Originally Posted by Texrat

In my 2 decades of using the internet I have seen much, MUCH worse. Get out more. You're in for a shock if you think this place is the worst.

Originally Posted by Megacrazy

If you are satisfied with your N900 take your Texrat lover and make sweet love to the N900. Maybe you guys can take a couple of logic classes on the way to the bedroom because you are nothing but a bunch of dorks, nerds, fanboys and idiots in general.

Originally Posted by Megacrazy

Let's start by you listing your ports. Let's start by listing one that is not in any sort of beta stage, half complete or generally crappy.

Let's start with 1 game that's actually fun to play on this device.

I will post one: http://toucharcade.com/2009/09/16/me...ting-goodness/

Perhaps there is a reason why linux in general is still in the gutter? Perhaps there is a reason a fully featured device takes off in 2 years and Nokia tablets crash and burn? Hey, what do I know, I am sure people will go crazy over some msn plugin that sort of works years later

So what is there worth installing in the repos as of today that is not in beta, alpha or any other testing stage?

Originally Posted by etuoyo

Add to the fact that this site is the most intolerant, snubbish site I have ever come across in the over a decade I have been using the internet. The verbal attacks are going to be very interesting to watch.
Plus many here seem incable of taking anything slightly resembling a criticism of the N900. Case in point is the strange response to your well thought out and constructive point highlighting a few of the issues mainstream users will have with the device. Typical response here to any slight criticism of the device is "then sell the device"; "go back to your iphone", etc.

Originally Posted by Texrat

Ok, I've changed my mind about restructuring this place.

We need a Disingenuous and Immature Malcontents subforum ASAP.

Originally Posted by Megacrazy

Here are my contributions so far:

- Exposing how crappy the browser gets if you dare to play music at the same time on this "mobile computer"
- Showing how broken the RSS reader is

These are all factors that come into play when people decide to buy this device. You stick to preaching your BS about how great this phone is in 2 months when the next update comes out and it fixes 10% of the issues that exist.

Originally Posted by Insead

I've had my N900 for a bit over a week. Bless my father, he got it as a gift for me as he know I like gadgets and it was my birthday. I can't blame him. We had talked about phones a few weeks earlier and I had mentioned the N900 as one that looked pretty interesting but a device I had not looked closer at.

So I've been exploring the content in the various repositories.
Installed and tried out applications
Read and other places about features, future, etc.

In the end, I can't help but to feel that the N900 and maemo are dinosaurs in many (but not all) areas compared to the iphone.

On my iPhone I download torrents at the command-line level (./gettorrent, etc) , switch between applications using Kilkari or whatever the app is called, I play games like Dungeon Hunter, Alive4Ever, Civilization, etc with graphics and gameplay that the N900 is a million light years behind.

I access the terminal on my iPhone and browse using a file manager.

I connect to my work mail exchange flawlessly and the phone is significantly better than the N900.

I tether it to my laptop and connect the laptop to the internet using it.
I can even set up a MiFi using it.

I also like music and there is an area where the iPhone once again wins.

Seriously the 90% of the things I do off my laptop are vastly superior on the iPhone.

The N900 is nice in that it gives more access to the OS and that the apps are free.
But, most apps looks like something developed 5 years ago and they seem to always be buggy.

I'm not a developer who needs full OS access on my phone and I doubt most people really do.
It's cool to be able to say that you got it...but if you need it to do your stuff then the GUI is seriously flawed.

The N900 is going up on eBay. Proceeds will go to my upcoming skiing trip (blessed by my dad).
It's a shitty device but in really good condition so if you want to make me an offer, and save me from selling it on ebay, send me a direct message. Offers made in this thread will not be considered.

If you're in the Chicago area you can do a local pick-up.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man

The only checker boarding I ever noticed after using my N900 is if..

A) I was on EDGE and scrolled before page finished loading.
B) I installed the Ad-block extension from extras. That seems to screw with the browser (alot more browser rendering issues after I installed that).

Never had a problem with music and browsing the web either *shrugs*. I routinely listen to podcast or music while browsing the web. Even using my bluetooth headphones (which should consume more power and resources).

There are things about this device that need to be fixed and some that make you wonder how it ever got past Nokia. One of the issues MegaCrazy pointed out that I do see as valid is that the RSS reader blows. I just don't bother with it (partially due to me using Google Reader so the articles I read on my desktop and laptop are kept in sync). It also doesn't seem to detect some feeds that Google Reader will. Since I was trying to get the DC Alerts in the RSS reader so I could be updated about any DC related emergencies that would influence my commute.

And reading that this community is one of the worst made me laugh. If this is the worse you've encountered in a decade of using the internet you need to turn off the kiddy filter. There are some screwed up things here (some by relatively new 2009 posters, and some from older posters) but by far this community is relatively decent compared to what you can find on the internet.

As for why Linux in general has a hard time capturing desktop/laptop marketshare? (note the word desktop/laptop). It's because there are so many bloody distributions you can choose from. Hard to support the operating system if you have to make sure your application runs in Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu (granted it's a derivative from Debian), Gentoo, etc..etc.

It's the same thing with Maemo. Maemo 3 (or whatever the 770 ran since I didn't own it) =/= Maemo 4 =/= Maemo 5. Heck Nokia is trying to put in a framework so that applications that are developed in Maemo 5 using QT will work in Maemo 6 and vice versa. And potentially this relationship expands to Symbian as well.