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This is essentially a meego vs maemo thread. The only reason why anybody would want a nokia tablet is if
a) they prefered maemo over meego
b) brand loyalty
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c) Investment in Nokia
I mean, we have plenty of tablet manufacturers now so it doesn't make sense to me why anybody would rely on nokia to re-enter the tablet market other than a) or c). I say this because b) isn't a rational reason at all. Before anybody says "But Nokias are built like a tank" I'd say sure they use to be but these days it seems everybody wants a higher margin since the N900 has it's fair share of problems; namely USB port (never had this problem myself), white spots on screen, camera cover popping off, stand flexure mechanism breaking, magnet coming off. Still love my N900 though.
a) they prefered maemo over meego
b) brand loyalty
or
c) Investment in Nokia
I mean, we have plenty of tablet manufacturers now so it doesn't make sense to me why anybody would rely on nokia to re-enter the tablet market other than a) or c). I say this because b) isn't a rational reason at all. Before anybody says "But Nokias are built like a tank" I'd say sure they use to be but these days it seems everybody wants a higher margin since the N900 has it's fair share of problems; namely USB port (never had this problem myself), white spots on screen, camera cover popping off, stand flexure mechanism breaking, magnet coming off. Still love my N900 though.
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2011-04-26
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Originally Posted by Cue
This has nothing to do with maemo or meego, its about ME.
This is essentially a meego vs maemo thread. The only reason why anybody would want a nokia tablet is if
a) they prefered maemo over meego
b) brand loyalty
or
c) Investment in Nokia
I mean, we have plenty of tablet manufacturers now so it doesn't make sense to me why anybody would rely on nokia to re-enter the tablet market other than a) or c). I say this because b) isn't a rational reason at all. Before anybody says "But Nokias are built like a tank" I'd say sure they use to be but these days it seems everybody wants a higher margin since the N900 has it's fair share of problems; namely USB port (never had this problem myself), white spots on screen, camera cover popping off, stand flexure mechanism breaking, magnet coming off. Still love my N900 though.
I want what I want, I never wanted meego or maemo, I want a x86 linux like experience on a small tablet. That was NEVER what was intended from the devices. Usage was somewhere between. My point is as others have asserted there was a tablet market before the n900. Make your MS phones, give us back the tablet. maemo, meego, I do not care. Hardware is all I ever asked for?
rely? no it was request
I never owned an n900, but my Nokia equipment was built solid. I would take n810 size, we just need that dual core arm
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2011-04-27
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Originally Posted by Daneel
Shhhhh! You don't just TELL everybody! Foreshadow it... hint at it.. see who else starts to get it too.
danramos is abill_uk with a spellchecker.
Besides--I don't rely on a spell-checker much. It helps that I had studied journalism and worked a bit in publishing for some time, too. I can't say whether abill_uk even knows that English is a capitalized proper noun. I eagerly await his scathing reply! (Hold on.. let me log out and log back in...)
Originally Posted by penguinbait
Well said, man! Well said!
This has nothing to do with maemo or meego, its about ME.
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I never owned an n900, but my Nokia equipment was built solid. I would take n810 size, we just need that dual core arm
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Nokia's slogan shouldn't be the pedo-palmgrabbing image with the slogan, "Connecting People"... It should be one hand open pleadingly with another hand giving the middle finger and the more apt slogan, "Potential Unrealized." --DR
Nokia's slogan shouldn't be the pedo-palmgrabbing image with the slogan, "Connecting People"... It should be one hand open pleadingly with another hand giving the middle finger and the more apt slogan, "Potential Unrealized." --DR
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2011-04-27
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@Penguinbait: why not the wetab - they promise open hw and sw and from online videos it seems fully functional
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2011-04-27
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Originally Posted by debernardis
Are those even being sold? I haven't seen any anywhere so far. They did look really good!
@Penguinbait: why not the wetab - they promise open hw and sw and from online videos it seems fully functional
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Nokia's slogan shouldn't be the pedo-palmgrabbing image with the slogan, "Connecting People"... It should be one hand open pleadingly with another hand giving the middle finger and the more apt slogan, "Potential Unrealized." --DR
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2011-04-27
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Originally Posted by debernardis
It's not pocketable.
@Penguinbait: why not the wetab - they promise open hw and sw and from online videos it seems fully functional
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2011-04-27
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That Dell streak is 379 on Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834200283
Here is meego, somewhat running on it
http://codex.xiaoka.com/wiki/meego:streak
Some promising progress with ubuntu
http://tomasz.sterna.tv/2010/09/runn...n-dell-streak/
Its got the speed and ram and its booting linux, seems already 1/2 done to me? I would really like to find the same thing for about 200$, it would make me feel a little better about wasting money to see what may come of it. Of course if the community were to get behind a device I would be less worried about spending 400$
This place, this talk, this forum still belongs to us, the community. Maybe ITT's time for the community to set its own direction.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834200283
Here is meego, somewhat running on it
http://codex.xiaoka.com/wiki/meego:streak
Some promising progress with ubuntu
http://tomasz.sterna.tv/2010/09/runn...n-dell-streak/
Its got the speed and ram and its booting linux, seems already 1/2 done to me? I would really like to find the same thing for about 200$, it would make me feel a little better about wasting money to see what may come of it. Of course if the community were to get behind a device I would be less worried about spending 400$
This place, this talk, this forum still belongs to us, the community. Maybe ITT's time for the community to set its own direction.
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2011-04-27
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they're too busy hiring [ex] Microsoft employees whose sole aim is to hijack Nokia, making it their platform to rule the mobile world.
I jest.
I jest.
By the way, how can you charge someone with relying on anechdotal experience who at least has an N900? Are you relying on scientific studies of the N900? What journal printed them?
I would say that for most purposes, personal experience would trump about anything. The thing that doesn't trump personal experience for sure is the kind of experience you have -- none.
All I want is 40 acres, a mule, and Xterm.