Thread: What The Professional says about the N900! and the iPad for that matter...
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wmarone is offline wmarone
2010-04-08 , 22:20
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#5
Thank you for trying to intentionally start a flamewar. The exit is that way, I suggest you make for it post haste.

Leo Laporte Yeah, I bought one and I regret it.
Unfortunately for Leo, he bought it thinking it was an uberpolished cellphone. Like many of the people who sell theirs (or worse, whine here like small children then sell theirs,) they didn't bother to look at where it came from.

Leo Laporte Yeah, it’s not. I mean it’s nowhere near the Nexus One. I bought it because I wanted to have what I thought were going to be the top three smartphones, an iPhone, Nexus One, and N900.
I don't think Nokia ever intended for it to compete like that. There's a reason the N97 has an 800x480 screen, and far better phone features than the N900. And outside the US, the N97 has sold quite well, apparently.

The Maemo operating system is not well – the edges have not [ph] been rounded (23:28).
No, they haven't been rounded. But considering it was essentially an internet tablet OS with a phone application, I think his expectations were misplaced.