hahaha sorry, was a little tipsy on Wine. Yeah just create a new thread about Textrat's fan club would be better. Instead of seeing "Orangebox is a troll ... blah blah" title. Lol

Anyway, Merry Xmas to ya'll brothers and babes (females)

People you are crazy fighting with each other. That's not what this thread is about. This thread is to provide a contrasting, critical, subjective view about the N900.

Whoever labeled me as an attention seeker, didn't read me properly. I don't care if you read me or not. I also kept my side of the bargain: I don't start new threads.

Back to the N900. I own one for almost three weeks now (ask the mods to verify the browser sig). I like the thing, but I didn't get blown away. It is OK, but imo overpriced.

My current frustration is the browser being slow over wifi too. It is slow to my standards. May be ok for people who come from an S60 or have no high expectations. The back button takes 5-10 seconds to complete, same is rendering a moderately complex page. It is slow.

Why is it that sometimes tapping on a hyperlink produces a click sound, but it doesn't get underlined and doesn't take me to the destination of the link?

orangepox is back better hurry and hit the ignore buttons

The next smartphone OS war will be waged between Android and iPhone OS. They both already have a decent developer, carrier and user base behind them. Android started to pop up in tablets, set top boxes and other devices. iPhone has tons of apps already written to it and an almost religios fanbase supporting it.

People who would't want the vendor lock-in (more precisely vendor addiction) can choose to be sheep in Steve Jobs' herd. It is good to belong. It is good to have stability and usability at the expense of reduced complexity. The mass populace will line up buying these devices for the foreseeable future.

Maemo while a good concept is just another linux distro. Without Nokia's proprietary code it counts for not too much. Same is true for Android, however it has already been customized by third parties. Maemo is like iPhone OS: *nix based with proprietary code that no other company but the originator will modify.

At the end I believe that Google will take the price. It has deep pockets, can choose to invest billions into getting advertising platforms into the hands of future Google phone users.

Ultimately, Google will give away these phones for free. Then it will provide free data services. It will disrupt the whole industry, much like the iPhone did it in 2007.

And it'll be able to read your mind!!!

The reason why the iPhone is a mass success and the N900 is not (yet maybe?) is because Mr. Jobs is like me: a ruthless critic. He goes hard on his developers and engineers and nags them until they get things done right. Less functionality let them focus on fewer things and they can polish it to the ultimate usability. It also means less features to support. He is unforgiving when it comes to the user experience. No exception. If something takes an extra click to accomplish, it must be simplified. That's why the iPhone just works.

did anyone watch the Dr Who Xmas Special yesterday, i really liked it, i'm surprised at the negative response on the fan forums last night

The iPhone 3GS is currently behind the N900 when it comes to hardware specs. Same CPU, but less RAM, worse radio, camera, screen and most other hardware item.

BUT, and it's a big but: where the hardware lacks, the software makes up for it big time. It doesn't mean that the iPhone developers are smarter than that of the N900. It means that Apple is using its marketing prowess well to convince peop that they want to be part of the success. People like to be associated with successful things. The app market is also more homogenous than the S40/S60v3/S60v5/Maemo landscape. Being a developer for Apple means that (for 80 percent of the time) you write an app and can sell it to the original iPhone, 3G and 3GS crowds with little extra effort. It also means that the marketability of the finished app is streamlined on the app store. There are literally hundreds of companies making their living off of $5 apps.

Nokia needs to transition off of the S60 platform FAST. It shouldn't wait until the Android and iPhone saturation reaches a point where it becomes a no-brainer for a would be developer to pick a platform. Nokia, hear me? Whatever it takes, get your software side of things together, simplify your offerings and put up a good fight should you plan to stay relevant. And lastly, whoever wins the heart (and $$$) of Americans will dominate.

No, sorry what's the synposis?