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2009-05-27 , 12:52
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Really with data and voice? That'd explain oFone, but it seems early result then. Also, what type of screen, capacitive or resistive? Stylus? Dpad? Not mentioned does not mean it is there yes/no.

I think this is an exciting development, I'm looking forward to see how this competes with iPhone, Android, and Nokia N97. A Linux phone implies also certain features like PIM. Think of this: would this be the device you'd carry around to give you most features you need, and also function as a flexible gateway for other devices like a netbook/laptop/dap/digital_camera? And add to that being able to export the screen to another device? For me this would be definately a candidate.

Hmm, and, what is the other device? A netbook?

I really hope its not tied to T-Mobile. I don't like their coverage here, and I'm already on a good Vodafone contract without being tied to SIM. So I could switch from Nokia E71 to Nokia N900 right away if I could buy a Nokia N900 unbranded without SIMlock.

Originally Posted by mullf View Post
Yes, my immediate response to the specs is about the screen size. I always use full-screen for my apps. That's gone now. There is no full-screen anymore.
It isn't gone, it is far less useful. There is also notification if I understood correct, so that becomes your new starting point.

If you want to hack around this you can still use screen and then create 2 splitted windows. Works great with something like tail -f.

Originally Posted by fms View Post
I have even been reading ebooks on a 352x416 Nokia E70. No matter how you format them, smaller screen either makes you squint or taxes your fingers by forcing you to scroll. This is a hard limitation that cannot be avoided by any amount of formatting.

Now, I do have a few ideas about making FBReader more usable on a physically smaller display, both by zooming parts of the text above your finger touching it and by scrolling text when your finger reaches bottom of the screen and/or you tilt the device. These ideas (if FBReader guys choose to implement them of course) will ease the pain of reading books on N900. But having a bigger screen would obviously make things better.
eading e-books is a niche, and I don't understand your workflow. You want a mobile device to be used as an e-book reader, then (for lots of reading) your screen is indeed too small in this and many other mobile hardware cases. But how would a slightly bigger screen (Nokia N8x0) compete with something like a Kindle or a netbook? Do you think that the general public will consider a device with a screen like Nokia N8x0 with a device with a screen like a Kindle for reading? And, do you think that people who enjoy e-book reading on an iPhone would not enjoy this on Nokia N900?

You could on Nokia N900 use an external screen instead. The power of a device like this lies in being easily able to extend its features (e.g. synchronisation, UPnP, USB). An example of that is a dumb device with a screen which only outputs what it gets from input (e.g. Nokia N900). This should not be too expensive while the format of the main device (Nokia N900) remains mobile & portable. In the future, it might even be interesting if it can be combined with one of those foldable screens.
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