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Originally Posted by Ronaldo View Post
in uk n900 is marketed as a phone from network operators and even nokia retail stores.
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Most of te Nokia branded stores in the UK are actually not run by Nokia (yeah, so helpful eh?). I believe that only the Flagship store in London and possibly the one in Heathrow airport are currently run by Nokia and they are being pulled back from too if posts are t be believed. I think you'll find the rest are run by Mobile Phones Direct.

Originally Posted by Ronaldo View Post
i know what this device is and what can do but end of the day if it was not a "phone like" device then me and 70 percent of the people here would not have n900(out of all n900 users, my opinion)

i dont mind it in landscape but there few things which makes sense to have option like, phone app, web browser (why have nokia decided this app should have ?) conversations app (for sms) , contact app (not just from phone app) and maps app.

these apps should have the option. some people care some dont, i can live with wat i have does not mean i will not use other option.

before some post crap about portrait mode i'm not saying the whole ui just those apps which would make one hand operations easier , just like phone and web browser app...
The web browser does do portrait since PR 1.1 and is more actively supported in PR 1.2. (Ctrl-Shift-O whilst in browser to enable).

To develop an application in portrait and landscape (The N900 is landscape by default due to the keyboard location) requires a lot more work. The consideration of GUI and other functionality has to be considered and then the programme has to be written or amended too.

Once again I think that a lot of this was mentioned in the post I made regarding priority and use of resources. The N900 was always envisage by Nokia as primarily a landscape device. If the device functions (allbeit not to everyone's preference) then they concentrate their limited (and it is!) resources on fixing issues with the existing systems that cause instability and limit the devices ability to function prior to improving the device with additional usage patterns.
 

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