Thread: PCWorld Article: Nokia N900: Hot and Not
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2009-11-12 , 08:52
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
It was pointed out religiously that the iPhone didn't have MMS. Now it's being pointed out that the N900 doesn't need MMS.

If you don't use it, you'll not miss it. I use it. Sparingly. But it's an omission nonetheless that the iPhone also once didn't have and was used to make a few points by people here and about.
Guilty as charged. The thing is, I used to mention the iPhone's lack of MMS in passing, because the iPhone lacked so many basic features - video recording, cut/copy & paste, A2DP &c.

The article comes across as somewhat ignorant in a number of ways. I guess it's been noted that sending an MMS to "friends and family" would probably set you back a couple bucks at the very least, and people who are actually interested in your baby pictures - or whatever it is you feel you have to share instantly - would have subscribed to your flickr/twitter/faecebook.

I guess Ovi store is a problem for medium-to-low-tech users, or the kinds of users who really feel they need an app to make fart sounds for them. I don't expect all those Debian apps to pass through Ovi, though. The N900 was never aimed at iPhone users, so I can see how it would fail in that sense.