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	allnameswereout	2008-09-17 , 15:54
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For me, WiMAX is pretty useless.

I'm very, very happy with this announcement. I don't promise I buy a device unless I paid it (or fronted / partly paid), but I am very much looking forward to this device.

I will use it for SIP, won't need non-data plan. I also know good deals for data plans. Yes, these cost some money, but they give the device so much more power. Non-24/7 connectivity is simply no competition to good smartphones.

Many thanks to Nokia for listening to the community!! Vote with your wallet. I'm sure there will be more devices.

As for PIM, all the NIT needs is some dedication to port one, good PIM application to maemo making it good enough for usage. The NIT isn't meant to be the best device for all its possible usages. The power lies in its wide flexibility (quite related to the FLOSS nature of the bird but dont forget size, weight, low power). PIM however, is software side. From what I read in this news this post is solely about the hardware side. For now, we know little to nothing about the software side...

Originally Posted by pieter_jh

Hmm - I have some mixed feelings. On the one hand I often use the N810 on a plane, and while all the other people have to switch off their phone/pdas and haul out their laptops; I use my N810. (Phones arent allowed to be used on flights in my country, but computers are) The tethering-with-phone approach worked fine, but it meant 2 devices. If the N900 gets cellular, then it better be a great phone as well so it can feed off the 'one device' approach. I'm happy to hear about the faster processors. If they throw in TV (monitor) OI'm probably just about there with not carrying a laptop either. Anyone ever consider the idea of a docking station for the tablets? So I just carry my N900 around and plug it into a dock at the office and home to get big keyboard and screen? Of course I would need a proper word processor and spreadsheet......

My experience is that you have to put all electronic devices off when the plan takes off and lands. Even a DAP. If you know what you're doing, you might not do this, but such rule exists to protect the innocent (read: clueless). Besides that, you must disable all radio (including WLAN, 3G, BlueTooth, ...). The rule is that you have to set the device in offline mode. Incidently, that is why that feature is called offline mode.

Originally Posted by tso

hmm, SIP. from my limited understanding, SIP is only about setting up a connection between two parties, beyond that there is no single say about what codecs and so on to use ones that connection is in place...

and i dont think skype even uses SIP, but some other homegrown solution...

SIP is between your software/hardware phone (SIP client) and the SIP server (PBX). Whatever happens from the SIP server (PBX) or the person you're talking to is of no concern to normal end users. For example, I'm able to get attractive prices phoning international using SIP. The other person can reside anywhere in the world.

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