Thread: Met a fellow N900 owner and wanted to cry.
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fatalsaint is offline fatalsaint
2010-04-22 , 16:16
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Originally Posted by lcuk View Post
a million billion years ago before i had my nokia devices, my missus would text me.
i would pull this phone out of my pocket and try to text her back.
i couldn't see the conversation, there was no context and there were only 12 buttons.
she once got a text from me saying something along the lines of
"i am on the dialderum home in 20"
she squinted and strained and tried to work out what i'd written and it pretty much summed up my experience with SMS

now, with the n900 i can have fluent conversations typed using a format i'm used to and readable as any irc conversation.
the n900 connected us in a way no other device has.

i don't blame the guy for getting an n900 if he has one similar experience.
Well but again, it just seems to me that if a user is looking inside this very specific box with tunnel vision - that an iPhone or Android phone would be a better option for them.

I'm not bashing the N900; I just spent an ungodly sum of money - the likes of which nobody should ever have to pay for a "phone" on one... however, I think the expectations of people with the N900 are (in my opinion of course) largely a part of the reason there is a portion of very dissatisfied users that have decided to come "grace" us with their presence (and very, very, loud complaints).

The iPhone and Android are perfect for your point-clicky people that simply wanted a cool phone.

The N900 is perfect for people that like to actively get involved in a community, and see some really radical stuff done that any normal person wouldn't think of doing with their phone: like controlling it with a Wii Controller .
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