Thread: Some questions before I buy the N900
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2010-06-11 , 21:35
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Originally Posted by hackm0d View Post
Hey everyone,
I'm new here and wanted to purchase the N900, however I thought I'd ask the members of the community a few question before I do so:

1. Does the internet browser have Flash? Is it the full web or just a hindered, crippled mobile one?

2. About apps, is there a ZIP/RAR unpacker? An RSS reader I can keep on the homescreen? A BitTorrent client (i.e. not a remote control software, an actual client)? An office suite?

3. Has the famed PR1.2 firmware been released yet? Does it have portrait mode functionality? I'd really like that.

4. Does the FM transmitter function as an audio device? Can I, for instance, use the FM transmitter with audio in the web browser (YouTube, for instance) or with a video player?

5. Can I use a Bluetooth keyboard (it should have the HID profile)? Or is it possible to hook a keyboard up via USB host?

6. How's the codec support for the video player? Can it play MKVs? XviD? DivX? Is it possible to install additional codecs?

7. I'm migrating from a Nokia E90. Is the hardware keyboard easy to adjust to?

8. Does it have Google Maps? Or will I have to stick with Ovi Maps?

9. How is daily usage? Can it actually function as a reliable phone?

Thanks a million to anyone who can answer these questions with a satisfying answer.


6/10/2010 9:29:00 PM
Two OMAP 3430 Phones: Nokia N900 and Motorola Droid

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3764/t...otorola-droid/


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http://www.anandtech.com/show/3764/t...orola-droid/22

"When I sat down to tackle the N900, I was hugely excited because of how much potential Maemo still has as it evolves into MeeGo. A month later, I still feel the same way - like I've explored maybe 10% of the platform's real depth. There's something to be said for how truly and completely open Nokia's approach is compared to platforms like Android and iOS. For as big on 'open' as these latter two platforms advertise being, it's refreshingly mindblowing to see Nokia offering instructions on how to get superuser access on their own handset, on their own support website. Contrast that to iOS or Android where one has jailbreak or 'root', respectively, to do things the platform creators don't intend. To that end, I find it incredibly depressing when the Linux chief architect himself, Linus Torvalds, (who is notably Finnish, same as Nokia) embraces Android over Maemo. It's the difference between a platform that lets you fire up a preinstalled X-Term and apt-get install away versus one that doesn't. While that's not really an end-user feature that any handset maker will tout, it's telling about platform philosophy."
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