maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Are you buying the N900? (Quick poll)

	Jack6428	2009-09-13 , 20:59
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Originally Posted by slha89

If I can't get N900 cheaper than 699,-, I'll wait for "N910" to have SDXC card support and Maemo 6.
It's like buying now a notebook without Express Card to upgrade to USB 3.0. I can't replace every year a phone and a notebook to sell it for half the price, because I need more space and/or faster ports.
With USB 3.0 und SDXC at the door, it's imho a bad time to buy something without this items. Look back SD -> SDHC and USB 1.1 -> 2.0

Hm, I guess it's perhaps only you who looks at it this way... it will take very long before USB 3.0 and SDXC become a standart...think not? Look at DirectX 10...it came out in November 2006. Is it a standart? No, not even after almost 3 years. Only a small percentage of games use it. Or look at HDTV. Is 1080p a standart? No, not yet, just 720p is. And HDTV as a technology is 20 years old or more. Are touch-screen devices a standart? No, but they are close to getting there. USB 3.0? Drivers came out for Linux just this month and commercialy USB 3.0 will launch next year. I don't mean to sound negative, I'm all for new tech (i really like nanotechnology), but let's be honest and realistic. There is no point in buying a device that has it NOW (or WILL have it when it's available) day 1, when you can't use it anywhere, but at home. Let's not be naive to think a N9xx (phone) coming out next year will support USB 3.0 and SDXC, prior to computers. As much as i like Nokia, you are dreaming.

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