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Originally Posted by etuoyo View Post
Have you seen how slim the high end android devices are? Even the Desire Z and Samsung Epic which have keyboards are still model skinny next to the N900. Barely any female would give the N900 a second glance with how thick it is and many males would dismiss it on looks alone.

As for the resistive screen issue, sorry but no device is going to have mass market sales with that type of screen. Most people want the ease of use of capacitive and stylus is something for geeks, again not the mass market.
I see. Is this what the smartphone market has come to? By the above criteria, my four year old first-gen iPhone is superior to the n900. Heck, a dumb phone would be superior to the n900. Who cares what the phone actually does, so long as it looks good doing it...

Yeah, I understand what you're saying, I'm just saying that the whole concept of a "smartphone" seems to have morphed ever since Jobs jumped into the market. It is no longer a "phone + pda", but more of a "phone + tv". You don't use a smartphone to get work done any more, you use a smartphone to become a couch potato. I just find this whole shift kind of irritating. I must be getting old...
 

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