Thread: First N900 Review
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Kypeli is offline Kypeli
2009-08-24 , 06:17
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#458
Originally Posted by dansus View Post
The wierd thing about the N900 is that its running a pc like OS on a phone like hardware, hopefully it wont confuse consumers and end up emulating the recent failure of Linux on low end laptops.
What do you mean by PC Like OS? Just because there is a Linux kernel in it doesn't mean the UI, the drivers and the rest of OS stack couldn't be optimized for mobile use.

I also don't think there is a chance in confusing end users just because there is a Debian based Linux variant running on a piece of HW. The end user doesn't care if the OS is Linux, BSD or Windows - (s)he only wants a device that works well and fulfills her or his needs. Just as the success of the iPhone has nothing to do with the fact that there is a BSD core in it.
 

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