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Engadget had a nice article today on the Windows 7 Phone with XBOX LIVE games. If they can get the integration with the XBOX platform perfectly (say resuming the game where you left off on either device, having the same arcade games available on both platforms, etc..) I think I'll get a Windows 7 Phone over the PSP Android phone. =P

Though I hope Flash makes it onto Windows 7 Phone. Being able to plug it into any HDMI equipped monitor or TV for a gaming/movie session would be amazing.

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check a nokia 3720

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For me anything branded Nokia is straight off the list of possible alternatives. This turkey has destroyed any faith I had in their phones. And as I have some say in my firms mobile phones and spending, they won't be darkening our door anytime soon either.

I love open source but I also like functioning hardware and workable OS and the N900 isn't. Nothing I want in work can be done on the N900 that can't be done better on other phones and so I am now back to my tytn2 which is 2 years old and runs cruddy winmo6.

So I will probarbly look at Android, perhaps the desire, though I have to make the argument with myself for finances. I wasted £486 on the N900 and can't afford to do that again. So I am hoping the tytn 2 holds out long enough and by then something new will come along. It will be HTC though as they very rarely churn out dodgy hardware. And most likely not the Win 7 as that is lining up to be even worse because they are just copying Apple. Perhaps Android 3 because we are talking next year for my next phone.

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I'm beginning to think the model of "one device to bind them all" is obsolete. A lot of people, including me, have two or more little devices. So the idea of something that does everything is basically wrong.

With that in mind, I'm thinking of a small phonelike device that is almost throwaway and is definitely cheap, has a few things like gps and limited note-taking. Then for the OTHER small tablet, which I would take when I don't need to be quite as mobile, it would be something like 7 inches, good mind-mapping, good reading, ok moviewatching, etc etc.

I find that when I'm doing what I would call casual traveling, like within normal commuting range, I don't spend much time web browsing and not all that much time reading, for that matter. So I don't need the N900--it's overkill. When I'm on a five-hour train trip or in my car on a significant trip, pocketable isn't important -- I will carry something about the size of what I carried all through high school and college -- my trusty spiral-bound notebook, which I took on bus commutes and all over without thinking about it, held in one hand, at the ready. Except this thing the size of a spiral-bound notebook will be the do-it-all device, not pocketable -- in fact, I think that when I bring it I will ALSO have the cheap phone in my pocket.

So, when I transcend my N900, I will go to a cheap phone AND a great tablet, but not a 10 inch behemoth like the iPad.

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For me carrying one device around is sufficiently annoying.
Carrying two or more is just unacceptable.


Yup. I'm first in a line for an implant. :cool:

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thanks taking a picture (on the phone) then uploading to an auction listing.then running my ebay account from the full ebay website i want full access not a semi skinned app.i tried this on 3gs and could not make it work (maybe my fault was on a shop demo unit) i do not want to use hosting sites,maybe iphone 4g.Was surprised today used n900 for a while, like my text smileys sent my son one on his tattoo android 1.6 (like streak) nothing he got just black dots not lovely yellow face i thought he was getting not very impressed

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Does Android have a word processor for opening and editing .docx documents?

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I think you can use Google Docs for that. Not sure about Office applications though.

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Quickoffice.

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I hate to ask the obvious, but are you wanting to accomplish this all without using a computer?

Because with one, this is a trivial thing. If you want to do this via the phone only, I could look into it - I've yet to reinstall the eBay app, which isn't a bad app, I just rarely used it. The way photos are handled via the internal Photo app leaves a lot to be desired.

If you don't want to use hosting site, what do you have in mind? Upload to eBay? That's the part where how we do things differ. For eBay, I host my own images always and link to it.

Weird about the smiley though.

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Yes, it does. :) Documents to Go from DataViz.

I haven't tried it yet, but considering I have a BUNCH of old crap to get rid of, I'll try it and let you know, if you're genuinely interested to know. I can't imagine it would be impossible or even hard to do. I imagine I'd just snap the pictures first, then go to the eBay website and just upload them as usual. I'll let you know and post the auction here. HEY! Win-win. ;)

Well, now that you're mentioning a firm... any BUSINESS would NEVER want to use an N900 as their phone. RIGHT away, the problem is that there is no IMMEDIATE support or replacement policy. You can't wait a month or more to ship this device all over the Earth just to get a small (maybe not even critical) part replaced. You can't depend on Nokia as a vendor of a device your business depends on. This would be an immediate deal-killer in any business relationship with a device manufacturer, as far as I'm concerned, and a big reason why I cannot recommend it to the associated, friends and family that I talk to either.

