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2010-09-07
, 13:45
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@ Po' Bo'. PA
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#22
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Originally Posted by outdoors
So...
So, I had a roller coaster ride during the last 9 months, going back and forth if I should get the n900. So many sad thing were said about Nokia, the software and the hardware. So - now that I got it - How does it compare to all I have read here.
NOTICE: This is my personal opinions and the stuff I can live with or without. For you it might be a different story....
... You are welcome to do the same. Perhaps in a thread of your own"[/I]
Did you get what you paid for?
...and:
Was what you paid worth the value you received?
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Good post BTW.
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2010-09-07
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Good review of the N900. I'd like to add a few comments:
- Nokia clearly has dropped development effort on this phone within a few months after its introduction. I will keep that in mind when buying my next phone.
- you skip over the awsome possibilities of this being a Linux phone, with a bash shell, ssh and all the other opportunities of connecting to other hosts and vice versa. Like e.g. logging into your phone from MS-windows with Putty, or controlling other hosts from the N900. That is what I bought it for! And I am not disappointed.
- regardless the wiki, I think that the documentation sucks. I feel that there are any number of improvements and hacks possible, if I only knew where to find the relevant information (FYI, I program for Unix systems since 1993).
- Oh, and this forum sucks too. There is a *lot* of information on these pages, but it is organized badly, and not really serchable.
Paai
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- Nokia clearly has dropped development effort on this phone within a few months after its introduction. I will keep that in mind when buying my next phone.
- you skip over the awsome possibilities of this being a Linux phone, with a bash shell, ssh and all the other opportunities of connecting to other hosts and vice versa. Like e.g. logging into your phone from MS-windows with Putty, or controlling other hosts from the N900. That is what I bought it for! And I am not disappointed.
- regardless the wiki, I think that the documentation sucks. I feel that there are any number of improvements and hacks possible, if I only knew where to find the relevant information (FYI, I program for Unix systems since 1993).
- Oh, and this forum sucks too. There is a *lot* of information on these pages, but it is organized badly, and not really serchable.
Paai
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2010-09-07
, 14:09
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Originally Posted by YoDude
Good question. I got it cheap and I certainly got the value for what I paid. In regards to if I got what I payed for. Yes and no.
So...
Did you get what you paid for?...and:
Was what you paid worth the value you received?
I wanted to give someone money to give me a finished product which isn't the case, so there is the NO.
But I did knew about its flaws and gave them the money anyway and was delighted that most flaws was exaggerated. So there is your YES.
Had I payed more I would have felt a little bit cheated and disappointed. But at this price I am just laughing at the vast stupidity of nokia not marketing this phone and not realizing what an awesome product they actually did make.
If I imagine it getting stolen or broken I would buy another one in a heartbeat. But only if the prize is in the range it is now or lower.
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2010-09-07
, 14:19
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#25
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Originally Posted by paai
This was not actually not a review. It was merely my own personal opinion on how true the complaints in the forum was. And since I never used linux or do anything that you described or was investigating complaints about that stuff, there was no reason to mention it.
Good review of the N900. I'd like to add a few comments:
- Nokia clearly has dropped development effort on this phone within a few months after its introduction. I will keep that in mind when buying my next phone.
- you skip over the awsome possibilities of this being a Linux phone, with a bash shell, ssh and all the other opportunities of connecting to other hosts and vice versa. Like e.g. logging into your phone from MS-windows with Putty, or controlling other hosts from the N900. That is what I bought it for! And I am not disappointed.
- regardless the wiki, I think that the documentation sucks. I feel that there are any number of improvements and hacks possible, if I only knew where to find the relevant information (FYI, I program for Unix systems since 1993).
- Oh, and this forum sucks too. There is a *lot* of information on these pages, but it is organized badly, and not really serchable.
