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2011-01-10 , 23:40
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Originally Posted by eti1 View Post
I don't agree, our n900s don't looks like toys because of this feature:
*run a full debian in my pocket*
Yay. So can anybody else.

OH SHI'! It runs on an Android phone with NATIVE xorg.. WITHOUT VNC!!!
http://www.androidcentral.com/meego-...amsung-nexus-s

OH NOES! What can you boast about now???

Originally Posted by afaq View Post
N900 made to look like a toy? I accept that, and don't think anyone disagrees, that Atrix is very powerful but to say N900 is a toy? Quite silly.
The Apple franchise is cartoonish in comparison but Maemo 5 isnt. I'd love to see Meego OS at it's peak and compared to these Google skins.
I agree somewhat with what you're saying: this is hyperbole. The fact remains that the N900 has no evolutionary replacement available yet and it's very outdated. Although community maintained open-source development would have helped it maintain some semblance of modernization, updates and improvements, Maemo isn't very open and Nokia is doing very little with the community to actually make it as useful or as capable as it could be. If you wanted to get something newer and better, your alternatives aren't Maemo or even MeeGo based. So, yeah.. the N900 looks like a toy compared to this bleeding-edge device, its specs and flexibility. To argue that the N900 is "good enough" or that it can do all the same things is religious zealous at its best and certainly doesn't ask Nokia to improve anything at its worst.
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