maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - N9 [Shipping]: It's finally here [for some]!

	danramos	2011-07-14 , 22:28
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Originally Posted by meego99

N9 is what an iphone should have been. But it will not sell massively without massive advertisement. It will follow N900 footsteps, but on a larger scale. It is a consumer device and it does things well by appearance. It will be interesting to see how buggy, laggy, or hyped up it is once it ends in users hands

The problem I see with that is that the operating system is a mangled abomination--sitting somewhere between Maemo and MeeGo, being neither wholly one nor the other, nor does it give a particularly good experience at being either an iPhone competitor nor a geek's toy.

I know Eflop thinks that all-in-one social screen is a benefit.. I don't like it, personally, and I think a lot of people would like ACTUAL first-party support... who's to say that Nokia's implementation goes awry and incompatible... then what? Can we depend on Nokia to immediately fix that stupid update service's firmware?

As a geek's toy, it lacks a good, proper desktop experience interface, has WAY too much closed-source and it's a step-back from all other devices out there in this current generation with similar hardware specs. I'm looking right at an HTC Sensation, right now for example. I'd rather have that for the overall support, quality, utility and even--yes--for it's geek factor.

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