Thread: Portrait mode on the N900 coming in PR1.2 (plus email and conversations)
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2010-05-09 , 10:05
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#48
Originally Posted by efekt View Post
IMHO the only function I see logical to be in a portrait orientation is the phone function. A button to click on and flip the web-browser to portrait mode could be a nice addition, but other than that - I don't think there is a generic need for portrait mode.
If someone who makes an application and wants it to be able to switch between landscape and portrait modes - so be it. But Nokia shouldn't have anything to do with it... Just IMHO.
There are lots o them, believe me. The kind of work-professional area everyone belongs to determine when portrait-when landscape is needed.
For me, using calculator-email-sms-calendar in landscape mode is a pain (I'm a Dirty Manager, main time walking, not sit down time!)
But when I'm "closing the day" or I want to make my little-crap-python-apps (for helping in my work), I of course don't miss portrait at all.

Again, freedom to choose, Nokia can't realize that needs change with the environment, and that we don't blame or beg only for fun, we does it because we NEED some features. But they don't want to listen "trolls".
I think this is a lost battle, what a shame.
Last edited by rpgAmazon; 2010-05-09 at 10:18.