Thread: The N900 is unlike any other present day phones
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jakiman is offline jakiman
2010-02-14 , 06:33
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Originally Posted by UNderworld View Post
sorry, did u say PHONE?? another answer on "research".. lol...

by the way, I have summarised a few things after reading a few discussions (sorry going off topic)

If u want games, get a PSP.
If u want a phone, get a proper phone
If u want loads of apps, get an iphone
if u want a music player, get an ipod
and the list goes on for every shortcoming....

why get a N900 then?

because if u want Internet, simply get a laptop. It might b cheaper and u will have a bigger screen
Really??

PSP can't make a phone call. (I have one btw)
iPhone can't do half the stuff N900 can.
iPod can't make a phone call.
Laptop doesn't fit in my jeans pocket. Maybe it does in yours.

I want 1 device in my pocket for:
- Videos. We all know N900 is better than iphone here.
- Games. SNES emulator is more than enough. (oh. vgba, mastergear, mame, summvm also)
- Apps. To me, N900 has more useful apps than iPhone. (ie. Openoffice, Gimp, truecrypt, MicroB, mplayer etc)
- Music. N900 plays mp3's just fine. There's also Mediabox. Built-in FM transmitter rocks btw. (and I hate iTunes!!)
- Xterminal with root access for full linux experience with Openssh/sftp and scripting.
- Hardware keyboard that can be fully custom mapped. (Up to 4 mappings per key!)
- Capable of downloading a torrent while having 5 web sites open at once while being connected to Skype, Google Talk and MSN IM all at the same time and leave them all running in the background to open up a video file and watch it. (or play a game)

What shortcomings are you talking about?

Tell me a device which is better than the N900 that CAN make a phone call, SMS, MMS and fit in a pocket and do all the stuff i wrote above.If there is one, I'll buy it. I don't think you can argue that N900 is the closest thing to a mini laptop at this current size right now. No competition in the market place from what I can see.

I buy whatever is best for me. I don't care about brand.
When there is something much better, I'll buy it for sure.
Last edited by jakiman; 2010-02-14 at 06:54.
 

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