Thread: Met a fellow N900 owner and wanted to cry.
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andraeseus1 is offline andraeseus1
2010-04-22 , 16:29
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#36
Originally Posted by philh View Post
I`m sorry but what makes you think there is something wrong with what he is doing? Just because you can do things to your N900 and download GBs of (un)finished software does not mean you have to. I am actualy a similar type of user to him, I bought the N900 for its form factor, great physical keyboard, for the OS it is running, for the so customisable UI with widgets, contacts and bookmarks on desktop, for the way it keeps me in touch with people I want to be in touch. I bought it for the awesome browser so I can leave my power hungry PC switched off when I don't really need to run quadcore cpu and a graphics card with 1GB of memory just to read an article on a website. Yes I am running the latest firmware and have installed some stuff from extras-devel but because I am a complete linux virgin I can say I have launched xTerminal maybe twice since december.. I know a person whose grandad treated himself to an Astra VXR (google if needed), a 240bhp hothatch, now I could laugh and think WHY would you want / need a car like that at 65ish years of age or I could say good for you mister, enjoy while you can..
im stuck on something.. why did you buy the n900? there are other phones out there with the same form factor. true this is the only one with maemo 5 but what was so special about maemo 5 to you at that point that made you want to get it? your a linux virgin. Do you have experience with other maemo devices?

also.. the n900 keyboard is more like a after thought i mean.. it gets the job done but is in no way anything close to what any of the top qwerty slide phones are. not dogging it but just saying that the n900 will never be notable for how Great its keyboard was. only the fact that it has one.

i agree with the browser.. this may be one of the best out there on a physical slide qwerty phone.

besides that.. there are a bunch of other phones that have these same feature like customizable desk top wigits and all that. Most of which are much cheaper

I was just kinda stuck on that. seems like you just wanted a good mid range phone (not even a smartphone neccesarily)with a physical qwerty and a good browser. much like my wife. so why jump oiut there and get the n900?