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Originally Posted by GabeMcCray View Post
So, I'm new to the tablet world. I figured I'd join a few sites to get some info on which is the best. I've read some positive reviews regarding the N9, but wanted to here some others. Basically, I want to know what makes this phone better/worse than the iPhone (the current phone i have, but I broke it). Also, my contract isn't up for another year, so I'm looking to buy it online somewhere. Is this a relatively good price?

http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Unlocked-MeeGo-Touchscreen-Black/dp/B005HA4W7K/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334946227&sr =1-1

If not, could you direct me where I should look? Thanks!
Well, I think you'd find the experience of owning one of Nokia's internet tablets (NITs) very different than owning an iPhone. What is worse about the NITs is that they have a far, far, far smaller app ecosystem than does the iPhone. Most of the most popular iPhone apps are not and never will be available for NITs. No apps from you bank. No Netflix or HBO or anything vaguely resembling those apps. No Shazam, etc. No nice apps for magazines or newspapers. Also, Nokia has abandoned its efforts in Maemo/Meego, so there will be no more significant OS upgrades from Nokia. What is good about the NITs is that they are general purpose Linux machines, that happen to have phone hardware. You can do, with some effort, basically anything on a NIT that you could on a linux PC. I can speak only about the N900, because that's the only one I've worked with much, but I believe the situation is much the same for the N9/950. If you like to program, these are awesome little boxes! There's a helpful community which will be happy to help you get the most out of your NIT. There are apps available for the NITs, but most of them were written by community members in their spare time, and they do not have the polish of a typical commercial iPhone app.