If your music database is that large, may I suggest you only take a part with you? You can't possibly go through 16GB of music in any reasonable time, you're just carrying it around. You have the option to lug a small stick around. After all, you could limit what you listen to while running to 16G?

I'm not being judgmental, I'm just saying - I have about 50G of music but I have an in-car DVD which is 75% full with a whole folder. I maintain a folder called "car" from which I add and remove music as I get tired or new songs are added. Every couple months, I burn a new one.

I see you don't have -devel installed.

Not really, but there is no notification. A small number appears in the top right corner when navigating the store.

It wasn't edited, it was split, check the bottom of the first post.

Also, gimp and ansela do not come with N900. I was reviewing phones side by side, and added software doesn't count. If it did, I'd be reviewing applications 'till the cows come home.

And I know I said N900 doesn't do editing because what N900 does cant be called editing.

N8 and E7 both have trouble at night - it makes sense from a physics standpoint and is visible. If you don't see it or are happy with it, good for you. But the noise is there.

You are right, however, this is basically an N900 community and if one wants to relay info there is no better way to do it but relate to N900.

Also, since N900 is solely or never replaced, many will move away from it and a comparative review will help others make an informed decision.

Like it says in the review, specs aren't everything.

Actually, no. My devices stream was 8110, 7110, 7650(sym), 3650(sym), 7610(sym), N80(sym), N900(deb), E7(sym).

Where exactly did I state that Symbian isn't free?

I remember saying that OVI allows purchase of apps.

If you get an idea from the OP then it's the wrong one. I tried to do a presentation and a comparison so that everyone can draw their own conclusions. I let a few preferences slide, but they are all moot since I can't go back to N900 either way.

<|,, 300 million people like that statement.

I think it's comparable to Android (but faster), worse looking than iOS (speed is not directly comparable as iOS doesn't multitask), worse looking and less features than M5 but way faster.

It does not, it will not. Symbian is a phone OS, designed from the ground up to work with limited resources and it shows. There is nothing computerish about it. Everything is phoneish. In a sense it's the inverse of Maemo. Thus the difference in apps and speed.

Possible, but no definitive answer. It is likely it will never chroot, but it's likely it can boot to Android at some pint, possibly even MeeGo.

If you are an audiophile, surely you can tell that the audio in a cramped, underpowered sound processor with little correction and processing is subpar to an MP3 played on a good multimedia PC?

To each his own, I have nothing against people with gold cables, I'm just saying that, as a long time computer expert and the kind of person that owns an oscilloscope and has lived off audio installations, you're wasting space.

Also, on the move, you're probably using small headphones. Don't get me started on those and those specs they publish.

That is a direct quote of what I was trying to say. And no, I'm not taking any of it personally. In fact, I kind of expected more of a resistance, lately we have a few people haunting TMO who should be wearing a cross on their chest and a broadsword.

It is definitely not great, but 16G rates as "sufficient" for a lot of people. Myself included.

It's not a lot, considering offline maps. And HD video. Did I say 16 is good? (scrolls back) Nope. Never said it.

Thanks.

- Is it as open as the N900?
Symbian is open. "as" open is not a measurement. All open programs can be compiled to S3 with relative ease, since it sports QT. CLI can also be compiled to work on Symbian, as could busybox or bash.

Are they? Don't know, don't really care. Like I said, there is no gconftool, no apt, etc. But with the introduction of QT and a keyboard device with amply CPU I'm sure people will start porting.

-Does it have extra screens like the N900 can have?
S3 has 3 desktops only AFAICT. There is implied in the docs that screens could be added and deleted, so it may have more at some point, but for now only 3. They slide like N900 (not continuously, though).

-Ovi is not that impressive when it comes to applications.
If that was a question, you'll need to reword it and include a definition of "impressive"

"so I can do a review / comparison from the point of view of changing my mind on my Nokia N900 ;-)"

This wasn't to change anyone's mind. With N900 getting old, people will have to jump ship. This isn't a length contest, it's a comparative review.

So, you disagree with the length of the space between N900 and E7, but not with the verdict? I'll take that as a compliment, and take this opportunity to remind you that the default E7 is substantially faster. If they were the same speed, I would agree M5 was miles ahead.

Never used it. Yet.