Need a reason
 

Does our nokia n900 still able to creating a dreams from now? Please write your answer & gave me a reasons thx :)
nb. sorry for my bad english

Re: Need a reason
 

you write like a poet.
N900 is a poem.

so it fits you

Re: Need a reason
 

:) For people who have their own dreams, absolutely. In the rest of the smart phone world, the dream of one man -- Steve Jobs -- has become dominant. His view of the world, where all apps are governed by a single "ecosystem" directly under his command; where all user interfaces are minimalist and all users are treated purely as "consumers" of data, never producers; where the device you purchased is locked to an extent that, forget about changing the system software yourself, even directly accessing the internal data storage mechanism is considered a breach of license; this has become what people expect out of a cell phone, and all would-be competitors to Apple have given up and simply taken up Jobs dream as their own.

The N900 is pretty much the last device created that is truly a personal computer in the form factor of a cell phone. If you have your own dream, if you want a cell-phone-like device to work in a way different to how Steve Jobs saw the world, this machine is still your best bet.

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Very true, very true indeed!

It is sad, interesting, and fascinating at once, to watch history repeat itself over and over.

Does anyone remember the famous 1984 commercial Apple put out in... uh...1984? It presented itself as the rogue outsider that would help consumers break free from Microsoft's tyranical yoke. LOL

You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfqw8nhUwA

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I don't think Apple viewed Microsoft as a competitor back then (after all, they outsourced the development of things like Applesoft BASIC to Microsoft). They thought IBM was the real enemy--that misunderstanding might have played a part in Apple's struggles into the 90s...

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Yes, you are absolutely correct! IBM (the PC maker) was their competitor. What a love triangle between IBM, Apple, and Microsoft, eh? OS/Warp was the forgotten love child of IBM and Microsoft. :o

Re: Need a reason
 

three words:
1. mobile
2. computing
3. device

Try finding another

EDIT mobile Internet device (MID)

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If you're like me and you suffer from techclaustrophobia (the fear of being locked in an overcrowded, smoke and mirrors filled techspace) then the N900 is your open door to the great outdoors.

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If you only need one:

http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/gtranslate/

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Thank you guys.. :D

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The N900 is the worn out resistance in a dystopia where everything is controlled by 2 giants with absolute power. It might not look pretty to most but it is the only freedom you can get.