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I am waiting for the nitdroid project to complete their work. I am really tired of n900's keyboard though and might switch to the first handset with a decent qwerty keyboard and android. Need good calendar and e-mail functionality. A browser that doesn't suck is just a plus.

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after playing with HTC hero in the weekend I just ordered Nokia C5 a hour ago.... (good old 6630 might have dropped to water once too much...) I copied my friend who switched from iPhone 3GS and he said that nothing has yet appeared that he could do with iPhone but not with C5. And flash is cool in internets he said ;)

the biggest clitch with HTC was with android market and insane "no paid apps" -restriction. wtf. Plans for Galaxy S were flushed in a split second after learning that.

So now I'll be waiting what kind of meego handset there will be (and as I've said million times before: if it isn't good in my opinion, I'll buy another n900)

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:confused:

If you put the cursor at the beginning of the section of text you wish to copy, just hold the "Shift" key, will pressing the right directional key, to highlight the selection. Once you have the selection, pres Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+V to paste. No issues copying and pasting for me.

I just shorted the backlight on my 900's screen (sink :rolleyes:) and I'm looking at alternatives that support Sling. Wanting a hard keyboard/slider, and not being a fan of iPhone, I don't see anything really compelling that will support AT&T 3G (I'd get a Torch but want a bigger screen). I'll probably just hold for a Milestone 2 or pick up the Verizon Droid 2/Pro if it supports AT&T's 3G with its "World Roaming" capability.

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Good news! You got your way with Android! Here, take your pick!
Calendar and email work SPLENDIDLY in Android, too, I might add.

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Fennec = Micro B?
On a side note, all of these 4in+ screens are all 480x800 pixels, ex. HTC Evo 4G & Samsung Galaxy. Does that mean pixels per square inch or for the whole screen?

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And why u think there is a lot of owners complaining abt the phone....

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They're 480x800 whole screen resolution because it's a graphic mode profile (think back to the old days with CGA, EGA, VGA, and VESA modes). Android profiles are limited to resolutions supported by Android (although they're adding 1280x760 as a new tablet profile with Android 3.0, ref: http://phonereport.info/google-andro...etails-leaked/).

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Ok thats a little disappointing...Well September 15th is the day when hopefully alot of questions will be answered by not only Nokia but also HTC...Still kinda rooting for Nokia to pull off a miracle, but also willing to accept the possibility of getting an Android phone.

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The problem with what you seem to think of as Nokia pulling off a miracle is that it falls short of being a miracle because it's still Nokia (and all the really bad experiences of dealing with the company as a customer). You'll still have to call the same customer support people, still be told that they won't sell you spare parts, still will have to wait a month while your device floats all over the world by courier if you want them to fix it, same same same company.

Naw, near as I can tell, Nokia's burned a lot of bridges and ruined the experience even if they got things right. I'd rather hold to see what Intel does, myself.

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No more a nokia Fan, haved moved to Android on a Samsung Galaxy s and loving it....miss the hardware KB and pure multitasking of the N900

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I just received my Dell Streak.
It's so cute. :D

N900 is now a tool for my wife to play Sudoku and Solitaire.

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Hey,

When you say you miss the pure multitasking, what exactly does not work on the galaxy s which did on N900? Besides seeing the thumbnails of the running apps if you go into dashboard view.

In other words, do apps keep functioning in android 2.1 while they are minimized in favor of another app?
If so, then the only improvement on the N900 style is the fact that you can actually watch the apps output for simultaneous apps?

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Without hacking or third party apps, the major drawbacks of android multitasking vs maemo multitasking are:

By default android lists only the last 6 applications you used

there is no easy way to close an app that is running in the background

android closes apps for you whether you want them to or not

different apps close in different ways(some have a button, some just when you use back key all the way out, etc)

****YES I REALIZE you can solve most of these problems by searching android forums and the android market, taking the time to compare the various solutions to each, installing and sometimes paying for the app that 'fixes' these, and then learn how to use the app******

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1st, thanks for the info.
Some questions :
1. What do you mean android closes them for you whether you want them to or not? does that happen only if you have more then 6? or when exactly?
2. On my n900, I never open more then 6 apps at once, and sometimes to close and app I have to click the X button for that app 4 times cause the screen is not accurate enough.
3. I understand what you mean about searching the forums and all, it doesn't bother me, after all N900 makes me check the forum daily...
4. Did you see that???
:)

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there is no exactly, but it does have to do with available resources i believe, so if you open up some heavy app like a big 3d game or something, some of your other stuff is gonna get closed

The screen is plenty accurate, your finger just isn't :) The X works fine if using stylus. yay resistive. Everyone's use case is different, I often have more than 6 apps open, and yes I use a stylus.

