maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Beware of some applications available on this forum can seriously damage the os.

abill_uk	2010-05-16 , 09:10
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Originally Posted by S0urcerr0r

abill_uk:
there are thousands of cellphones available - one of them is the n900.

the n900 is officially unlocked and open for installation of any kind of applications. there are no restrictions. this means for example that we have full access to the hardware - incl 3dacceleration gpu, camera (tweaks and codecs (how about a theoretic 720p mjpeg recorder with dyn focus), phone applications (how about mms), usb (maybe even host) and dual boot possibilities... they even made it possible to overclock the cpu (!)
...AND the best of it all is that it doesnt require any jailbreaking or other ugly methods... we have official allowance from nokia to do whatever we want with our phone. they only supply the hardware with a os setup, and we take responsibility about the software. that makes this phone unique.

this is why i bought the n900... this is THE feature most of us have been waiting for which convinced us to buy the n900.

if a newbie buys the most advanced phone in the market without understanding how/ and that they should make proper backups - then thats just plain stupidity.
as long as its possible to unbrick the phone with certain methods there is actually no problem at all - its the same scenario with any advanced PC.

one phone in the market have been enginered exclusivly for us who wants the most extreme, advanced and raw computer experience, and you want to take that away from us.

people like u have other advanced but more restricted systems like android or symbian as an alternative, or just dont enable devel and testing, and there you go.

Your ranting does not hold any weight whatsoever for many reasons....
the N900 may well be open to a degree but is no way a complete open system as we dont have access to every driver so therefore we cannot deliver clean apps when indeed their is vital driver info missing !.
Engineered for "us" WHO? the N900 for your information is available to everyone in this world and guess what.... just about everyone does indeed buy the N900 frrom geeks to kids so the responsibility as you put it is exactly that , being responsible enough to at least make the apps of our own making un-installable so we can carry on without being subject to uneeded loop and brick situation, ok for you it may well be fun but for others who are not able to put it right its a nightmare.
Finally people like ME are trying to be sensible here and find a way of easy installation UN-INSTALLATION techniques to lesson the problems because of bad development that does not indeed have the much needed un-install files written within the apps.
Now please do explain something to me here... since when does a properly written app that can be UN-INSTALLED in a way that leaves the os as it was before take anything away from a half open system we call the N900?.
For your information also i would hardly call the N900 "most extreme, advanced and raw computer experience" (your words not mine) because it sure does lack many many advanced components available today and for my opinion is a very badly designed mobile device purely from the usb port perspective which will in fact end the design of your "most extreme, advanced and raw computer experience" as Nokia have obviously realised the bloomers they made manufacturing this N900, but thats another story aye so we will try to stay on topic if thats possible?.