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Big-time Rant of the N800
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vvaz
2008-01-07 , 21:10
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For me looks like someone in Nokia skipped extensive tests etap giving away "beta edition".
I am plagued with hardware/software problems: power enigma, decalibrating screen, remounting SD to ro mode.
Some thoughts after using N800+OS2007 for one month:
- one column menus should go away. scrolling menu is awkward in both modes: stylus and finger
- give option for interface: a) it should always behave as touched with stylus, b) as above but with finger, c) guess. The most infuriating thing about current behaviour (c in proposition) is that I never know which menu/keybord will pop up.
Give FM radio back! I remember from discussion several months ago on Slashdot about media-players. Devices targeted to USA are without FM radio because of Clear Channel domination thereee and total crap on airwaves there. But in Europe and other places FM radio still can give something interesting. Listening to my favorite stations on FM radio is my third option (after web-surfing and book-reading). Wi-Fi will never be popular enough to replace airwaves. Also listening to internet radio is burning battery like wildfire.
IMO with N810 Nokia hit formfactor perfectly. My N800 is just 1cm too big and this bump for camera/stylus is awkward. It's a pity big speakers had to go - during Christmas I saved the day with N800 because it played carols so much better then crappy laptop.
I *am* angry because some Nokia decisions/deeds were incredibly stupid - even suicidal. How many new users were disappointed with OS2008 Christmas debacle? How many don't even touch *any* Nokia product in future? But N8x0, and probably "N900" is just a stage. Exxx now is just investment for future. In two years it should be possible to buy really polished device. And it is highly possible it won't even be Nokia.
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