Re: N900 Thickness
 

According to all the previews I've seen it's certainly a better one.

Judging by build quality, I'd disagree heavily with you. Thinks are really packed in internally and it's quite solid.

Re: N900 Thickness
 

I just remembered that i study electronics. And in class i learned that you can easily pack components together, but you may have the unpleasant surprise of having a huge heat build-up (no space in between = next to 0 ventilation), with results varying in fun-ness from a strange sensation in hands (warm plastic casing) to frying the device. So remember kids, tighter isn't always better! Leave some breathing space!

Re: N900 Thickness
 

Overclocking FTW! ;)

Re: N900 Thickness
 

Sorry, I had a N900 on pre-order since way back, but the thruth:

IT IS A BRICK !

and approx +50 grams to be perfect IMO

just my 2 cents

Re: N900 Thickness
 

Not really, as there was even a dedicated mention at the Maemo Summit not to keep the device running at 600 Mhz constantly or else it will smoke. That's not even overclocking!

Funny that the Open Pandora can be clocked up to 800+ Mhz :p, but of course i'd imagine it has more room to spare and has a better chipset.

Re: N900 Thickness
 

The OMAP3530s have only had the necessary silicon improvements to run at 720MHz very recently. The earlier overclocking tests were on silicon very similar to the OMAP3430. The Pandora and the N900 can both be overclocked fairly high, but don't expect the chip to last very long in that state. :)

Re: N900 Thickness
 

Then how do you explain that the N97 has all of the same internal hardware features, plus a more complex sliding mechanism and a larger battery, and is 2mm thinner and has 20% less volume? (And the N97-mini is even smaller still with almost all of the same features and is 4mm thinner.) Does the extra 24 Gb of memory, the infrared port, and the stylus, even with a smaller battery, really require 20% more volume?

I'm not saying the N900 isn't well engineered in terms of durability and usability. I'm just suggesting that Nokia may not have been making their biggest effort to make the N900 as small/thin as possible. Once again, as I said above, I read that the N900 was originally conceived more as a developer's platform than a consumer device, so why expend a lot of effort and cost on engineering the slickest/smallest physical design?

Re: N900 Thickness
 

I would assume that the Pandora has a more elaborate cooling system (heatsinks) due to its size in comparison to the N900. Better cooling system = higher clock speed maintained without burning up

Re: N900 Thickness
 

Is that a Metric Brick or Imperial Brick?

Mike C

Re: N900 Thickness
 

Hey chicks like the thick.