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Re: After years of great experiences with Nokia, I got an N97 and a N900. Sadly.

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Originally Posted by dhcmega (Post 523013)

On the other side, 600Mhz it is not enough as 256 of RAM either. This is no longer a pure cellphone OS, we are using a really multitasking linux! Google's phone has almost twice of both things.

I'm surprised nobody has said this yet... You need to educate yourself about the differences between OMAP-3 and Snapdragon.

Just because a number is higher doesn't mean it's better... I hear there's some amps for sale that go "up to 11" that may interest you..

And as has already been pointed out.. 256 RAM + 768 SWAP... and with 32GB onboard storage + SD expansion it holds more data and has more virtual memory than any other phone I believe.

Of course.. it's not perfect.. and yes - from what I've read, quite a few "normal" phone features are missing... but all of these were well known for quite some time now..

ETA: Damnit! mrojas beat me while I was typing!

Re: After years of great experiences with Nokia, I got an N97 and a N900. Sadly.

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Originally Posted by Venty (Post 523118)

Calm down folks. The N900 is not yet the perfect phone, BUT it is perfect for hacking! Imagine the N900 being perfect from the start. How boring would that be?

Actually as one of those that wanted a phone that works and paid £486 for the privilage of a Beta product. I would like boring, I would like boring very much. I know or hope you were tongue in cheek with your comments but I would like boring, I really would. :)

I left the tried and tested, working safe and reliable world of HTC to embrace linux on a phone because I use Linux on the desktop and laptop. I expected teething issues, but basic common approaches that every other phone in Nokia's catalogue and every other smartphone offers, have been left off this device.

The newest bugbear I have (I read your post and considered the MMS issue, but I am trying to ignore that feature being missed) is the new "feature". I watch a .avi file on my N900. I plug it into computer to sync some files, copy stuff over as a flash drive not the PC suite. I finish. the .AVi file is now an "unsupported format" I therefore need to do a hard reboot to watch the same .avi file. Or indeed play music, look at pictures etc.

If a working decent usable phone, that is value for money is boring. Please, I like boring. I REALLY want boring.

Its more lazy than boring, Nokia took the step to embrace the development community to do their basic work for them. Unlike apple that had a basic phone that worked and expansions were done by the development community. Nokia has rushed out for christmas a laggy, badly thought out expensive techy gadget and then hope the community will fill in the holes to make it compete with Apple.

I like it, I do. But it isn't a phone (Volume of the phone, the contacts ringtones and notifications issue), it isn't a communicating device (rubbish keyboard ergonomics, SMS support, issues with calendars, message and email filing,) It isn't a computer (true syncing and using files on it at the same time, .txt and .rtf file support as standard.) It isn't a media player. (.avi support after being plugged in to a PC, when loading a file it says cannot connect to server) It isn't portable business tool (Battery drain is appalling because of WLAN and wifi shut off being manual and the default dial in every ten minutes means unless you are clued up you don't know it is connected. My system is hitting 100% battery usage every time I plug in Pc and then for 20 minutes afterwards, no idea why, only it slows down and won't respond till I do a hard reboot or wait.)

Anyway I fuly expect those that like it to flame me for this.

Re: After years of great experiences with Nokia, I got an N97 and a N900. Sadly.

Not being "boring" is a feature (with all that it implies).

"Maemo is rough on the edges. It is a bit dangerous. It is open to experiments. It is about community involvement. I want these to stay."

http://jaaksi.blogspot.com/

Re: After years of great experiences with Nokia, I got an N97 and a N900. Sadly.

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Originally Posted by twigleaf1976 (Post 523172)

...But it isn't a phone (Volume of the phone...

You're not the only one who thinks the 900 could benefit from a decent bump in volume for both the earpiece, and speaker, for calls.

Re: After years of great experiences with Nokia, I got an N97 and a N900. Sadly.

Have you finished your rant already? The N900 is the best so called "phone" out there, period. Some little bugs won't stop it. If you don't like it, then you either don't know what you have bought or you don't understand it. It's not a phone damn it!

Re: After years of great experiences with Nokia, I got an N97 and a N900. Sadly.

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Originally Posted by colnago (Post 523133)

You could configure "Nicknames" for your favorite contacts, then sort your contacts by "Nicknames"

You can use the "Letter shortcuts" to "jump" to a given section of your contacts list...no need to open keyboard.

Maybe this is by design, to allow for minor angle changes when handling the phone, so as not to change the layout. Some people may perfer this..

Really? It was my understanding that the device has "up to" 1GB of "RAM":

http://www.nokiausa.com/find-product...specifications

Memory
Up to 32 GB internal storage
microSD memory card extension, hotswappable, up to 16 GB* (sold separately)
Total available application memory up to 1 GB (256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)

How many new devices, be it a "smartphone", or "PC", etc, have large amounts of apps on its release date? How many were developed by the company creating the OS vs. 3rd party vendors?

I understand that you may want to provide some negative comments on a device that you were dissapointed with, which may or may not be issues for other users (none of your comments are concerns of mine), but at least try to make your posts "accurate", or "balanced" at the very least.

Ok, Taken. I tried, that is why said good things as camera, etc.
Eventhough there are workarounds, I don´t think that is the real solution.
SWAP memory is very slow memory compared to RAM.

Re: After years of great experiences with Nokia, I got an N97 and a N900. Sadly.

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Originally Posted by Jack6428 (Post 523203)

Yes and No. Should I go around with my good old N95+N900 then? Maybe I am wrong pretending that the N900 fullfill both needs.

Re: After years of great experiences with Nokia, I got an N97 and a N900. Sadly.

n900 wasn't for me either. Sold it

I prefered the Touch HD, N95 8GB, E71 etc.

Getting a HTC HD2.

N900 is good for super geeks and developers but not for your average geek. lol

Re: After years of great experiences with Nokia, I got an N97 and a N900. Sadly.

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Originally Posted by Jack6428 (Post 523203)

Have you finished your rant already? The N900 is the best so called "phone" out there, period. ...

Actually you are incorrect. As any sympathizer for this device will prove, the second someone brings up a 'phone' shortcoming, the device is "not a phone! it's a tablet that happens to support some phone features!!!"

Re: After years of great experiences with Nokia, I got an N97 and a N900. Sadly.

i think 600Mhz is enough, even Vista only needs 800.