Thread: N9 [Shipping]: It's finally here [for some]!
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jalyst is offline jalyst
2011-07-25 , 18:22
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Originally Posted by jalyst View Post
For those that don't follow this thread, BT4 is now pretty-much 100% unlikely
Any other phones out there or coming soon that do a/b/g/n + BT4?
Anyone? Thank-you

Originally Posted by BigBadGuber! View Post
No matter what the price is...N9 is unfortunately, gaining very little traction across the planet. After a sharp rise, there was an equaly sharp drop, while success stories such as iphone 5 keep building the excitement and momentum...........In 4 weeks after release N9 price will be down to $300
*edit* oopss...forgot to add the link:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=nokia...ate=ytd&sort=0
Of course it's dropped meteorically in Google trends, look at all of Nokia's actions & subsequent media coverage.
If Nokia's approach had been different, then I dare-say Google trends wouldn't look half as bad.
But sadly that will forever remain a "if only", and we'll never know...
Another big factor is the ridiculously long time between announcement and availability.
Whether this is deliberate or incompetence I don't know, I suspect the latter or a combo.

Originally Posted by BigBadGuber! View Post
ergoshin talked about having more misspellings on N9, based on his brief review. Several posts have talked about partial provisioning for corporate email, which iphone does flawlessly. The buggy and crappy software is the history of NOKIA as it tried to move from penny to smartphones
Ergo himself conceded it may not have been the vkb, but the fact that he only used it for 5-10min.
It is slightly different in layout/size, plus I think he said the guy before him had less trouble.*
Did you ever chase-up the provisioning issue with lm like I suggested, I think that's his area IIRC?
Does the iPhone do it flawlessly out of the box, or with a commercial app?
What else are you unhappy about wrt Harmattan?

Not sure I agree with the buggy/crappy software history assertion, depends on usage scenario/s I guess.
Symbian UI has been 'crapola' for way too long, but there was many areas it was (& still is) arguably superior in.
Maemo also had many unique traits & i never found it to be "buggy", just **** when it came to online services & commercial apps.

*Also IIRC, earlier in this thread some N950 owners highlighted the functionality/performance of the vkb.
So if you didn't see that, you may want to back-track....
Of course it may not be as good as the vkb on the newer build that the N9 will use, but a good rough indicator.
Last edited by jalyst; 2011-07-25 at 18:45.