Thread: what do you miss in the n900???
View Single Post
sela is offline sela
2010-06-26 , 05:00
Posts: 46 | Thanked: 41 times | Joined on Jun 2010
#30
Originally Posted by phibaman View Post
I currently have a semi smartphone - nokia 5230 and it is a tease. What I need the smartphone the most is for finding places. I'm always lost when finding places or late to certain events. I know the Iphone is great at these type of situations and was wondering how the N900 is. I seriously hate the Ovi Maps for my nokia 5230 and hope it improves.

As for the n900 i hear it is the same. I just really want a gps that shows me where i am... then type in where i want to go from here. is that really that hard to ask???
The GPS hardware works fine. As for the software, there are three possible solutions:
a. Ovi Maps: even worse than the one in Symbian phones (such as 5230). Basically, it can show you where you are, and you need a data plan to search places on the map. No turn-by-turn navigation.
b. Mappero: A free app, based on OpenStreetMaps. More features than Ovi Maps, but can be annoying at times.
c. Sygic: Pretty good navigation system, and definitely better than the other two. Provides all usual GPS features, including a decent turn-by-turn navigation, but costs money


Originally Posted by phibaman View Post
I know the n900 is a mobile computer first, then laptop. im no rocket scientist but i know how to use a pc. I just really want a good reason to buy the n900. the 5230 that i have right now uses resistive screen also, and there are times that i hate it because it is not always responsive.
I really love the touch screen of the n900. It feels much more smooth than on the XPresMusic phones. Naturally, a resistive screen would always need some degree of pressure (unlike a capacitive screen), but it works great. It works best if you use your finger nails to touch the screen, instead of the finger itself. Really smooth that way. And the bonus is that it is also pressure sensitive, so you can have cool apps like MyPaint that emulates the use of real brushes using pressure sensitivity.

Originally Posted by phibaman View Post
How efficient and accurate is the copy and paste tool. i feel like i use this a lot on a pc but feel that it is fairly difficult on the n900 based on reviews. say that i find the address of a restaurant, and i want to copy and paste it to mapquest or google maps so that i can get directions.. is it difficult to accomplish this task???
The way you activate cut-and-paste in the browser is a bit non-intuitive and it took me some time to learn how to use it, but once you learn the trick and get the hang of it, it really works. You can definitely copy the address of a restaurant from one web page and paste it in another place.