Thread: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
In terms of mobile devices, this is still called "flash", the only reason it's referred to as a "hard drive" is because you can drop it in as a replacement in desktops PCs and they didn't want to confuse the issue for those users. There's no such thing as an SSD "Hard Disk Drive".

Realistically, though, there simply isn't enough room (or battery power) to stick one of those in the NIT lineup.
This isn't a formal publication :-) Whether it is formally true or not, the products do get referred to as "SSD HDDs" out in the general market.

I didn't either (and it's "770"), but the N800/N810's kickstands are invaluable and I wouldn't give them up for a semi-useful hardcover.
They're not mutually exclusive.

A tilt screen device could have the advantages of a kick stand (the ability to lay it on a table, and still have the screen at a usable viewing angle), and still use a 770 style slide-on hard cover when closed.

The kickstand, IMO, isn't the goal. The goal is "usable viewing angle(s) when laying on a flat surface". A kickstand is only one way to accomplish that. IMO, a tilt screen is a better way to accomplish it.