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Still glad I have it, though I'm getting more and more tempted by a Galaxy S4 or somesuch (hurry up Tizer, Ubuntu, Jolla, etc. give us more options! <laughs at Windows Phone still>), but I am scared to lose the hw k/board. Sucking up screen space I'd rather read my in-construction message, or what I'm replying to, on, with a keyboard without any feel to it, just puts me right off. Despite how thin and large they can make them (if you can still fit them alongside your face for calls).

Everyone who's lost their usb and can't/won't try to fix it:
Check out/Install BackupMenu (and read what it can do)!

(my usb came out, got the socket still, not brave enough to try fixing it in case I short something and brick it; coping with multiple spare batteries, chargers at home/work, and a deft hand to switch them without losing the date/time - builtin battery/capacitor/whatever it is for keeping them during a switch is dead as a dodo).

Lost my first N900 (ended up stolen though had a tiny screencrack), now on a 2nd-hand one for ~2.5yrs

Some comments on earlier posts...

(reduced the quoting to minimal sections, way back from p3),.
Originally Posted by martinwozenilek View Post
...Quad Core CPUs. Well, maybe you need them when you're using a java virtual machine on your smartphone, like android does.
So ironic that ARM processors like we have, were originally designed to run Java directly (maybe as co-processors); now we have big bloaty software vm's compiling Java with all sorts of optimisation/JiT techniques on top of another vm (Linux) on top of the hardware to be able to run the same instructions...

Oh, and martinwozenilek, we do have a proper touch-screen! One you can still work when its frickin cold and you need gloves, without buying special super-expensive gloves or a special stylus!

Yes, it still annoys me a fair bit (besides the battery-switching I need to do) - now quite old browser/plugins, still mostly works but sites everywhere complain (could prob. fix that with one of the user-agent tools); the earlier mention of the lock-slider not always appearing first time on the on-button press; and occasionally missing calls when it's under load (still! even after the last 'fix' from Nokia); slow gps (better when connecting to my external one via BT - can android do that easily?). But I'm still proud to be an owner (since Feb 2010) and mine is cossetted in a v.cheap plastic (but long-lasting enough that I enjoy a new bright colour only every few months) case and a nice (martin-fields) screen protector.

Have been wondering if to switch to cssu from latest Nokia build, kinda needs a reflash of something - too many broken gui apps though command-line alternatives for things exist (yay).. Was too shy for cssu before, maybe now I'll give it a shot.

Last edited by jgbreezer; 2013-05-29 at 19:45. Reason: reread it, needs to be clearer in couple places
 

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