Thread: well respected reviewer "eldar" throwing caution to N900
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2009-09-25 , 12:23
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Originally Posted by ArnimS View Post
And copyright infringement is neither of those.
Psst, maybe this ***** was referring to N900 prototype...

Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
...and as a former N800 QA engineer I can assure you they happen. We encountered the occasional hardware glitch on some units that didn't show up on the vast majority, and all in preproduction and early release. But then, that only serves to underscore the points about eldar's "preview" being disingenuous; his reported troubles induce a concern disproportionate to the reality.
..and we know Nokia had to sacrifice for priorities because of bugs found. Like with USB.

Also, do not neglect possibility the user (Eldar in this case) operated the device wrong.

Originally Posted by bugelrex View Post
You mean Nokia's reputation for treating its smartphone buyers as beta-testers? The N-Series devices certainly don't have a reputation as being rock-solid on initial releases.
I'm not aware of that reputation but I am aware that when a product is released to masses it is entirely possible these people are going to use the device in ways internal testing did not.

Originally Posted by Mandor View Post
That is why I insist on always testing it myself before I spend the money. Reviews will only tell me if it worth my time to go and test the device.
You cannot fully test a piece of electronics in a store in such a limited amount of time, and some hardware like a HDD you cannot extensively test as customer.

If I'll want to test Nokia N900 I will have to travel 2x 1,5-2 hours for that. I rather buy Nokia N900, and if I do not like it use my EU rights to send it back.

Likewise, I bought an iPod touch partly to review iPhoneOS. Yes, I needed a new flash-based DAP too. I combined these 2 'needs' (luxaries, rather).

Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Even though I've followed this thread, I might have missed if there are any reviews from 3rd parties other than this individual out there on more recent firmware.

Thanks in advance.
As posted earlier in this thread:

Michal Jerz from My-Symbian.com has used a prototype since 20090903 and has not experienced a single crash.

Perhaps Eldar upgraded to newer firmware which introduced regressions. We'll never know.
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