Thread: N900 vs Iphone.
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
People who are interested in compares between N900 and iPhone 3GS want some kind of honest, informative compare. Honest disgust/hate or misinformation has no place. It only serves as noise.

They don't want to read nonsense from Maemo, S60 or iPhoneOS zealots!
Well, I don't consider myself a zealot, but I sort of like it... Honestly, I like the iPhone, just not its supposed position as "THE DEVICE", which I don't think it has earned or is warranted. I'm always willing to explain my stance. I don't "flame" devices (people can get it though), but I have a firm philosophy on mobiles which I would also explain. I NEVER spew misinformation. I make mistakes, but stand behind my advice/opinions, and am always willing to recant them when I've been enlightened.

And don't be so sure what "they" do or don't want to read. I find that people prefer honesty, and I am always honest. YOU don't want to read it, and that's fine. But I had an opinion on the N900 as it relates to the N900, and that's why it came up. If its nonesense, then the thread title is just as much nonesense. Vs. means versus, implying a battle to be won, imo, even though I see no contest or competitors. The N900 is a computer competitor, not any of the phones on the market.

Because you like a device and I don't doesn't make it nonesense. What doesn't make sense about my opinion?

So, you'd say, the same is true for Android? The problem is that almost no website is optimized for mobile usage (some were for WAP, T9, and iPhone but thats it).
I was speaking only about the iPhone in the regard of optimized pages. I don't agree with pages tailored to one device but a worse experience on another with a better browser. I think its best to put ALL mobiles first, but not all agree. I hope that isn't more nonesense, as you say. I'm for standards, too, not special use cases. That was the point of the post, which I hope you read in context. I agree about some apps being necessary, but most aren't, in my "nonesensica"l opinion.


Personally, I've also uncrippled my browser on iPod touch. And got mulitasking on it as well.
You got FLASH on the iPhone browser??? I think multitasking and a flash browser make the iPHone near the best device on the market, but Apple doesn't agree. My device manufacturer must share my philosophy to share my cash. THIS is why I like Nokia, Symbian, and Maemo.

The point here is not to hail any product though (as you read in my first paragraph). We don't need hailers in this thread they can go to some pub on t.m.o and whine there. We want to understand the positive and ngative aspects of devices (hardware & software wise).
How can I give a positive or negative aspect without hailing or discounting a device? That sounds like nonesense to me. Please give an example of how I do it with nonesense and how you'd do it. Because I speak with passion doesn't mean I'm not rational or objective. I'm just married to my opinion, and have firm beliefs on the matter. I promote mobiles as a favorite hobby, but I'm no hater or cheerleader. Just passionate.

I don't know these useless applications! I never tried them! Not one! I read for example iphoneclub.nl, which has useful applications reviewed and tested. If it is in my interest I install it. To compare, there are websites dedicated to my phone too (Nokia E71) albeit less informative, and far less applications out there such as the one I described.
Well the fruitphone's app usefullness has been discussed various places, so you can look online for yourself. This isn't why I am here, and if you want to find apps for your E71, there are plenty of app depositories everywhere, including my community's. What does that have to do with Maemo or Maemo apps? Because my conversation was in relation to this thread and the Maemo browser in that particular instance.

What is allowed on these forums? You can't compare competitive devices, can't laud any either, and can't have an opinion? Why are we here? Isn't it to get the opinions of others and share what we find to make Maemo better?
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Last edited by christexaport; 2009-09-15 at 19:39.