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Originally Posted by ffarber
Thank you very much. For as long as it does what you've mentioned it should be ok for me,
Just because I am bored at work and I fit into the user/non-linux pro vs. developer category I will give it a try. Your requirements fall into two catefories for me:
Yes it does:
Things I don't know:
- Email Yahoo & Exchange
- Outlook calendar synch
- Watch movies, at least all I have tried
- Music, no problem except WAV files created by Microsoft voicemail integration (a drag really, I have to call into VM to get my voice messages)
- NO ITUNES
- Web is great either with builit-in or mobile firefox
- Skype integration is awesome
- Decent Camera
- Decent GPS
- Weather is better than anything I found on Symbian (very important to me as I am a full year motorcycler in Maine, USA)
- Yahoo Messenger
- Gtalk
- Easy Facebook
Hope that helps (I was a committed Symbian user, last phone was an E75 but I can't go back now).
Fred
I was thinking to get an E series instead.
Also another question, how is the Ms calendar sync done? can I do it via USB/Bluetooth?
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2010-04-01
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I had a similar question before I bought it, but in the end I bought it and never looked back.
It does pretty much everything I need it too, and then some!
If you decide to wait, you could be waiting along time, and by the time that comes out, there may be something else announced that you think could be better, and end up waiting for that! For that reason, I'd say buy it, forget the N920 or whatever, and enjoy the N900.
It does pretty much everything I need it too, and then some!
If you decide to wait, you could be waiting along time, and by the time that comes out, there may be something else announced that you think could be better, and end up waiting for that! For that reason, I'd say buy it, forget the N920 or whatever, and enjoy the N900.
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2010-04-01
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Originally Posted by emeni
I am using over the air synch with the Microsoft exchange server. This has to be enabled by your Exchange administrator, it is very easy to set up on your phone as long as your IT group will tell you the URL of the exchange server.
Thank you very much. For as long as it does what you've mentioned it should be ok for me,
I was thinking to get an E series instead.
Also another question, how is the Ms calendar sync done? can I do it via USB/Bluetooth?
As far as the comparison to a Symbian phone, while I am not a Linux user at all (although I have done a few simple things in xterminal, very easy really) I like the idea that the N900 is so configurable and it is fun to try and get it set up just the way I want it. This is true for the Symbian phones as well but most apps cost money in that environment so I only had those things I really needed on the phone. Here, I donate to those apps that are really useful to me if it is easy enough.
By the way the mechanism of Exchange synchronization is the same in Symbian as it is on the N900 so you shouldn't use that as a criteria.
Hope that helps,
Fred
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can the sync be done also via wire/bt, since asking something from my IT department is hard as hell since it's outsourced and every modification needs the approval of a few supervisors. On my e51 I could do it using ovi suite, but for the n900 I understood that ovi isn't that great.
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2010-04-02
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Sorry, but I never tried to sync with anything other than the exchange server. Does your IT department support email access from the web, usually the url is something like:
https://mail.yourcompaniesdomainname.com
Let's assume you work for a company named alpha and your email address is emeni@alpha.com
then the web based email access would be something like:
https://mail.alpha.com
When you go to this email address in a browser, there is a GUI that looks a lot like Outlook that gives you access to your email and calendar, etc.
Anyway, all of that was a long-winded way of saying that if you have this sort of web access then the url of the exchange server is:
mail.alpha.com
and you don't need to talk to your IT department. This kind of syncing is much better than using OVI or PC-suite as it will happen wherever you are and you can schedule how often it does it or only when you want to.
Hope that helps,
Fred
https://mail.yourcompaniesdomainname.com
Let's assume you work for a company named alpha and your email address is emeni@alpha.com
then the web based email access would be something like:
https://mail.alpha.com
When you go to this email address in a browser, there is a GUI that looks a lot like Outlook that gives you access to your email and calendar, etc.
Anyway, all of that was a long-winded way of saying that if you have this sort of web access then the url of the exchange server is:
mail.alpha.com
and you don't need to talk to your IT department. This kind of syncing is much better than using OVI or PC-suite as it will happen wherever you are and you can schedule how often it does it or only when you want to.
Hope that helps,
Fred
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2010-04-02
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If you simply want an advanced phone then the N900 might not be the best choice for you. However, if you want a mini netbook-type device with full phone functionalities then there is no competition - the N900 rules. Of course better models will come out in a few months or so but then it is an endless cycle, better ones will always appear. For me the N900 is perfect after increasing the font sizes
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2010-04-02
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Originally Posted by mukks
That is quite stupid..if you live by that logic..you will NEVER buy anything.
Tech always changes and better things showup tomarrow. so keep waiting!
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2010-04-02
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id say he was sarcastic..has to be 
if you go by that logic you would always be waiting and would end up with nothing
if you go by that logic you would always be waiting and would end up with nothing
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2010-04-04
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How can I play regular avi videos without recoding?
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I am new too just ordered my n900 about 2 days ago never used linux in my life but I am hoping from post to post doing little bits of research on what i want on the phone and how to do it i figure it shouldnt be too hard as long as i use the safe repositories for apps and stay away from devel