Thread: Google Nexus One, The Phone I Should Have Bought From The Very Start.
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2010-07-04 , 09:06
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Originally Posted by tswindell View Post
There are a lot of posts like this, if you're not sure, then make sure you are sure.

Like many, many before me have said, the N900+Maemo are the most open, most Desktop like GNU/Linux based mobile device out there. If you want a device that will literally do what you can do on your desktop/laptop, but put it in your pocket (performance aside) then the N900 is your only choice.

There are bugs a plenty, but no show stoppers IMO, the flexibility is worth the N900's weight in gold :P
Welllllll... until you need some customer service, parts, support or run into a serious flaw or bug that can only be fixed by Nokia and then have to either wait on it--or worse, wait and end up never seeing it fixed. Don't forget to weigh in all the Nokia hardware/closed-source roadblocks in the OS in addition to all that freedom they gave you. Ah right, and don't forget that you can't just walk into a store for repairs/replacement in most cases. You have to MAIL it and have faith that it'll not get damaged in shipping, lost or even just stuck in an undelivered bin in the post office. GOOD LUCK if you end up calling Nokia to insist that you DID mail them your device to get repairs and they never got it.
Last edited by danramos; 2010-07-04 at 09:09.