Cool, i was just making the point that it is not something that is included when you start using the device. Imagine if you had to pay some developer for an app in maemo to put little X'es on the windows so you could close them

yes, I have a samsung vibrant and a g1.

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"4" was not a real question (;

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Oh, i thought you were asking if I had first hand experience with the android OS, seeing for myself, or just going on hearsay

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No no, sometimes I just like to break the seriousness by fooling around a bit, I hope you don't mind (:

I've been searching the web today for hours for information about the Captivate, as it is not sold here (Israel) I am trying to figure out exactly which model I need (europe / usa) etc etc - and the more I inspect this phone the more I like it.
Only things I really feel i'll be missing from my N900 are the dual led which I use very often as torch / light for night video with lfocus, and also skype video, I don't really need too much multi tasking, 3 or 4 light apps open at one time is enough for me. I just want the option to minimize the browser / player while GPSing or Texting.

N900 multitasking is an overkill for my needs at least.

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MeeGo will most definitely have "full" "pure" multitasking? Android's version seems painful to have to adjust to. :( Will Gingerbread AKA 3.0 have any major changes with the structure of multitasking?

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I sure hope so, but, meego will take a long time till it reaches Android state, mature, with few bugs, and lots of apps to choose from.
I'm not saying that in 1 year Android will be better, but if I get an android now, I will feel very comfortable ditching it in 1 year for a meego device.

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It probably will since Gingerbread will have a slew of changes that support tablets.

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yes, i think phones without a flash usable for a flashlight are out for me after having it. it really is useful

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You may want to search a bit more as the Captivate/Galaxy S are having substantial GPS issues:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/s...nd-what-to-do/

http://androidforums.com/samsung-captivate/

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Thanks for the info,
I read there is a fix for the GPS which works very well, until the official fix arrives. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...=728611&page=2

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My next phone would be a N900.1 with the following changes

Hardware
- More Power 1,5 GHz Dual
- slighly bigger resolution and screen 1024 x 480 would be nice
- slimmer like the droid/milestone
- eithernet port for connecting to routers to configur them
- USB port for printing and everything connecting

Software
- All bugs from Maemo 5 fixed
- All brainstorms done
- Flash 10.1 all the way
- Better Mediaplayer
- Usability features from competitors - like better cut and past stuff.

This would actually make my day.

Markus

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Hehe, ethernet port in the cellphone?
You could do with the USB port and a little adapter.
And anyway, you can go buy an etherscope (:

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Not sure. I will commend Nokia that ages after the N97 and N900 came out we are still yet to see another company produce a phone that has 32gb on board storage plus micro sd slot. Plus a hardware keyboard. Doesn't seem like anyone is going to match that soon. So Nokia has an advantage in getting me to get their meego device if they can match what they already have with the N97 and N900. And the leaked Nokia meego interface looked pretty awesome. Also I love how I can use WinSCP and customize so much of my N900 by replacing all sorts of background and icon files. I presume their meego device will offer the same level of customization (especially if they are using those boring black and white icons we saw in the leaked video).

However, is all that enough? Nokia has done so much damage already and even a fanboy like me who has only ever had Nokia phones is reluctant to ever get another Nokia device. Why? Well:

- Nokia cannot even make a properly functioning media player widget for the N900, can we really trust them to make a well featured phone that works properly;
- the N97 was the worst phone I have ever seen (apart from maybe my wife's Samsung Tocco) and I had to return it after 3 days;
- the N900 has so many bugs it is unbelievable and I doubt the replacement will be very buggy as well;
- Nokia customer services is absolute rubbish and they have refused to fix the faulty usb port of my N900 so not sure I will want to buy anything from a company that treats customers this way.

I think meego will be amazing though. So I am hoping someone beside Nokia releases a Meego mobile. Then that will be my next phone. So many companies are jumping on the Windows 7 bandwagon and yet no one has announced that they will be releasing a meego mobile so I am not all that hopeful unless something comes from Intel. But as far as I am aware they do not make phones or computers do they? Just chips and stuff.

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Mine too although my N900 will stay with me for at least a year I reckon. Only if a MeeGo device comes out with all of the N900s functions and openess with above + OVI Store improvement.

After having such an open device I dont think I can look back now, I have done so many things on this phone you just cant do on any other.

I think the design is also great, okay its not a skinny size 0 phone like some others but I dont live in fear that if it got hit by a fly's penis its going to break!

Right now its the geekiest phone on the market, nothings comes close to it and thats just why I love it.

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I have noticed on MTalk people complaining about the device and after much reading I have deduced that these people either have a) a faulty handset or b) learning difficulties.

To those who agree with this - Kudos
To those who do not - <Insert suitable insult to your failings here>

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You forgot to include 'Made by, maintained and supported by anyone but Nokia'. :)