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2010-08-12 , 18:14
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Originally Posted by shanrizvi View Post
I don't understand this "If you don't like this, buy an iPhone" sort of behavior. For one, I don't have money to shed on a new expensive smartphone every few months and secondly, it is actually something a lot of people would want to see. Whats the harm in having two modes on this "mobile computer"? Just like you tweak display settings to automatically optimize performance or appearance?
Thing is, something like iPhone has an UI probably smoother than my PC has, and that is equipped with a dual core processor@~2GHz, 2GB of RAM, and drains 100W of power when idling. N900 design being closer to a desktop PC than an iPhone, trying to make it super smooth will only cause nightmares to anyone involved.
 

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2010-08-12 , 18:23
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Nokia should have learnt to not build the crucial parts of the phone OS on beta-stage open source components that perform badly even on a desktop PC. Most notably pulseaudio for audio hiccups and tracker for finding (losing?) media files.
I hope they have learnt.
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2010-08-12 , 18:38
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Originally Posted by shanrizvi View Post
NITDroid is a joke. It will never be as functional and complete as Maemo.
It would not surprise me if it never gets certain functions like tv-out and fm-transmit, but on the other hand it sounds like NITDroid development will outlast Maemo development.
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2010-08-12 , 18:57
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I have a little suggestion for those who are or are able to work on the N900's future system software. One of the key issues people have with the N900 is smoothness. Compared to the iPhone, its visibly laggy but N900 lovers point out (perhaps correctly) that the N900 multi-tasks while the iPhone prioritizes the UI.

Well, how about a "UI Performance Optimized" mode for the N900 where multi-tasking could be made limited (maybe even one or two applications at a time) while making the UI smoother? Is it possible? I think it'll be an AMAZING feature to have!
So, let's get this straight - you are saying that the fundamental function of the n900 should be reduced because you want the graphics to be smoother?

That is very, very, very, very, very, very funny!
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2010-08-13 , 04:17
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NITDroid is a joke. It will never be as functional and complete as Maemo.
with full functionality, ntdroid is waay better than maemo and i can find **** load of ppl who agree with this
 
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2010-08-13 , 05:17
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with full functionality, maemo is waay better than maemo is currently and i can find **** load of ppl who agree with this

 

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2010-08-13 , 06:21
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You have the option - in terms of smartphone OSes - to either do full multitasking (like the N900), no multitasking (like the older iphones) or service multitasking (like the new iphone OS). The latter 2 mean the CPU is free to handle UI tasks exclusively (or almost exclusively in iOS4) so you get a smoother experience.
With full multitasking you still want your apps running so you need to allocate them resources as well, you could reduce those resources but how far? You still want background music/video playing at full speed, webpages loading in the background at full speed so how do you scale those resources?
 
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2010-08-13 , 06:28
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Originally Posted by shanrizvi View Post
I have a little suggestion for those who are or are able to work on the N900's future system software. One of the key issues people have with the N900 is smoothness. Compared to the iPhone, its visibly laggy but N900 lovers point out (perhaps correctly) that the N900 multi-tasks while the iPhone prioritizes the UI.

Well, how about a "UI Performance Optimized" mode for the N900 where multi-tasking could be made limited (maybe even one or two applications at a time) while making the UI smoother? Is it possible? I think it'll be an AMAZING feature to have!
Not exactly the solution you're looking for, but you can always renice the process you want it to run with the most resources.
 
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2010-08-13 , 06:44
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or renice the ones you want to have less resources.
 
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2010-08-13 , 10:01
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renice will only partially address the problem. If you have a bunch of memory hungry apps that you're switching between then it may involve swap which will slow things down somewhat.
 
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