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Re: Maemo or Android (not a contest of which is better.. pls read)

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What i am looking for is a phone that has great multitasking(nokia has never let me down in that prospect.. but i dont think there is a task switcher which shows which applications are running now on android that allows switching between them easily like nokia on android or is there??)... a good keyboard(i have big fingers) and good support for videos and a decent memory capacity... (i like to carry a lot of videos and pics with me... ).. and a better battery life( used n97 of my friends for a week and loved the way it is energy efficient).. no probs between resistive touch or capacitive one coz both are comfortable for me...

I'm not sure if you are comfortable with battery-life of n900. Most users reporting charging every day, 2 days is you scarcely use it. But I would guess that would be okay if you're pleased by the n97.
For the rest: You will be pleased.

My advice: try to look for an Android phone that's cheaper, has a longer battery life and could be pleasing with the rest of your points. Some providers have an extra graphics layer above android, so maybe that gives you the right user experience regarding multi-tasking.

Main difference between maemo and android: maemo is more tweakable, more open to trying things out. If you like that idea, you will love the n900. My experience with Nokia hardware is it's quite sturdy and the details are right.

For example: the keys on the n900 keyboard aren't flat, this resolves pushing two buttons by accidence. Small detail, big effect.

Re: Maemo or Android (not a contest of which is better.. pls read)

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Originally Posted by etuoyo (Post 843137)

Would be good if there was a neutral forum to go to to find out which is better for you between maemo 5 and android but do not think there is.

That's why I would like InternetTabletTalk back.

Re: Maemo or Android (not a contest of which is better.. pls read)

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Originally Posted by robnas (Post 844911)

Yea... Galaxy S seems to have a decent tast switcher although the apps are not live as they r on n900 when u bring up the task switcher.. but lack of hardware QWERTY is a biggie though.. :(

Re: Maemo or Android (not a contest of which is better.. pls read)

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Originally Posted by CFynn (Post 842425)

If you are in India then the N900 is great since you can install, and Maemo can render, complex script fonts for Devanagri, Tamil, Bengali, Urdu, Kannada, etc.

Unicode compatible fonts for Indian languages do not render properly on current versions of iOS or Android

I've seen a lot of complaints about Indian languages not working on Android or iOS because of no complex script rendering engine.

I'm from Bangladesh mate.. watching bangla fonts on N900 could be the reason enough to buy it! where shall i get the app/fonts for enabling bengali fonts???

Re: Maemo or Android (not a contest of which is better.. pls read)

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Originally Posted by aminulahsan (Post 865197)

I'm from Bangladesh mate.. watching bangla fonts on N900 could be the reason enough to buy it! where shall i get the app/fonts for enabling bengali fonts???

Install the UKeyboard package -
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/ukeyboard/
if it already has a Bangla keyboard layout it should also automatically install Bangla fonts.

Otherwise, if there is no Bangla keyboard layout, then it is actually fairly straightforward to create one for UKeyboard The instructions are here http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=490484&postcount=4

You should be able to use any Unicode compatible Bangla fonts by creating a .fonts directory [mkdir ~/.fonts] and placing them there.

After this you should be able to type Bangla in any application that accepts text input

If there are any Bangla dictionaries available in StarDict format then you can use MStarDict to display that dictionary on your N900. http://maemo.org/packages/view/mstardict/

The same procedure should work for any Indic script