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2010-05-12
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@Anismistry.
Yes you'll get a call and sms notification where ever you may be on the phone. Be it the desktop, the task manager or an application.
Don't bother with the silly debators like 'thefoxtrot' said.
However, take your time and use this community as an asset for helping yourself to understand the phone before you buy it.
There are things which I used to take for granted coming from a Symbian phone. E.g. being able to play music while on a call. Its a big loss of functionality to me but I still can live with it. But you may not, as an example.
So if you can think of other features too which are a must & will be the deciding factors, list them out and get a honest opinion before you put your money down.
No point in realizing that you ended up with something that doesn't work for you later.
Yes you'll get a call and sms notification where ever you may be on the phone. Be it the desktop, the task manager or an application.
Don't bother with the silly debators like 'thefoxtrot' said.
However, take your time and use this community as an asset for helping yourself to understand the phone before you buy it.
There are things which I used to take for granted coming from a Symbian phone. E.g. being able to play music while on a call. Its a big loss of functionality to me but I still can live with it. But you may not, as an example.
So if you can think of other features too which are a must & will be the deciding factors, list them out and get a honest opinion before you put your money down.
No point in realizing that you ended up with something that doesn't work for you later.
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2010-05-12
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Originally Posted by anismistry
There is no multitasking "mode" as such, the device is always multitasking. Yes, you can receive calls/SMS while doing other things with one caveat: depending on your operator's network you may not be able to place or receive calls while a GPRS connection is active (bug 9385 has more details).
Can you receive calls and sms when you are in Multitasking mode
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2010-05-12
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@ ˙ǝɹǝɥʍou
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Originally Posted by 9000
They called N95 'mobile computer' in their past marketing materials, similar to N900.
Yet? I'm not sure if it'd be considered a phone by Nokia in the near future:
Q.How is Nokia marketing the N900 ? Is it a phone ?
A.It is sold as a mobile computer with the Internet in its heart, and it was introduced as 'step 4 of 5' for tech leaders / lovers. If you want a mature Nokia mobile phone with extensive Java support and full SIM features then there are plenty of choices based on Series40 and Symbian. I think Nokia has been clear on that since http://maemo.nokia.com was launched this Summer.
Source : Quim Gil, Open source advocate, Maemo Devices @ Nokia.
I always tell people N900 is a tablet PC with cellular communication capability. They say I'm kidding and that actually hurt my feeling. XD
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2010-05-12
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Originally Posted by ysss
Right you are. N900 follows the similar marketing strategy as the other symbian phone. Turn out Nokia attempts to re-iterate their successful strategy that was used in Symbian on maemo.
They called N95 'mobile computer' in their past marketing materials, similar to N900.
Maemo has absolute advantages over Symbian, it just takes time to mature, just like Symbian.
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2010-05-12
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Sorry for all of the pedantic prattle you are getting here in addition to good answers. For some reason, people on this thread want to debate the fine print of Nokia ads at every opportunity, and ***** about the delay in getting the latest update. I find it all greatly entertaining, and it keeps me coming back to the forums!
In any case, whenever the phone rings, no matter what you are doing (including looking at the list of applications that are open on the "multitasking screen") you can answer it. The phone app pops up and overrides everything so you can answer.
If you get an sms, you get a yellow alert box that pops up over what you are doing. You can see the text of the message (not sure if it cuts off after a certain number of characters...nobody ever sends me long messages) for a few seconds and then it zooms away. The list of apps (the "multitasking screen" again) will now show an additional app which is a yellow box that says you have a message. You click on it and it takes you to the conversations with that contact, and you see the latest message listed there with the previous conversations you had with that person.
My only beef has been that (on a few extremely rare occasions) my phone slows down to a crawl, probably due to a buggy app from the development repositories that is hogging memory/processing. When this happens, and I get a phone call, sometimes the buttons are not responsive and I miss the call. This has only happened once or twice, and a reboot solves everything.
