, and am seriously asking the daughter's boyfriend if I can buy his N900 when his contract is up in the summer.

Been looking about and there is nothing on the market which comes remotely close to it. I have been considering options (not alternatives cos there are none), and at the minute am looking at running the N900 until it disintegrates. I have the 770, N800, N810 and they would be lonely without their sibling. I do fancy an N9 just to complete the "family" though:-)

Re: How Many Will Keep their N900 until it dies
 

I will love to have a Stantum's screen (resistive but multitouch): http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/...tive_touch.php

Re: How Many Will Keep their N900 until it dies
 

I know my post will sound a little bit strange but:

what means "until it dies"?

lot of people think their phones are dead because don't know how to make them work again ( if it is possible of course ).

I bought a n900 that was "dead"...

you know which was the problem?

There was no problem, just flashed it and worked again.

for me a working n900 mainboard is a non dead n900.

regards :)

PS: obviously this applies to almost all electronic devices

regards

Re: How Many Will Keep their N900 until it dies
 

i would replace my N900 when i find any unicorn :D

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@nicholes
Since this world have something such as N900, it's not fair to call it cruel. is it? ;) ;)

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Well, it means nothing, as you note. It just provided us with another opportunity to express our affection for this thing.

I have a lot of things in my house I will keep 'forever' but that isn't necessarily praise. I think I have a Timex-Sinclair 1000 and a 2068, but I never use them. They will never 'die', though.

But I expect my N900s to be alive and thriving for quite awhile yet, as opposed to gathering dust.

Re: How Many Will Keep their N900 until it dies
 

Even after dies I will keep my N900
because It's gifted from my girl friend ;)
N900 is only thing which makes her jealous because i am giving more time to N900 then her......:p

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I'll keep mine until:

a) it dies, or
b) something better comes along

No sign of any (b) on the horizon, sadly :(

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What a bunch of fan-boys!
There! Someone had to say it!:p

I have 2 N900's and all the Nokia Service manuals, My 1st one is still going strong after over 2 years of abuse and my spare is mothballed and ready to step up to duty. I hope to keep them going until a platform and OS appear on the scene that can match the N900 as my indispensable travel companion.

Re: How Many Will Keep their N900 until it dies
 

@OP
i think there should be a poll in this thread, and title of the thread should be changed "[POLL ADDED]"

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HEHE..
well firstly im not a MAN im almost 16 years.woow im i the youngest one here ???????? :confused::confused:
then for sure not my friend ;)

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I think the n900 is the worst pile of cr@p I've ever used. If you think the same, I have a brillint nexus s and because I'm in a generous mood, I'll swap a descent condition useless n900 for my brilliant nexus s. I want more than 1 because I feel left out and I need another paperweight.

Re: How Many Will Keep their N900 until it dies ( Poll Added )
 

I agree! And I'd never use any of the even crappier smartphones on the current market (or that of the foreseeable future).

Re: How Many Will Keep their N900 until it dies ( Poll Added )
 

i don't think i'll change it until it really dies

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they dont make phones with the features of the N900 anymore.. it's in the past.. people are dumbass app shills now

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i dont understand first and the third options in the poll.i mean what is the differences between both? i think both options are almost same if you think deeply.Am i right?

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Still have a brand new one, in the box, never switched on.....im too scared i will break it!
I use my white N9 as a day to day phone, but it will never be a N900.

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I'm a married man, and I can't go out and cheat on my phone with others.. Especially when my current phone is technologically advanced... :)

Re: How Many Will Keep their N900 until it dies ( Poll Added )
 

well im not an English expert but truley should be truly :p

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Left mine for the world of android a ways back, year or so ago. Defect in my G2 brought the old n900 out of retirement. Its certainly built better and is fun to fiddle with ... but for the same tasks as he droids it take much more effort to get it done. Tetherings been a whole ordeal with it and my 7.0 tab plus. The droid heck even he hd7 [updated rom] both tethered in seconds, n900 took hours of editing and fiddling to do the same basic task. I love the old girl but damn shes needs a lotof attention to get work done.

Presently tehered via bluetooth [pan] to the tab as we speak. I have and will keep the n900 in near prestine condition if anything as a collectors item.

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yes your right!!

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my n900 is died, :(

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Mine actually fell display-first on cement stairs only days after i purchased it. It got away with a few barely visible scratches at the edges - I hope after that kinda rough start it won't die for many years still.

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I kept mine till it drowned.

It's now a zombie. It semi-works but without the network/gps chip, it doesn't power on normally and it turns quite hot. Charging is tweaky. Which means I can use it for calling, if I ignore the risk with overheating and am satisfied with having to remove the battery a couple of times before getting it turned on.

Without network access, it's pretty much lost it point in existing.

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my N900 died in the water near phuket.. and.. i still have it ! it doesnt work anymore and they want 750 USD to recover my data from it but i think about it.

