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thebtman 2011-08-03 21:53
Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Well I finally sold my N900.

Then I bought an iPhone 4.

At first I was impressed. It is fast. The screen is responsive.

But oh god its boring. Its all so restricted and no tweaking is possible., customisation is limited to very basic stuff.

With Cydia its a decent device, but standard its not great.

I actually really really miss my N900 :(

gerbick 2011-08-03 22:00
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Why did you do it? Genuine curiosity.

mastac 2011-08-03 22:23
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
i'll swap you my N900 for your iphone 4 :)

a dork 2011-08-03 22:29
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
A dick feels sorry for you, sir.

geneven 2011-08-03 22:34
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1063720)
Why did you do it? Genuine curiosity.
It appears that he participated in the "my friends think that the N900 is a piece of crap" thread, so peer pressure is a reasonable guess for why he got rid of the N900.

khuong 2011-08-03 22:41
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Even a great rooted Android phone is still unmatched for N900.
Make sure you don't hold the phone to make a call, it will drop...:)

ericsson 2011-08-03 23:34
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thebtman (Post 1063716)
Well I finally sold my N900.

Then I bought an iPhone 4.

At first I was impressed. It is fast. The screen is responsive.

But oh god its boring. Its all so restricted and no tweaking is possible., customisation is limited to very basic stuff.

With Cydia its a decent device, but standard its not great.

I actually really really miss my N900 :(
Getting an iPhone, that I can understand somehow. Selling your N900 I definitely cannot understand.

F2thaK 2011-08-03 23:37
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
you get wat u deserve! what did u expect?

cincibluer6 2011-08-03 23:47
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Pretty much what I found out after playing with my buddy's for a little bit. Very polished, but also very locked down and doesn't offer much in the ways of customization or tweaking of any kind.

While most say somebody who likes the simplicity of an iphone shouldn't get an N900, I'd say the reverse is true too. The N900 is too open to go back to a closed system like ios.

geneven 2011-08-04 01:02
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
I have felt something like that since getting an Android device. It drives me CRAZY when Overdrive automatically closes a book I am reading just because I want to look up a word in the dictionary or consult a map. My N900 would never do that.

don_falcone 2011-08-04 01:18
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by cincibluer6 (Post 1063761)
While most say somebody who likes the simplicity of an iphone shouldn't get an N900, I'd say the reverse is true too. The N900 is too open to go back to a closed system like ios.
That's the issue. What do you switch to if your N900 bites the dust / you finally would like to upgrade to today's hardware? Pre 3? N9? I would even miss those details like the notification LED... :(

thebtman 2011-08-04 03:11
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1063720)
Why did you do it? Genuine curiosity.

I am really wondering:o. I suppose I thought I was getting something better, and in some ways it is and for some people it probably would be an upgrade, but for someone like me its just too restrictive and you cant do anything really interesting with it.

No modding allowed:(

Dark_Angel85 2011-08-04 03:26
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
i feel you man... well, since you got it anyway, just enjoy all the apps that are available (seemingly that's the main draw of the iphone, besides the fluid ios)...

.. don't hope for much customisation

ed00 2011-08-04 03:36
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
рussу phone.....

fusi 2011-08-04 03:50
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
bwahahahahaa. really? oh dear, oh dear.. oh dear.

lesson learnt i hope.

(sorry if this post sounds harsh; but i have ZERO sympathy for crapple supporters, period.)

Kangal 2011-08-04 04:11
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Android phone < iPhone 4
iPhone 4 = Crazy Android phone
Jailbroken iPhone 4 > iPhone 4
Jailbroken iPhone 4 < Hacked Android phone
N900 = Hacked Android phone
Thus, N900 > Jailbroken iPhone 4

However, N900 =< Crazy Hacked Android phone
Anyone in the know about the EVO 3D having longer battery life, 2.0GHz clockspeed and new interfaces thanks to the community?

F2thaK 2011-08-04 04:39
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
um, what?...

jschan 2011-08-04 05:41
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Uh, not sure I agree with the N900 < than anything part, but I can say one thing for certain:

Crazy Hacked GooApple phone > Crazy Hacked other Android phone

a dork 2011-08-04 07:29
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Frankly, only thing i like about Iphone 4 and what N900 should have is a better processor and more RAM and battery. With that, I'd pick N900 over any other phone.

mikecomputing 2011-08-04 07:49
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thebtman (Post 1063716)
Well I finally sold my N900.

Then I bought an iPhone 4.

At first I was impressed. It is fast. The screen is responsive.

But oh god its boring. Its all so restricted and no tweaking is possible., customisation is limited to very basic stuff.

