Thread: Which handset to Buy ? Nokia N900 or HTC HD2?
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2010-01-01 , 20:23
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Originally Posted by c0rt3x View Post
That's not a good thing, especially considering their philosophy.
Which philosophy is that? Do no evil? Put everything on the web? Make the desktop OS obsolete? Make money by selling ads?

I really don't know why a vast majority of the tech enthusiasts hate M$ but still love Google
Or Apple, or Nokia, or ... the list goes on. It's like the old saying "those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones". Past a certain point in size, there are enough independently acting hands that at least a few of them are going to have some degree of dirt/funk on them.

And, if they're general "for profit" corporations, then they ALL have "Make money" as a mandatory goal (due to it being a fiduciary responsibility to their stock holders). And THAT is the root of all corporate evil, because at some point, they all have to make the choice between "do what we intended to do" and "do what we owe to our stock holders". Guess which one ALWAYS wins?

My personal philosophy is to avoid both as much as possible,
My philosophy is: use what gives me value, keep my eye out for better, avoid becoming irrevocably dependent on any one of them. Because, given what I just said above, it's impossible to avoid all of corporations that belong in this category. But, yes, when possible avoid.

However, if anyone wants the best Google experience, then they're probably looking for the N1
I still say "The G1", for reasons I've already expressed.

Aside from phone experience, the N900 can actually work with more Google web applications than any other Android phone.
There's more than a little bit of smile-inducing irony there :-)
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