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Originally Posted by sachin007
Has Nokia ever done this before (or any mobile phone manufacturer)?
If only they include a temporary small battery inbuilt which will enable us to swap batteries.
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2009-08-10
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Originally Posted by nikolajhendel
Dunno about Nokia, but it certainly was one of my most favorite features of Apple's PPC laptops.
Has Nokia ever done this before (or any mobile phone manufacturer)?
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2009-08-10
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I'm going to take a wild guess and say that it won't have the ability to swap battery's...the battery size is probably a way for nokia to have made the device cheaper (as is the screen size) and adding the ability to swap batteries would add to the cost.
If you're going to introduce a new device class with a new operating system that no one has ever heard of, you're going to have to avoid cost from further inhibiting potential users. Or, you could choose to blow away the competition with the specs to justify the price and the risk of the new platform, but by the time this gets released it won't be anything extraordinary with regard to the specs so this obviously isn't their plan.
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If you're going to introduce a new device class with a new operating system that no one has ever heard of, you're going to have to avoid cost from further inhibiting potential users. Or, you could choose to blow away the competition with the specs to justify the price and the risk of the new platform, but by the time this gets released it won't be anything extraordinary with regard to the specs so this obviously isn't their plan.
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2009-08-10
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Originally Posted by abject
If I may play devil's advocate, the capacity is not necessarily cast in stone. For example, the "BP-5L" in the 7710 and 9500 was a 1300mAh battery but was bumped to 1500mAh for the 770 (and later N800).
Uh-oh. This thing's BL-5J battery is 1320 mAh. N810's BP-4L is 1500 mAh.
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Originally Posted by lma
I dont think that is a possibility since the 5800 uses the same battery and if they bump it up later there will be confusion if they call it with the same name.
If I may play devil's advocate, the capacity is not necessarily cast in stone. For example, the "BP-5L" in the 7710 and 9500 was a 1300mAh battery but was bumped to 1500mAh for the 770 (and later N800).
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2009-08-10
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Originally Posted by sachin007
Uhm... I just said that they have done exactly that in the past.
I dont think that is a possibility since the 5800 uses the same battery and if they bump it up later there will be confusion if they call it with the same name.
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2009-08-10
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Originally Posted by sachin007
This actually happens more than you'd think. The aforementioned change was one example.
I dont think that is a possibility since the 5800 uses the same battery and if they bump it up later there will be confusion if they call it with the same name.
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2009-08-10
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In terms of battery life, the N97 *acts* like most of Nokia's E-Series devices in terms of battery life. I've not seen *any* N-Series device last as long as it does. Its literally in a class of its own in that respect.
If the N900/Rover is engineered with the same "E-Series battery standards" then most of you won't be complaining long at all; and except for those of you who reboot your devices every hour for the heck of it, you will probably be very happy.
Seriously folks, throw away your previous impressions of the platform - this isn't a Maemo 4 device, this isn't a current Symbian device. Its different. Different is good; it will reset expectations.
If the N900/Rover is engineered with the same "E-Series battery standards" then most of you won't be complaining long at all; and except for those of you who reboot your devices every hour for the heck of it, you will probably be very happy.
Seriously folks, throw away your previous impressions of the platform - this isn't a Maemo 4 device, this isn't a current Symbian device. Its different. Different is good; it will reset expectations.
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2009-08-10
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Originally Posted by ARJWright
I hope so. Because from what Nokia has done with Maemo 4, it's soured me on them. Great hardware, great software and support from the community. But official support? Not so much. Out of all the devices it's the Nokia devices, then Android, then Pre that suit me but the latter two haven't matured enough yet. The Nokia devices at least have the benefit of running Linux so a port or another operating environment can be done. Alot of the software I use is multiplatform, so something like rsync or Unison can easily sync what I need.
In terms of battery life, the N97 *acts* like most of Nokia's E-Series devices in terms of battery life. I've not seen *any* N-Series device last as long as it does. Its literally in a class of its own in that respect.
If the N900/Rover is engineered with the same "E-Series battery standards" then most of you won't be complaining long at all; and except for those of you who reboot your devices every hour for the heck of it, you will probably be very happy.
Seriously folks, throw away your previous impressions of the platform - this isn't a Maemo 4 device, this isn't a current Symbian device. Its different. Different is good; it will reset expectations.
I'll be looking to see how Nokia supports the device before I decide on buying it. Or switching to a competitor (though I'll be keeping my n800, and once Mer improves I'll install that.
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They're maemo and MeeGo...
"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...
Anyway those batteries are pretty cheap and most will have a spare one. If only they include a temporary small battery inbuilt which will enable us to swap batteries.