With Cydia its a decent device, but standard its not great.

I actually really really miss my N900 :(
I could understaand go from n900 to some new Android but Iphone? :O

ejasmudar 2011-08-04 08:15
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
i had a similiar experience while playing with my dad's new iphone. Really great first impression, but the troubles started when i wanted to tranfer pics from it to my n900: no bluetooth transfer, needed itunes 10.2 (i had 10.1) to even connect it to a pc, etc. i had to finally install dropbox to transfer the pics.

But on the plus side, the memory management is great! It doesn't becone laggy after a few days and even if u have 15 apps open (i know its not real multitasking, but...) the phone is still snappy.

eitama 2011-08-04 08:38
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thebtman (Post 1063716)
Well I finally sold my N900.

Then I bought an iPhone 4.

At first I was impressed. It is fast. The screen is responsive.

But oh god its boring. Its all so restricted and no tweaking is possible., customisation is limited to very basic stuff.

With Cydia its a decent device, but standard its not great.

I actually really really miss my N900 :(
You should have bought an Android.
There are ones with very decent hardware today, with keyboards, with nice cameras, and you can customize EVERY little bit.

Create themes, modify stock applications, compile your own kernel with your own modules, overclock, use ssh, VNC, telnet, ANYTHING.

Enjoy your iPhone 4 :)

vi_ 2011-08-04 08:46
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fSJ7_jRoOa...lson_haha2.jpg

thebtman 2011-08-04 08:49
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by eitama (Post 1063899)
You should have bought an Android.
There are ones with very decent hardware today, with keyboards, with nice cameras, and you can customize EVERY little bit.

Create themes, modify stock applications, compile your own kernel with your own modules, overclock, use ssh, VNC, telnet, ANYTHING.

Enjoy your iPhone 4 :)
The apps are very good. The gps very quick to lock. Everything works very well. Its just the lack of a command line and ability to "fiddle" I am missing lol

Anyway....pretty sure its going on ebay and then I've just got to decide what I'm buying; a N900 or as you suggest Android.

I'm leaning towards Android I think...

thebtman 2011-08-04 09:09
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by vi_ (Post 1063903)

Lol thank you for that:p

TMavica 2011-08-04 09:24
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
still buy Iphone4? Iphone 5 is coming
by the way, you better go to 1 of the Apple shop shout: :
"I want to **** yours *** hole, Steve Jobs!!!!!"

ericsson 2011-08-04 09:43
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thebtman (Post 1063905)
The apps are very good. The gps very quick to lock. Everything works very well. Its just the lack of a command line and ability to "fiddle" I am missing lol

Anyway....pretty sure its going on ebay and then I've just got to decide what I'm buying; a N900 or as you suggest Android.

I'm leaning towards Android I think...
I would seriously consider a Symbian. N8s are cheap now. LOTS of hacking, participate in Nokia Beta labs and try all kinds of cool cutting edge apps and tweaks, lots of apps (not nearly as much as iPhone, but cool ones, like well known JoikiSpot). HDMI, USB to go, best camera of them all. Free navigation world wide and so on. Constantly updates, Anna coming any time.

With the N8 you can use it as a DLNA server and as a wifi router while using USB to go and being connected to a widescreen in HD to watch a movie. It is simply awesome if you get down to it.

Android? Maybe some of the new Motorola is usable, but I doubt it.

fusi 2011-08-04 10:10
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
hurry up and get a n950! there are some going for that coding competition afaik! gl

corduroysack 2011-08-04 10:58
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
the missis has got a android phone and even she says it's sh*te. locks up at the drop of a hat

thebtman 2011-08-27 19:02
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
So weird, thankfully the buyer of the N900 offered it back to me and following day iPhone was sold too!

Ok, N900 is bit slower at times, but at least I can make it my own and it does SOOOO much more than the iPhone.

:D

dr_frost_dk 2011-08-27 19:15
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thebtman (Post 1077639)
So weird, thankfully the buyer of the N900 offered it back to me and following day iPhone was sold too!

Ok, N900 is bit slower at times, but at least I can make it my own and it does SOOOO much more than the iPhone.

:D
Good to be back then right :)

thebtman 2011-08-27 19:38
Re: Gutted I sold my N900 and bought an iPhone 4
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dr_frost_dk (Post 1077644)
Good to be back then right :)
Sooo soo good. its like the hole in my life has been filled. Well lol, might be a slight exaggeration there, but yes i have so missed it. It just fits me and my needs very well.

Strange to think its been halfway across the world and back after 4 weeks.

Glad i backed it up its like its never been away :)

(posted from my N900!!)


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