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Originally Posted by iJanne View Post
Megacrazy - One more thing, you said Maemo has to compare well with the competition. That is true, but a part of the equation is also the hardware. I like the hardware Nokia makes. I think the N900 hardware is very nice. Droid, for example, is simply a phone I could not buy based on looks. Call me vain, but that's my opinion.

The N900 hardware, its screen, keyboard, stylus, good camera, etc. appeal to me. There is very little hardware-wise I would find lacking in this phone. Style is good. (What little I found lacking, see around page 21 in the Owner's thread for my report.) Certainly the iPhone hardware lacks a lot more for me (lets start with keyboard and camera quality, for instance).
iJanne, I have no issue with any of the points you made. I agree. As far as looks go the Droid looks like something that belongs in a 1980's knight rider episode.

All I am saying is that Nokia needs to step up their devices quickly or they will learn some lessons the hard way. I understand that this is supposed to be a mobile computer etc. but that's not how people will look at it. If it makes calls...it's a phone (especially that it looks like a phone as well). It needs to compare to all the other devices and excel at what it does. If it fails to do that it's only Nokia's fault, not ours. No, I am not saying the N900 "fails".

What bothers me though, is that people on this forum fail to admit that there were other players here before who have been doing things better for years now. All the negativity in my posts is from a consumer point of view.I have 3 devices in front of me...2 scroll perfectly smoothly and 1 doesn't. I am not going to care why...what else it does etc. This is basic functionality that needs to be there from the very beginning.

There is no need to talk to me about iPhone hardware because I know it very well.

- No AVRCP
- Bluetooth signal range is crap
- Screen issues (see half the screen is yellowish)
- Battery life is abysmal
- etc.