Notices
Page 2 of 3 1 2 3
Reply
Thread Tools
aspidites is offline aspidites
2010-05-19 , 10:03
Posts: 402 | Thanked: 229 times | Joined on Nov 2009 @ Missouri, USA
#11
Thanks, but not quite what I was after krk969. I suppose http://androidcommunity.com/forums/index.php would have been a better example, but to be honest, I don't ever hear anyone talk about it.
__________________
aspidites | blog | aspidites@inbox.com
 

The Following User Says Thank You to aspidites For This Useful Post:
rash.m2k is offline rash.m2k
2010-05-19 , 10:20
Posts: 642 | Thanked: 486 times | Joined on Aug 2008
#12
I think it's more to do with the fact that the N900 has an OPEN operating system rather than Android where the OS is actually closed (most of it anyway!).

The thing is that ANYTHING you want to on the N900 is pretty easy to do (apart from the really complex stuff like Video calling, portrait mode etc. etc.) from the command line.

So ultimately it's stupidly easy for a developer to write a script for the N900 to do something, and then some other developer will turn it into a .deb and upload it to extras-devel and we can have a turn around of 7 days or less!!!!!!! Imagine that - asking for an feature and having it delivered within 7 days! Thats ****ing awesome
 
qwerty12's Avatar
qwerty12 is offline qwerty12
2010-05-19 , 10:22
Posts: 4,274 | Thanked: 5,358 times | Joined on Sep 2007 @ Looking at y'all and sighing
#13
Originally Posted by rash.m2k View Post
I think it's more to do with the fact that the N900 has an OPEN operating system rather than Android where the OS is actually closed (most of it anyway!).
That's the thing: Many things users would like from the community to be implemented can only be done by modifying the respective Nokia program's source. The problem? The source for that program is nowhere to be found.
 

The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to qwerty12 For This Useful Post:
rcarlos is offline rcarlos
2010-05-19 , 10:23
Posts: 96 | Thanked: 25 times | Joined on Apr 2010 @ India
#14
I am aware of XDA wherein the major focus has been towards WinMo devices but I believe they are also into Android now a days

Wld love to have a peek into an iphone community, merely to see their notions on the N900 or other nokia phones....or rather if the hate feelings are mutual ?

or As with Apple's way of doing things, Is the community 'paid' to join ?
Last edited by rcarlos; 2010-05-19 at 10:26.
 
kojacker is offline kojacker
2010-05-19 , 10:25
Posts: 1,086 | Thanked: 2,964 times | Joined on Jan 2010
#15
It's a bit of an unfair comparison as the Android and Iphone dev communities have a far larger number of active developers, many times higher than we have here. Coupled with good tools and learning resources, the barrier for developers to get involved and take on new requests is not so high. Added to that are large app store portfolios which make these new and novel app requests more welcome and likely to be picked up.

In comparison, there are a fewer number of developers on here looking for something to do. You have to be more dedicated to work on the n900, a lot of these guys are already committed on their own projects.

I've been on a few threads were someone has come in with application requests and they've been basically called a ******, told to go buy an iphone, or asked if they want a coffee maker along with their RSS feed request... Sigh.. that doesn't help
 

The Following User Says Thank You to kojacker For This Useful Post:
lunatik's Avatar
lunatik is offline lunatik
2010-05-19 , 10:33
Posts: 25 | Thanked: 6 times | Joined on May 2010 @ Moscow, Russia
#16
Originally Posted by rcarlos View Post
Wld love to have a peek into an iphone community, merely to see their notions on the N900 or other nokia phones....or rather if the hate feelings are mutual
I think that iPhone users fall into 3 major categories:
  • ones who just use it as a phone (most of them are unaware of any communities, cause they don't need them)
  • geeks like most of N900 users
  • and trolls - the most laughable category.

Usually some apple trolls wander into our Russian community forum and start a topic saying that he bought N900 and how he is disappointed 'bout it. He might not own neither iPhone, nor N900, but used his friend's iPhone and got brainwashed.
 
ivanzorkic is offline ivanzorkic
2010-05-19 , 10:34
Posts: 67 | Thanked: 280 times | Joined on Dec 2009
#17
Originally Posted by santiago View Post
are there poor catalogs and sofware
hard reset and more not considering the low manufacture of this n900 my god!!! i payd to much to have rootfs full off memory, and 32 g for documents and mp3 buaahahahahahah.... i ll trash away my nokia and i ll buy one android phone.
You payd to much? Buaahahahaha?


Seriously?
 
Crashdamage is offline Crashdamage
2010-05-19 , 10:39
Posts: 670 | Thanked: 747 times | Joined on Aug 2009 @ Kansas City, Missouri, USA
#18
Originally Posted by aspidites View Post
I suppose http://androidcommunity.com/forums/index.php would have been a better example, but to be honest, I don't ever hear anyone talk about it.
That's the #1 Android 'community' site, the rough equivalent to this one. An active forum, but only maybe half as much as this. I wonder why that is so since obviously there far more Android users than Maemo. I can only guess it's because most Android users aren't as tech-oriented, less likely to ask questions or generally fool around with their phones.

If they were more tech-savvy so to speak, they'd probably start looking for an alternative to Android.

Android developers seem to have a fairly low tolerance for ordinary users coming to sites like xda and crying about how they want this or need that. Has to be a reasonable, well thought-out request. Can't say that I blame them. In the early days of Android you couldn't do much with it and the noise level about lacking features was pretty high.

Kinda like around here...
__________________
Registered Linux user #266531.
Last edited by Crashdamage; 2010-05-19 at 10:44.
 

The Following User Says Thank You to Crashdamage For This Useful Post:
smoku's Avatar
smoku is offline smoku
2010-05-19 , 11:31
Posts: 1,716 | Thanked: 3,007 times | Joined on Dec 2009 @ Warsaw, Poland
#19
Originally Posted by kojacker View Post
It's a bit of an unfair comparison as the Android and Iphone dev communities have a far larger number of active developers, many times higher than we have here. [...]
No doubt they have many more developers. So has Windows.
But the question was about the community.
__________________
smoku @xiaoka.com (SMTP/XMPP) ...:.:....:... pebbled . Poky Fish : sixaxis . psx4m . uae4all
Jolla Phone post-mortem . . . . . . . . . . -> 1+1 VGN-UX390N
 
kojacker is offline kojacker
2010-05-19 , 12:27
Posts: 1,086 | Thanked: 2,964 times | Joined on Jan 2010
#20
Originally Posted by smoku View Post
No doubt they have many more developers. So has Windows.
But the question was about the community.
My post was kinda made in regards to the development community, as the thread was made in regards to application requests. Imo, if you want to see something developed then it's the developers in that community that hold the key. YMMV
 
Reply
Page 2 of 3 1 2 3

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 14:01.

Contact Us - Home - Archive - Top