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N810 vs anything else?
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johnkzin
2009-01-27 , 05:44
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It would depend on what I got with $700.
As I've said elsewhere, what I want are two devices:
1) Pocketable that must be both a full phone, and an internet device; must be open source, preferably linux based.
2) Netbook size device (7" - 9" display, no bigger 10" long and 8" wide)
So, it has to fill one of those roles. I don't expect Nokia to jump into the netbook market, so that leaves a linux based phone. I don't expect the next generation NIT device to fit that role either (primarily because they haven't announced phone support yet) ... but ...
If it was the size of an N810 (screen and overall device), the format of the N97 (but with a 5 row keyboard, and dpad on the face), full phone functionality (quadband GSM, hopefully AT&T and T-Mobile-USA WCDMA, non-VOIP/non-SIP voice calls, SMS, MMS), Maemo for the OS and Linux types apps, Dalvik for Android apps and capabilities, SyncML clients for calendar and contacts (with integration between Maemo and Dalvik for those things), compatibility with redfly, video out (not just TV, but also DVI-I), USB Host+OTG, USB client (data and charging), MicroSDHC card slot, and the ability to act as the phone side of a tethering pair for BT DUN, BT PAN, USB, and Wifi tethering. And, ideally, with two SIM cards that you can use simultaneously. All of that, plus what we already know the next gen will have.
If it had all of that, I'd probably be willing to go past $700. Maybe even to $1000. Maybe a little higher, but not a lot.
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