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2010-06-11
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guys how long do you think is this device's lifetime? As in how long until Nokia pulls support for it and the community moves on to MeeGo? Since MeeGo's not coming to the N900, I guess Nokia will have to support it's newest OS instead of Maemo. Do you think it's worth buying and that it'll last (from a support perspective) for two or three years?
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2010-06-11
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Originally Posted by hackm0d
The N900 was just introduced in some major markets like India. They wouldn't do that if it was about to be discontinued or forgotten. At the very least Nokia will have to support it through the warranty period of the last ones sold. And it's well known that the N900 will get at least one more sgnificant update, PR 1.3.
guys how long do you think is this device's lifetime? As in how long until Nokia pulls support for it and the community moves on to MeeGo? Since MeeGo's not coming to the N900, I guess Nokia will have to support it's newest OS instead of Maemo. Do you think it's worth buying and that it'll last (from a support perspective) for two or three years?
I fully intend to use mine for at least a couple more years.
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2010-06-11
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What about applications? Are you confident that applications will keep coming for this device?
Plus, since I'm looking for a net browsing and multimedia device, do you think it would be better to buy an iPod Touch or a netbook instead of the N900?
Plus, since I'm looking for a net browsing and multimedia device, do you think it would be better to buy an iPod Touch or a netbook instead of the N900?
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2010-06-11
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Originally Posted by hackm0d
The former will not give you a desktop-like browsing experience, the latter is not as portable. You just have to work out your priorities. As for the applications thing, it is all relative. If you expect this to be like the iPhone with thousands upon thousands of applications (even if of limited use) you should look for something else.
What about applications? Are you confident that applications will keep coming for this device?
Plus, since I'm looking for a net browsing and multimedia device, do you think it would be better to buy an iPod Touch or a netbook instead of the N900?
Originally Posted by Crashdamage
Same here. Unless I either accidentally destroy it or something else comes out with some feature I find to be of critical importance to me, I will stick with it.
The N900 was just introduced in some major markets like India. They wouldn't do that if it was about to be discontinued or forgotten. At the very least Nokia will have to support it through the warranty period of the last ones sold. And it's well known that the N900 will get at least one more sgnificant update, PR 1.3.
I fully intend to use mine for at least a couple more years.
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2010-06-11
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Originally Posted by skalogre
Definitely not. The iPhone App Store is populated with dozens of flashlight and lightsabre apps. I just want functional, usable apps that bring the N900 closer to an actual computer (i.e. RAR unpackers, torrent apps, compression tools, b/t keyboard and mouse support) and I'm only worried if those exist or if useful apps such as these will cease to come in the future.
The former will not give you a desktop-like browsing experience, the latter is not as portable. You just have to work out your priorities. As for the applications thing, it is all relative. If you expect this to be like the iPhone with thousands upon thousands of applications (even if of limited use) you should look for something else.
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2010-06-11
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Originally Posted by hackm0d
Well, most of those are already there, so unless they get broken you should be fine already
Definitely not. The iPhone App Store is populated with dozens of flashlight and lightsabre apps. I just want functional, usable apps that bring the N900 closer to an actual computer (i.e. RAR unpackers, torrent apps, compression tools, b/t keyboard and mouse support) and I'm only worried if those exist or if useful apps such as these will cease to exit in the future.
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2010-06-11
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Originally Posted by hackm0d
If the N900 is going to be your main browsing device, you might not be happy. It's great for a smartphone and if I were traveling for a while it would be enough but for the money you might be better off with a cheaper phone and a netbook.
What about applications? Are you confident that applications will keep coming for this device?
Plus, since I'm looking for a net browsing and multimedia device, do you think it would be better to buy an iPod Touch or a netbook instead of the N900?
I don't think an iPod Touch would be that much better than the N900. There's almost as much space for media on the Nokia and it has a keyboard and camera. Most recent phones, even cheap ones, double as decent music players, anyway.
Apps are another story. Is there something you think you can't live without? Certain games that have specific clients? Word processing or programming needs? I think you said you were a student so the larger screen and storage, as well as usb peripherals might be the wiser choice.
I gave my daughter my netbook but I still have access to desktops at home and work, as well as an old laptop so I don't miss it. But being dependent on one device for internet, phone, media, etc. seems workable only if you are extremely motivated and prepared to risk being without anything if you drop your phone, or it's stolen or whatever.
It's good that you weigh the options. Maybe the MeeGo netbook, when it comes out? :-)
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2010-06-11
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Originally Posted by hackm0d
Max two years as any mobile
guys how long do you think is this device's lifetime? As in how long until Nokia pulls support for it and the community moves on to MeeGo? Since MeeGo's not coming to the N900, I guess Nokia will have to support it's newest OS instead of Maemo. Do you think it's worth buying and that it'll last (from a support perspective) for two or three years?
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2010-06-11
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Originally Posted by hackm0d
What about applications? Are you confident that applications will keep coming for this device?
Plus, since I'm looking for a net browsing and multimedia device, do you think it would be better to buy an iPod Touch or a netbook instead of the N900?
If you even consider a Apple device, go get one.
N900 is for specially interested folks only, Apple are for you grandmother even.
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2010-06-11
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Originally Posted by hackm0d
Hey everyone,
I'm new here and wanted to purchase the N900, however I thought I'd ask the members of the community a few question before I do so:
1. Does the internet browser have Flash? Is it the full web or just a hindered, crippled mobile one?
2. About apps, is there a ZIP/RAR unpacker? An RSS reader I can keep on the homescreen? A BitTorrent client (i.e. not a remote control software, an actual client)? An office suite?
3. Has the famed PR1.2 firmware been released yet? Does it have portrait mode functionality? I'd really like that.
4. Does the FM transmitter function as an audio device? Can I, for instance, use the FM transmitter with audio in the web browser (YouTube, for instance) or with a video player?
5. Can I use a Bluetooth keyboard (it should have the HID profile)? Or is it possible to hook a keyboard up via USB host?
6. How's the codec support for the video player? Can it play MKVs? XviD? DivX? Is it possible to install additional codecs?
7. I'm migrating from a Nokia E90. Is the hardware keyboard easy to adjust to?
8. Does it have Google Maps? Or will I have to stick with Ovi Maps?
9. How is daily usage? Can it actually function as a reliable phone?
Thanks a million to anyone who can answer these questions with a satisfying answer.
6/10/2010 9:29:00 PM
Two OMAP 3430 Phones: Nokia N900 and Motorola Droid
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3764/t...otorola-droid/
Final Words
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3764/t...orola-droid/22
"When I sat down to tackle the N900, I was hugely excited because of how much potential Maemo still has as it evolves into MeeGo. A month later, I still feel the same way - like I've explored maybe 10% of the platform's real depth. There's something to be said for how truly and completely open Nokia's approach is compared to platforms like Android and iOS. For as big on 'open' as these latter two platforms advertise being, it's refreshingly mindblowing to see Nokia offering instructions on how to get superuser access on their own handset, on their own support website. Contrast that to iOS or Android where one has jailbreak or 'root', respectively, to do things the platform creators don't intend. To that end, I find it incredibly depressing when the Linux chief architect himself, Linus Torvalds, (who is notably Finnish, same as Nokia) embraces Android over Maemo. It's the difference between a platform that lets you fire up a preinstalled X-Term and apt-get install away versus one that doesn't. While that's not really an end-user feature that any handset maker will tout, it's telling about platform philosophy."
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