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#55
Originally Posted by RWFarley View Post
Any rumors of an N900 native excel like App? I'm getting rather frustrated that I can't use my many spreadsheets. Yesterday I was asked for some information, and I had to wait until I got home and could plug my N900 to my PC to open the relevant spreadsheets - which were on the phone.


I haven't loaded Easy Debian, as my phone's having difficulties with incoming calls while streaming over Bluetooth and surfing the web while an email comes in. When an email and a phone call come in together (as they always seem to do) keep your fingers crossed.

From the Easy Debian Wiki:
"Big desktop applications like OpenOffice and Firefox run slowly on the tablet. They are designed for big, power-hungry CPUs."

When certain people call, I can't afford to wait until I re-boot to call them back.
@RWFarley: do try easy debian. Your CPU is stressed just in the 50 seconds needed to fully open the Openoffice applicatione. Thereafter, few cpu cycles are consumed, as you'll be able to determine from top, htop or the cpu-mem widget.
Having a full-fledged office suite in your phone has no price (but then, if you like it, Qole has a paypal donate link on his qole.org site