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Originally Posted by iJanne View Post
I honestly think, without any malice intended, that you should.

Clearly the N900 is not for you.

If Nokia did lowsy on communicating what the N900 is, then that is certainly their problem. I don't think, though, that this is whole truth - much of that misperception has occurred in the public. Also because the N900 is so attractive, a lot of people want it and want to like it - and are disappointed because their expectations were not in line with what the product was and was about.

But that indisputable fact is, the N900 was not intended to be what you are asking of it. It simply was not. If this was missed in the public or in the marketing, then that is a flaw, but N900 is not for you.

Check out the stuff Nokia chose to highlight on their product-page:

http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/

N900 is a bad product for your needs. Nothing wrong in saying that out loud. I knew this buying in, because I read the materials Nokia has put out, I read the roadmap. It is in their internet tablet lineage, not phone, and it has a special place in the Maemo plan.

If this was miscommunicated somewhere, or if Nokia made a unwise move in introducing a device that is bound to cause confusion, those are points to be argued. But you are asking, and disappointed when not, the product to be something it wasn't designed to be.

BTW: This is not to say N900 might have flaws that need fixing and are true flaws (like bugs etc.), but feature-wise it was never intended to be a consumer-ready, full-fledged smartphone.



It would be, but the N900 is not a consumer-space end-user phone. You are asking for things it was not meant to be. Did someone miscommunicate it? Perhaps? That would be a flaw. Is N900 what it is because Nokia is late? Certainly. That is why N900 is the second-to-last step in taking Maemo truly consumer.

But that still stands: it is only the second-to-last step. Not the last step. I don't know why you argue this.
Hi,

Thankyou for a sensible reply! ,

Have a look at the demo videos for the maemo UI team on youtube. They are demostrating phone features as much as they are internet tablet features. And nokia have this for sale on their various websites under "phones".

This has been launched as a end user phone capable device.


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