Thread: Why did you choose the N900?
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wmarone is offline wmarone
2010-01-15 , 17:27
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Lots of reasons:
  • It runs Linux. But more than that, it provides access to it in ways that other Linux-powered devices do not.
  • It uses Open APIs (GTK, Qt) and a variety of languages (shell scripts, C, C++, Python) instead of just one (or none!)
  • Nokia saw it fit to include an X Terminal out of the box, and access to the root account via a repo package.
  • Speaking of repos, it uses APT. A pocketable device that uses APT. How cool is that?
  • It was a pocket PC that could handle all my cell phone duties
  • It had a cellular modem, which truly made it an internet tablet, IMO. Wifi is nice, but not as ubiquitous as even EDGE.
  • The development environment was, for someone who works on Linux, nothing special. As a result my favorite scripting language, Ruby, is available with lots of bindings.
  • It was available unlocked.