Oh...and T-Mobile craps out much more than AT&T did for me last year, so I occasionally cannot pick up a call due to that. But that's not the phone's fault.
In general, despite the raging debate over how Nokia marketed the gizmo, this is a phone. It rings, you answer it.
In any case, whenever the phone rings, no matter what you are doing (including looking at the list of applications that are open on the "multitasking screen") you can answer it. The phone app pops up and overrides everything so you can answer.
If you get an sms, you get a yellow alert box that pops up over what you are doing. You can see the text of the message (not sure if it cuts off after a certain number of characters...nobody ever sends me long messages) for a few seconds and then it zooms away. The list of apps (the "multitasking screen" again) will now show an additional app which is a yellow box that says you have a message. You click on it and it takes you to the conversations with that contact, and you see the latest message listed there with the previous conversations you had with that person.
My only beef has been that (on a few extremely rare occasions) my phone slows down to a crawl, probably due to a buggy app from the development repositories that is hogging memory/processing. When this happens, and I get a phone call, sometimes the buttons are not responsive and I miss the call. This has only happened once or twice, and a reboot solves everything.
Oh...and T-Mobile craps out much more than AT&T did for me last year, so I occasionally cannot pick up a call due to that. But that's not the phone's fault.
In general, despite the raging debate over how Nokia marketed the gizmo, this is a phone. It rings, you answer it.
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2010-05-12
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#27
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of course you can !!!
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2010-05-12
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@ ˙ǝɹǝɥʍou
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Originally Posted by 9000
My point was that Nokia has been very, shall we say, liberal in their use of the term 'mobile computer'.
Right you are. N900 follows the similar marketing strategy as the other symbian phone. Turn out Nokia attempts to re-iterate their successful strategy that was used in Symbian on maemo.
Maemo has absolute advantages over Symbian, it just takes time to mature, just like Symbian.
N95 certainly didn't lack USSD, MMS or full phone functionality; even when they had to take the burden of the 'mobile computer' tagline.
So... why is the newer and more advanced N900 bear these deficiencies? And moreover it's attributed for being 'mobile computer' first, phone second?
Meh.
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2010-05-12
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@ Maine
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Originally Posted by un-named_user
+1 on this. I would say the one phone capability that is not here that I miss is individualized ring tones. I have learned to live without them but it may be the one thing that gets me to start programming again to figure out to make it work. I could never go back to a straight phone OS, this is too much fun.
@Anismistry.
Yes you'll get a call and sms notification where ever you may be on the phone. Be it the desktop, the task manager or an application.
Don't bother with the silly debators like 'thefoxtrot' said.
However, take your time and use this community as an asset for helping yourself to understand the phone before you buy it.
There are things which I used to take for granted coming from a Symbian phone. E.g. being able to play music while on a call. Its a big loss of functionality to me but I still can live with it. But you may not, as an example.
So if you can think of other features too which are a must & will be the deciding factors, list them out and get a honest opinion before you put your money down.
No point in realizing that you ended up with something that doesn't work for you later.
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2010-05-12
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'Mobile Computer with Phone Funtionality'?
My Fragrant French *SS!
it's a very good PHONE with some useful computer functionality thrown in, IMHO.
Opinions polarise but whatever your expectations the N900 will impress and frustrate in equal measure - it's not a device for the faint-hearted.
Although I might have to change device soon for work purposes I have thoroughly enjoyed my N900 experience and would not hesitate to recommend it for it's amazing multitasking capabilities amongst many other reasons.
No phone is forever and there's allways ebay if its not for you...
My Fragrant French *SS!
it's a very good PHONE with some useful computer functionality thrown in, IMHO.
Opinions polarise but whatever your expectations the N900 will impress and frustrate in equal measure - it's not a device for the faint-hearted.
Although I might have to change device soon for work purposes I have thoroughly enjoyed my N900 experience and would not hesitate to recommend it for it's amazing multitasking capabilities amongst many other reasons.
No phone is forever and there's allways ebay if its not for you...
Don't mind the silly debators. That argument seems to come up often around here.