Thread: I am a happy owner of N900!
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fatalsaint is offline fatalsaint
2010-05-04 , 03:05
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#37
Originally Posted by vmajor View Post
It is not dismissing, but there is a definite difference between experiencing something that you personally invested in (money, not just time) and using something that was gifted. Deciding to part with your money is a significant signal of your "faith" in the product, so any experience with the purchased device will be through a different point of view.

The actual point that I tried to make is that EVERYONE has a valid point of view since this forum allows sharing of individual opinions.

Making it so that negative views are held as absolute, indisputable truth is both frustrating and off putting to new happy users like myself.

What makes this even worse is when sharing of OPINIONS descends into "my opinion is more important than yours and furthermore you are an intellectual midget and a stump [insert your own actual favourite insult here]" type of arguments.

It is indeed possible and acceptable to like, or dislike the N900. We all have our own end user experience targets. I just feel that if you do not like the N900 please be aware that it is YOUR OWN experience and if you really feel like you must share it, pick an appropriate title and stay away from insinuating that anyone who likes the N900 is deluding themselves.

V.
I agree (mostly) with what your saying here; and it is something I'm seeing more and more in these forums - I just didn't really feel your specific target (Gerbick) was fitting this rather generic mold here (at least; up until the mini-pissing contest, but at that point both sides ceased to have the morale high ground).

One thing I will note that: Everyone has a point of view - yes. But they are not always valid views . Quite frequently people are simply mis-informed.

However, on the first part about parting your $$ etc.. I disagree with that. In fact, I think researching what you're planning on buying and looking into it is a far better method than buying and then complaining after-the-fact. I am a strong believer in educating yourself before dropping $$ (especially, if you are like me and pay $500 for a phone).

Now, if something was almost perfect for me; but not quite there - then following that project and helping to make it better (the emphasis here is on helping make it better; I'd rather not argue whether we think or don't think any specific individual is or isn't doing that) before you buy it certainly is not a bad idea.

Me personally; the N900 was enough what I wanted that warranted me dropping the money (however: only after I finally read confirmation that at *least* a devel version of MeeGo will be released for it. I don't mind using devel releases or testing software, but I wouldn't buy a phone with no future at all.) Other people are being more conservative - and that is perfectly fine as well.
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Last edited by fatalsaint; 2010-05-04 at 03:09.