Thread: Met a fellow N900 owner and wanted to cry.
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2010-04-22 , 15:41
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Originally Posted by fatalsaint View Post
If not for the Terminal, root access, and freedom to expand on... pretty much everything..... why would anyone choose (especially if they had to pay as much as us U.S. people for it) the N900 over any other phone? Be it the Android or the iPhone?

If your primary focus is making and receiving phone calls and texting.... the N900 lacks some of the normal features like making your own/different ringtones for each contact (unless this was added in a PR), no voice dialing and things of that nature.

IF you don't do much with your N900 - Why did you choose it over the plethora of other devices on the market? What made it stand out for you?
I had a 6210 navigator that was just looking shabby. I tried an X6 but found it slow, buggy and the cap. screen failed in week 2. Probably just bad luck.

Research highlighted that Symbian would be replaced soon and that Maemo 5 / Meego was probably the future for top-end smartphones. I figured that being in at the start of the new was better than being in at the end of the old.

Braced for the well-reported issues and shortcomings, I have found N900 engaging, enjoyable and entirely practical. My N900 has been stable, I can do all the really useful things other phones can do and it is a joy to use.

I looked at iphone (too simplistic and lacked features), found Android and WM either like Symbian with knobs on or just plain boring.

I don't miss voice control - never found it that effective. I missed speed dial and other phone functionality at first, but contacts on the screen are way better once you've set them up. I do miss Symbian Ovi Maps, but I have satnav in the car anyway.

I continue to be in bewhildred awe of those who can write code and create these apps and being close to that is part of the N900 experience for me.

Never have I owned a device that is so engaging or controversial. It does things in a very different way, but my wife bought an N97 Mini last week and although it's great, there's no way I'd swap my N900 for Nokia's other Flagship Model...
 

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