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2009-11-05 , 12:54
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I find it ironic that the article talks about iPhone's phone capability which is perhaps the weakest part of N900 too... and probably one of its features the NIT fans least care about.

Oh, and most people are turned off by fanaticism and fanboyism in general, even when it's about things they care\love about.
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2009-11-05 , 13:25
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Sure, the phone featue is the weakest part of the N900, but at least it does work reliably and doesn't have the issues the iPhone has. Lack of features is a different thing than lack of reliability.
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2009-11-05 , 13:47
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But feature wise it gets beaten by even entry level phones. You can't even set a ringtone per group or person right now.
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2009-11-05 , 14:04
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But feature wise it gets beaten by even entry level phones. You can't even set a ringtone per group or person right now.
The real importance such minor features is highly subjective. As for me, I couldn't care less about this one. If the phone rings that's all I need. I know who's calling by caller ID anyway.

Many of these little features will no doubt be added soon. You couln't do much of anything with Android when it was released. It sold anyway.
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2009-11-05 , 14:06
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
But feature wise it gets beaten by even entry level phones. You can't even set a ringtone per group or person right now.
Yeah thats true - fortunately I never use those features. I just dont have the cycles to customize peoples ringtones. All I really ask of my phone is that I can makes calls, get calls and voice quality is ok and doesnt drop. Regardless of the "cool" stuff the iPhone can do - the poor performance on those basic functions make it a no go for me. If the N900 can do those things AND give me the near notebook functionality it makes it for me the very best option.

I can see how some people would want the extra phone functionality though.
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
I find it ironic that the article talks about iPhone's phone capability which is perhaps the weakest part of N900 too... and probably one of its features the NIT fans least care about.
Well, I have no idea what hypothetical "NIT fans" care about, but I am pretty satisfied with the N900 phone. It works just like any other Nokia phone, reliably, with good audio quality. iPhone sounds rather tinny in comparison, although I have not heard of iPhone dropping calls on the local GSM network.

IMHO, Nokia should get kudos for the unified Contacts and Messaging alone, if not for the rest of Maemo5.
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Alex Atkin UK is offline Alex Atkin UK
2009-11-05 , 15:35
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Still, its hard to argue that a device which "has not come out yet" is better than "a device which has been out some time". :-p

We know the N900 will blow the iPhone and all competition away in many ways. However until its released, nobody is going to realise that.
 
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Originally Posted by Alex Atkin UK View Post
We know the N900 will blow the iPhone and all competition away in many ways. However until its released, nobody is going to realise that.
Well, first, we do not know whether it will blow iPhone away (sounds rather unrealistic). Second, there are at least a few hundred N900 in users' hands nowadays, so we can judge N900's strong and weak sides, as long as we take into account that the currently released firmware is not final.
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2009-11-05 , 18:17
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Originally Posted by MrGrim View Post
Silly me, i just thought this whole place was about maemo devices

Agree; it's tiresome to see all these iPhone posts.
If you are that obsessed about them go and buy one and post on some Apple forum?
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2009-11-05 , 18:27
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My objection to the "it's the best handheld computer there is" wasn't that the N900 should win but it isn't out yet; it was that presumably the N810 and N800 beat the iPhone as a handheld computer.
 
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