Thread: N900 vs N8
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Originally Posted by bchliu View Post
Actually.. theres one thing that says it all from his usage:
"Why am I being told Conversations can't open because there is not enough memory when the only thing running is the F-Secure app?"

FSecure.. hahaha.. WTF would you put Antivirus on a phone in the first place? This is ultimately why you are running out of memory since there are NO AV software that does not memory leak (bold but truthful statement). It is loaded all the time in memory and constantly using CPU for scanning when you are using it. This decreases your battery life as well. Considering there are no true or real Viruses on Symbian, like why would you need it?

Seriously though - I own a whole range of devices (N900 included) and every time I come back to the N8 as being the best all-round phone. I have never had any out of memory issues (really depends on HOW you install the apps and what widgets you end up doing).

I went on a week road trip too with both devices and I have been happy with them as they perform totally different functions -

N8: Camera, MP3 player, Navigation, Phone / SMS, games
N900: Internet, IM, ebook reader, emails etc

Between the two N8 had way more battery life (since I relied heavily on external battery unit for the N900) and the photos/videos from N8 were excellent (arguably as good as my SLR under sunny conditions). The N900 photos were dull, lacked colour vibrance and very noisy in comparison.

I love my N8 as a phone. I love my N900 as a portable Linux computer (but hate it as a phone)
I don't have an anti-virus program. That is my phone security program. Sends an sms to a predetermined number if the SIM is changed. The anti-virus program they wanted money for it and who needs it anyway on a Linux device? So, I guess your remark is without merit in regard to the memory leak issue unless you believe that something that sends an SMS is also an unstoppable memory leaker.
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