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Re: Do we have a Nokia Internet Tablet in waiting? Tabco

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Originally Posted by Zoxir (Post 1070519)

Was it my idea or the UI seemed kind of slow???

I got the same impression..

What annoyed me most though was that a lot of the text was too big (hopefully customizable..), and it appeared to be "cut" at the top and the bottom (e.g. the clock), like the space for it was too small (or not dynamically resized, which is bad enough..)

Re: Do we have a Nokia Internet Tablet in waiting? Tabco

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Originally Posted by momcilo (Post 1070144)

Whatever is on that drawing(it may be a purely concept drawing), sides are very unlike iPad, or Galaxy Tab, they are rounded - it looks as enlarged N9.

BTW: I respect your wits, but please look carefully, before posting alternative acer images.

Firstly, it appears my humor was lost on you. :) But more importantly, can you explain why it doesn't look like an Acer Iconia A100, like I'd said? Tapered sides and all?

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Originally Posted by ysss (Post 1070116)

Oh now you're just sounding like Apple. Will you also try to sue them off the market in Au and Eu?

This is the way of the world, these days. :P You heard WHY Google bought Motorola's mobile division, right? Not necessarily to make their own portable devices--but for their patents, so they can build up a defense. I think it's pretty brilliant, really, but also really stupid that they should have to do that. Patent system is truly broken.

Re: Do we have a Nokia Internet Tablet in waiting? Tabco

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Originally Posted by erendorn (Post 1070525)

Oh, you don't need to. Tablets are for viewing media, not creating them.

:)

...and phones... are? :P

Re: Do we have a Nokia Internet Tablet in waiting? Tabco

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Originally Posted by reinob (Post 1070539)

@gerbick,

What I mean is that IMHO the N900 is still today as "modern" and innovative as it gets, and still costs way less than other supposedly-better phones..

I fear that according to Nokia's own choices in regards to system requirements, the N900 is a dead end and isn't terribly all that "modern". No multiple touch support, you tend to find resistive screens in ultra-cheap Android tablets from no-name manufacturers in China.

There is no Flash 10.x support, now being blamed to hardware (Adobe shares the blame here), the N900 lacks RAM to run MeeGo 1.3 (Nokia chose the hardware) - the N900 MeeGo 1.2 CE runs a little... well, unoptimized.

Yes. It has the ability to run full-blown Debian. I can run Ubuntu on my Xoom - full-blown Ubuntu. I have Flash 10.3 on my Xoom, Atrix. I have full (or close enough) HTML5 support where sites that use heavy AJAX don't choke my phone (Atrix and Dell Venue Pro w/ Mango) upon trying to view those sites.

The N900 is an awesome piece of kit. But it is showing its age. Small-ish screen, horrific battery life, non-gorilla glass screen, 600mhz (out of the box) processor, lacking RAM, dwindling support, dying community, limited 3G spectrum in my market (N9's Penta-band solves my problem), lack of apps despite being the "most open" - thank Mece for Tweed Suit, before it, Twitter was basically forgotten, Mauku was "closed source" and never released to the community.

So yeah. I agree... the N900 is/was pretty nice. But time has passed it by in price, expectation and development. And it has been undercut in price by other feature phones, some smart phones. And the Grid 4 actually is cheaper than it on release... patience will probably mean it'll be even cheaper later down the road.

Re: Do we have a Nokia Internet Tablet in waiting? Tabco

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Originally Posted by erendorn (Post 1070525)

Oh, you don't need to. Tablets are for viewing media, not creating them.

I have a Xoom, with a back camera and a pretty full-fledged movie editing program - which isn't half bad.

Tablets should have the ability to create/edit media.

Re: Do we have a Nokia Internet Tablet in waiting? Tabco

Can we change the thread title to something else now?
I'd go for "Tabco: meh"

Re: Do we have a Nokia Internet Tablet in waiting? Tabco

Could someone write me please a PM as soon as MeeGo is running at their phone?

The Hardware is not that superior, too less RAM, only 16GB Memory and a missing Keyboard... but perhaps it's with MeeGo worth a second look.

Re: Do we have a Nokia Internet Tablet in waiting? Tabco

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1070554)

I have a Xoom, with a back camera and a pretty full-fledged movie editing program - which isn't half bad.

Tablets should have the ability to create/edit media.

he was making a joke, yo.

Re: Do we have a Nokia Internet Tablet in waiting? Tabco

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Originally Posted by unfuccwittable (Post 1070582)

he was making a joke, yo.

I didn't hear laugh-track, YO-YO.

Re: Do we have a Nokia Internet Tablet in waiting? Tabco

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Originally Posted by unfuccwittable (Post 1070582)

he was making a joke, yo.

No back camera is the same as the HP TouchPad... which just got a 99 cent camera app.

A joke? I'm just dealing with facts ma'am.