Thread: Pyra - 2nd generation OpenPandora
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2014-12-09 , 17:57
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Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
Actually, it is. What makes for a real Personal Computer experience? Not the processing power. My old laptop with Intel 80486, 4MB RAM and a 800x480 screen is a PC. No, what makes for a PC experience is... the experience! Having a hardware keyboard, however lousy, brings the device MUCH closer to the real PC experience than quadrupling the CPU, RAM and screen size put together.
In other words, it's more like a PC than its proper competitors, but not really. An emulator, of sorts.

At the same time, many would find it unfair to try and compare it to a netbook...or any half-decent laptop, for that matter.

Actually, it does. Yet again, it is about the experience. A stylus is all about precision. Not only is it MUCH closer to the real thing (a mouse), but also it allows you to do things you could only dream about on a toy but that are considered essential on a PC. Such as picture, video or audio editing or desktop publishing.
I refuse to believe that a hunk-of-plastic stylus such as the one for the N900 can emulate a mouse. Rather, it's merely an assistant for interacting with the screen. Not like a mouse, mind you, but I don't see anyone with small enough fingers that can flawlessly interact with a very precise screen.

I cannot see the N900 as anything more than a phone. I care not for Nokia's fluff nor what others do with theirs, since that's their business.
 

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