Alternate OS for Nokia N900
 

Expecting a simple reply on this topic.

Q:What are the alternative OS that supports Nokia N900? with calls[fully functional]

Calls working
Apps working
text working
bluetooth working
gps working
wifi working
3g working

anything less than this not required for this discussion!!!

Re: Alternate OS for Nokia N900
 

Calls working means NITDroid is out. Apps working: what do you mean here? Maemo5 apps work on Maemo5. Android apps in NITDroid. WebOS games also in Maemo5. MeeGo apps obviously in MeeGo. MeeGo has voice calls, 3G, Bt, Wifi, whatnot. But it is dog-slow and has few apps. There are a number of other linux distros, like Backtrack5 or Ubuntu, but then you loose the easy touch interface, it will be like Easy Debian.

All in all your best choice is Maemo5+CSSU and dualboot to Nitdroid for new games.

Re: Alternate OS for Nokia N900
 

Alternative os??? Not even native os does all of those!

Re: Alternate OS for Nokia N900
 

what the **** are you talking about, maemo does all that stuf

Re: Alternate OS for Nokia N900
 

It is dog-slow on an SD card, but runs quite fast on the eMMC.

Re: Alternate OS for Nokia N900
 

i didnt see any significant performance difference between running the latest version on emmc or class10 card...

Re: Alternate OS for Nokia N900
 

Can maemo5 do a network video calling? That's an important part of 3G and OP wanted 3G which by default would also include network video calling.

Re: Alternate OS for Nokia N900
 

3G video calling is NOT an important part of 3G, at least in about 85% of the world.

AFAIK (Europe), nobody uses them, most phones/OSs don't even support that, and when they do they cost way more than a standard call.

Re: Alternate OS for Nokia N900
 

Oh, and before anybody says anything: the same goes for MMS. MMS was just a "hack" before mobile e-mail became commonplace.

Re: Alternate OS for Nokia N900
 

My answer was objective one instead of subjective view/opinion.