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2009-12-31 , 16:49
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Originally Posted by Hakapes View Post
ARJWright, what are the applications/features/anythings that you use in the N97, and you miss it in the N900?

I'm interested in anything from speed, user experience, some specific apps, etc. It's great you use both, so I think you can give a really two way user perspective.

I am thinking to get a new device after my Palm Treo 680 (the hardware started to give in now, really falling apart), and hesitate between a Symbian device and the N900.
The Symbian is the boring, not very intutitive OS for me, but it is mature, gaps are filled, works smooth. Maemo would be de risky, but higher potential.

I think I have the money to buy both, however I don't have time+energy to transfer all my data and tailor the device for my needs twice, so it would be my next platform for the coming 5+ years. I used Psions for ~10 years, then Palm for ~5 years. The switch from Psion to Palm was quite energy and time consuming, to convert all the data, find the new apps for my taste, and just tailor the device to my own needs.

Thanks!
Data conversion from one platform to another sucks!!! The N900 isn't immune, but I'd expect that something better than PC/Ovi Suite that treats the N900 like the *computer* that it is would come along to aid moving from another mobile is a more responsive manner - where the device is the host and the older device connects directly to it.

The UI just doesn't feel as cohesive for my needs at this point. Its close, but still requires too much attention for the device to remain valuable. I get just a little bit more context-awareness from my N97 than from the N900. I expect that to change in the coming year though.

I moved from the 680 to an N75/N800 combo. Having both platforms (Symbian and Maemo) for the same amount of time as personal/professional devices has taught me a lot about how I'd like to live with mobile. Both are coming to the same apex, just from different perspectives. The N97 and Symbian better fits me right now.

Apps don't matter to me. I really get by with a solid web browser and my mobile web server. Anything else that I use is more because others don't share the same perspective and their content is locked in one silo or another.
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