Thread: Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?
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2010-07-08 , 23:46
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Originally Posted by pantera1989 View Post
You give the N900 too little credit..it has 32GB of storage + support for a 32GB microsd. That's 64GB. Name one alternative that does that.
The old N800 could do that.. PLUS both were removable cards. It seems like the Pandora can do that too. (two 32GB SDHC, I mean) Additionally, ANYTHING that accepts SDHC could conceivably support a single 16GB or 32GB SDHC (my Droid has a single 16GB SDHC) and it's plenty of space. I doubt anyone will care that the N900 has 32GB built in PLUS takes an SDHC if the battery keeps getting drained so quickly or there's so many bugs that nobody can fix or any number of these other more important details.

Originally Posted by pantera1989 View Post
It has a resistive touchscreen with pressure sensitivity, and quite sensitive too. I have no problem using it with the finger, and I can draw well using myPaint, something I can't do with a capacitive touchscreen,,(and something I will miss since no one hardly uses resistive anymore).
I'll give you that, I guess.. but this is a matter of personal preference. I rather prefer the resistive touchscreens--but there are a lot of fans of capacitive touchscreens. I could live with either, really.

Originally Posted by pantera1989 View Post
It has an IR port..which opens the possibility of a remote control. Most other phones don't have this. It is capable of a 10MBps connection with HSDP and it has an FM Transmitter.
It's 2010. Hell, I use my Motorola Droid to operate my VLC player via touchscreen like a remote control over my home wifi. I've seen apps on it to do the same for Tivo, Roku, MythTV and so on. IR is so 20th century.

HSDP is a promise, not a feature and the FM transmitter sounds wonky from the accounts I'm reading lately. The FM transmitter seems like a waste of circuitry, considering they should have concentrated on excellent Bluetooth HSP/A2DP. Speaking of 20th century. Heh... FM transmitter. :P

Originally Posted by pantera1989 View Post
Now don't get me wrong, I am not saying that HTC phones are bad..they're very good and an excellent alternative.

But saying that the N900's hardware is inferior is very unfair in my opinion.
The N900's hardware isn't necessarily inferior, no. It's certainly not the amazingly advanced phone/computer/whatever that Nokia billed it to be, though. It's just.. nothing special. Even the only-partially-open OS is leaving it only "on par" with its competition, certainly not ahead of it. Let's truly hope MeeGo changes that someday.

Originally Posted by pantera1989 View Post
CPU is not bad. It's not a Snapdragon, but a Cortex A8 is still one of the best, and almost as capable as the Snapdragon, and in media it is superior. And 256MB RAM + 768MB Swap is enopugh in my opinion. I have never run out of memory..and believe me I don't just use my N900 to check my emails.
You had me up until you said that it's superior in media. I'm not sure how you arrive at that. What did you mean? Maybe I missed something. Near as I can tell, these Android phones are EASILY handling much larger and more media than the N900's Cortex A8. Hell, some of these new phones are doing HDMI output and even my Motorola Droid can plug into an external USB 2GB hard drive (hell, my old N800 could do that too!) if I REALLY want a ton of space as an example of handling media. What did yo u mean?

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Your right pantera1989. There are things about the N900 I forgot to mention. But who would want to buy (nice) Nokia hardware given their typical support?
Aaaaand then there's the deal-killer.
 

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