Thread: Honestly do you regreat spending all that money on the N900?
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jaem
2010-02-05 , 10:52
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Originally Posted by Thats it! View Post
DOH! Don't let that hear Nokia!
What sound does Nokia make anyway, and how would the price hear it, exactly? XP
Originally Posted by Architengi View Post
The only thing I don't like is the "optify" procedure for the application, and the need to do extra steps besides download and install when getting a new application. If the device wants to be popular, they have to renounce on the Linux way of seeing things, should be just applications that install nice and firmware that install OTA without any complications.
Optification is unfortunate, although that's been well discussed on both sides, so I won't continue that here. I'm not sure what you mean by "extra steps", though. Sure, the App Manager isn't exactly the most streamlined package manager I've seen on Linux, but it generally does the job; I'd like to see some big improvements, but it doesn't need to be taken out and shot. Also, "the Linux way of seeing [doing?] things" doesn't imply installation and upgrade issues. In fact, the "Linux way" generally works pretty well. The actual implementations, of course, can vary, as can the Quality Control processes, but I would argue that the repository/package model is in some ways superior to others. If you have legitimate complaints about package QA, missing features/usability issues, etc., then by all means file them in the bugtracker or Brainstorm. Please don't just make generalizations on the forum, though.