Paai
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I do agree that its hard to find info in this forum, but thats another post all together
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2010-09-07
, 14:36
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@ Bremen, Germany
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#26
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Originally Posted by 9000
what? its as subjective as it gets. he even sais that in the beginning.
Very comprehensive and objective review. Deserve a good thank. ^^
Originally Posted by outdoors
tell me your secret :P
I have had mine lasting for 48 hours with normal use (browsing, calling, sms, email etc)
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2010-09-07
, 14:48
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@ Finland
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#27
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Originally Posted by outdoors
you can always buy one cheap usb female - male cord and solder data pins (and cut the cable to desired length if needed). With it between every single usb power supply should work.
I see. So this is the new thing every phone will experience with old hardware then. thanks for clearing that up. hopefully I can get some modern chargers that implement this. Is there any way to know if a hardware like a usb wall charger supports this or not?
Hopefully the adapter from brando will do the trick aswell.
someone made such mod and posted a thread about it here.
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2010-09-07
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But at this price I am just laughing at the vast stupidity of nokia not marketing this phone and not realizing what an awesome product they actually did make.
In India no one knows whether this phone has released or not. No advertisement..0 publicity..I have seen just 1 poster of N900 and that too in a Nokia priority centre..
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2010-09-07
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Originally Posted by msa
Sure. Here is how I get 48 hours of battery. I don't use magic, i just don't care for alot of the things available.
tell me your secret :P
- Inactivated all IM account exept skype which I only put online when I need it. So not for all day chatting.
- No widgets of any kind populates my desktop and no battery/cpu checker in quicklaunch status bar applet.
- No system sounds, no keyboard sounds, no screen vibration.
- No background apps running, downloading or checking anything. No call monitoring, data counters, LED customization and such things
- In application manager I inactivated all catalogs except nokia system software since it checks automatically. I use faster appication manager for all other install/remove/update.
- No leaving things running in multi task manager. Like leaving browser open when im not going to use it.
- Unistalled all apps/games I don't use or seldom use. Like hermes for instance. I keep my app folder pretty clean
- No gaming or video watching
- Only 3 screen desktop
- Use default theme but replaced background images
- wifi power set to 10 instead of 100. Connected with wifi 24/7
- Wifi check every hour.
- Always on 2G network instead of dual/3G unless needed.
- Use autodisconnect for bluetooth (20 min) & Gprs/3g switcher (5 min)
- Check email every 30 min.
- Never ever reboot unless you want to loose a big chunk of battery.
- Screen brightness 3/5
- Don't trust the battery meter. Mine said 0.4% left and was all red. Still lasted idle for 3 more hours.
- Dont charge over night. Charge it so that you can remove the charger at the precise time its done. Otherwise I get 93% battery instead of 98%. I do this while working.
Usage during 48 hours
- 60 min on the phone
- 10 sms
- 2 hours (at least) webbrowsing. Half using opera and half using microB
- 30 min musicplayer
- Writing/responding to email
- 1 hour drawing in mypaint
- 20 minutes using metronome for guitar playing
- 4 pictures with camera and flash
- Some filetransfers with tinysmb or bluetooth
- Silent profile with vibration
- Silent profile without vibration during the night
I don't feel I am compromising in my usage. Would I like to have all that junk running all the time? Not really.
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2010-09-07
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#30
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Originally Posted by ossipena
Yeah I saw that. It is going to be my last resort. In the same post I read about the adapter. For 6 bux im going for that option first.
you can always buy one cheap usb female - male cord and solder data pins (and cut the cable to desired length if needed). With it between every single usb power supply should work.
someone made such mod and posted a thread about it here.
Adapter for charging or transfers:
http://shop.brando.com/mini-usb-to-m...c0006d001.html
Tiny cable to carry around in my pocket:
http://shop.brando.com/brando-worksh...c0006d001.html
Note: I don't know the adapter will work for dumb sources, but people say it does. Also brando list support specifically for n900 on these to. Not so on all their cables.
Game Gripper now available for n900 emulators and games