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Ibas?10letters...

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I have 2 n900 and One just for backup, lol

I am a linux sysadmin and HWKB is a must have.

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I are offering a new N900. A new device is in sight, for release in market, better than N900? wait ? or
Justify buying a second N900, of backup?

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As ive written in another thread, my n900 is in near pristine condition, but come the first of june as long as 3 mobile honour my contract I should have a SGS3 in my hands.. the N900 has one main thing that makes me want to keep it and thats the qwerty slide out key board, its just fantastic. But I just can't be doing with the waiting for apps to open and stuff like that. the world has moved on and the S3 is blinding fast compared. things just work quicker and it does what it says on the tin. So my N900 will move on via ebay and im sure will make someone very happy but for me I need to move with the times.

Loz.

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Me bro. I'll keep it until it COMPLETELY BRAKE.. :D I have an Iphone 4S in my hand, but honestly i occasionally using my N900 to take macro picture or somethin'. I love the way a camera works, and have an excellent detail. Not to mention about using it to clean and erase unwanted or even virus on my friends flash drive.. :D Personally i can still do a lot of fun stuff with this Great Machine :D I'll keep it till i die, and make it as my collection in my own museum 30 or 40 years letter.. :D:D

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I loved and hated it both....Sold it in a week I bought my Nokia N9...I miss my Nokia N900 sometimes!!!

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i love my n900 i hope it will naver die... i dont like any other phone i like this mini laptop my work so eassy with N900

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i also purchased a second n900 as a backup, just so i wouldnt have to get rid of it as my primary phone if mine breaks and they are no longer on ebay, i may end up picking up like 3-4 more for parts ones off ebay. I dont think there will ever be a phone like this again. Nothing even comes close to the openness.

Right now I use my backup n900 to play around with pwnphone and pentesting, which is a good side use for it, that wont cause it to break as quick as my daily use one (i play with it maybe 2 times a week)
please check out pwnphone, its pretty sweet: http://pwnieexpress.com/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pwnphone/files/
is the latest community edition download.

http://pwnieexpress.com/support/pwnp...ty_install.txt
install instructions.

http://www.pwnieexpress.com/pdfs/pwnphonemanual.pdf
manual

http://www.pwnieexpress.com/phone_screens.html
ss to get a feel for what is installed, its listed in manual too with numbered icons.

keep in mind its still maemo running, its just a backedup custom image, so you can mess with easy debian, or bt5 (i am gonna play with bt5 on it next, or maybe easy debian since i already got bt5 working on my phone n900), or anything you can put on reg n900



oh and i also have a lumia 800 i got from nokia free, ill probably give it to someone else as its euro version and i cant sell it on clist. I have no use for a winmo phone, since i now have a micropc vaio ux280p... which is also pretty awesome for mobile pentesting and no longer need to use the lumia for netflix.




we can totally keep it a viable phone for a long time in the future also, as long as we still have some stockpile or access to hardware. The software can all be kept up to date by the community. I hope someone has been backing up the repos right along is all.



edit one last time-

anyone that might win a n950 in the upcoming events.... if you dont want it, or already have one, i would be SUPER excited to trade lumia 800 for it, id probly throw in some cash too. It was a dev gift, so it was prior to the release of the USA ones and has UK/Int freqs, although im told they should work for 3g in some areas of atts network.

it does wcdma 900/1900/2100 so if your local ATT does, i think its 1900, it will work. I have no problem shipping internationally either. I would be willing to trust anyone in this community that wins an n950.

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I'm not a frequenter to these forums, but found this thread interesting!

My N900 has a broken usb port (which I'm sure is out of warranty to fix), so I charge a set of rechargeables, which suit me fine.

I'm guessing from some of the replies here, that nokia have definitely canned any future maemo-platform phones - is that right?

At the moment any other phone just seems like a step-down at this point.

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4th option should have been : I'll take it in grave with me :D

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Wow, how are you planning to do stuff AFTER you die?

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The N900 is still a significant step in the evolution in pocket computers for me and that why i know my original N900 will always be with me.

Now i have accrued one more, redkarma is out of the N900 scene so his N900 is going to be my Extra N900 to experiment with, already have many plans :)

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Have your USB port fixed. My first N900 had a that happened, not under Nokia warranty, but under SquareTrade warranty (third party). They helped me locate an authorized Nokia repair shop which fixed it for $70, which they paid of course. But, I would pay it out of my pocket just to have my N900 still with me. And it is still going strong.

I have dropped it, I have kicked it, and in many ways abused it, but through it all I am still amazed by it.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...g?t=1338211005

I should probably buy a new case for it. On the other hand, I like how non-iPhoney it looks.
;)

PS: Oh yeah, I have a second N900 as backup as well. I am in for the long haul. I am almost sure I will be one of the last N900 users one day, maybe the last one.
:cool: