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2010-02-23
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Can i just add my five pence worth in :0) And no i'm not a troll just a newbee (female) who has lots of questions and who has posted on here a few times for advise which has been gratefully appreciated.
In my mind cartoonhead and davep1 have the right attitude. I as a newbee would come here to ask questions which i can't seem to find the answers to and look to experinced people who like me have the n900 for further advise.
To me the poster of this thread clearly has been thinking about buying the N900 but is a little put off by the reports he is reading and is seeking advise from more experienced owners of the n900 on this forum.
To me they came to the right place its a maemo community and its for the n900 devise so how he at all in the wrong for posting here?
He just wanted abit of advise and reassurance to help him make his choice is that not what you all are here for?
In my mind cartoonhead and davep1 have the right attitude. I as a newbee would come here to ask questions which i can't seem to find the answers to and look to experinced people who like me have the n900 for further advise.
To me the poster of this thread clearly has been thinking about buying the N900 but is a little put off by the reports he is reading and is seeking advise from more experienced owners of the n900 on this forum.
To me they came to the right place its a maemo community and its for the n900 devise so how he at all in the wrong for posting here?
He just wanted abit of advise and reassurance to help him make his choice is that not what you all are here for?
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2010-02-23
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Originally Posted by nappleton
I agree. When you're new (which I also am) it's easy to post a question in the wrong section when the question especially when it is not totally clear where the question should go which is the case with a question such as this one.
Can i just add my five pence worth in :0) And no i'm not a troll just a newbee (female) who has lots of questions and who has posted on here a few times for advise which has been gratefully appreciated.
In my mind cartoonhead and davep1 have the right attitude. I as a newbee would come here to ask questions which i can't seem to find the answers to and look to experinced people who like me have the n900 for further advise.
To me the poster of this thread clearly has been thinking about buying the N900 but is a little put off by the reports he is reading and is seeking advise from more experienced owners of the n900 on this forum.
To me they came to the right place its a maemo community and its for the n900 devise so how he at all in the wrong for posting here?
He just wanted abit of advise and reassurance to help him make his choice is that not what you all are here for?
I can also understand why OP is asking this question and I think that if you're looking for something where its going to be easy to get a lot of games/apps/etc then this might not be te phone for you but if you're willing to read up a bit etc to find a solution and want full internet then this is the phone for you.
If you know anyone who has one try it out and see what you think. As people have said before don't buy it hoping that it will get the new maemo6/meego when it comes out because currently it is not relevant. I don't know why a lot of people get hung up on this, if the phone has all the features etc you want then buy it its not going to suddenly stop working the day the new Maemo 6/meego comes out.
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2010-02-24
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smee again.
I don't ask "do you think I should buy N900?". Sure, this is personal.
I ask about future. I have N810 and I see the future of OS2008 -- in 2010 no updates, no software. Thanks nokia, community do it's best releasing Mer, porting useful apps and so on. But seems like nokia dumps it.
Ok, fair enough -- they aim to shiny new maemo5, maemo6.. oh, wait, no maemo6 on n900? drm on maemo6? And I afraid, n900 will be dumped as well as they did n8xx/os2008.
And n900 is expensive enough (ok, here in Russia it costs TWICE as in USA) to buy it's just for realise you have a brick with no ability to use new software from ovi.
May be I'm too emotional here, but I think this what many of us thinking of. No?
Again, may be I missed something? May be Nokia said "relax, guys, we have a plans for n900/maemo5"? "You still can buy music"? "We assure you can buy game from ovi"?
I hope you've got the point of my post (not, this "ah, decide for me should I buy it?")
I don't ask "do you think I should buy N900?". Sure, this is personal.
I ask about future. I have N810 and I see the future of OS2008 -- in 2010 no updates, no software. Thanks nokia, community do it's best releasing Mer, porting useful apps and so on. But seems like nokia dumps it.
Ok, fair enough -- they aim to shiny new maemo5, maemo6.. oh, wait, no maemo6 on n900? drm on maemo6? And I afraid, n900 will be dumped as well as they did n8xx/os2008.
And n900 is expensive enough (ok, here in Russia it costs TWICE as in USA) to buy it's just for realise you have a brick with no ability to use new software from ovi.
May be I'm too emotional here, but I think this what many of us thinking of. No?
Again, may be I missed something? May be Nokia said "relax, guys, we have a plans for n900/maemo5"? "You still can buy music"? "We assure you can buy game from ovi"?
I hope you've got the point of my post (not, this "ah, decide for me should I buy it?")
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2010-02-24
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Originally Posted by kenga
The point to purchase now is the same that it was to purchase *then* - the device meets your needs now and in the future and/or you are a developer of mobile-oriented software and/or services and would like a deeper understanding of the upcoming impacts of Qt-oriented software.
Hi.
As far as I know, maemo6 will not be officially released for n900, but community supported edition is expected to be shiped.
Also, maemo6 is known to have DRM and appliation from OVI will be digitally signed to be run in DRM environment.
Does it mean, that: community supported maemo6 will not have DRM and commercial applications for maemo6 will not run on n900?
I see no any updated/new applications for maemo4, now I see the same future for maemo5.
Before DRM, there was a point to buy n900 (at least, you can use community supported m6), but now...
Seems lke n900 is already dramatically obsolete.
I don't want to be a troll, may be I've missed some points?
So no, you aren't a troll, things just don't seem as right since some about what's next is known.
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2010-02-24
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of course the future does matter when you decide to buy a new electronic device. There is rumour that winmo apps will not work on winpho 7. That's a decision-driver: someone needs backwards compatibility and he's gonna go for HD2 sb else wants to benefit from future things and he's going to wait for HD3
The OP stated his concerns clearly and asks for an opinion. Pretty valid
My opinion:
1. Uncertain future for the platform,
2. pretty much powerful even now, you can find pretty much all the needed things if you dig a little bit (and fiddle a little with the command line)
3. Awesome if you get excited by things like controlling the N900 with pc keyboard and mouse with synergy
4. MicroB itself (ok, backed up by the resolution) is enough to buy the device
5. Nokia generally does not release new OSes for devices but still supports them with fixes apps etc.
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The OP stated his concerns clearly and asks for an opinion. Pretty valid
My opinion:
1. Uncertain future for the platform,
2. pretty much powerful even now, you can find pretty much all the needed things if you dig a little bit (and fiddle a little with the command line)
3. Awesome if you get excited by things like controlling the N900 with pc keyboard and mouse with synergy
4. MicroB itself (ok, backed up by the resolution) is enough to buy the device
5. Nokia generally does not release new OSes for devices but still supports them with fixes apps etc.
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Last edited by qwazix; 2011-08-21 at 10:24.
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2010-02-24
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do you think they'll update the phone so its abit more like a phone tho or is it a done deal it'll be as it is for its lifespan? Eg text in portrait mode and more options on the phone re profiles etc
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2010-02-24
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I'm so happy with my N900 and would every buy it again.
And till Nokia will stop supporting the N900 in 1-2 years, im sure I've got the next Nokia Device already
And till Nokia will stop supporting the N900 in 1-2 years, im sure I've got the next Nokia Device already
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2010-02-24
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even though this is a post in a wrong section, what i can say is, N900 is just on its bloom...there are many updates to come,
if you dont wanna miss anything on maemo 5 that "maybe" not be available in future maemo OS, i suggest you get one.
if you dont wanna miss anything on maemo 5 that "maybe" not be available in future maemo OS, i suggest you get one.
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2010-02-24
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Originally Posted by kenga
That's a plausible scenario.
Does it mean, that: community supported maemo6 will not have DRM and commercial applications for maemo6 will not run on n900?
Originally Posted by kenga
It seems like you're assuming that most Harmattan/MeeGo apps will be DRM'ed. Time will tell, but I was not assuming that. I think there will be F/OSS apps created with Qt 4.6 that will trickle down to your N900. And Nokia appears to think this as well, based on multiple statements.
I see no any updated/new applications for maemo4, now I see the same future for maemo5.
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* n810 since Feb 2009
* Most-used apps: Opera, gPodder, Panucci, Tomiku, Canola, Quasar, MaemoMapper, ATI85, Maemopad+, AisleRiot Solitaire, Anagramarama, Rapier, Gnumeric, pyRDesktop
* Mobile-friendly URLs of popular sites
* n810 since Feb 2009
* Most-used apps: Opera, gPodder, Panucci, Tomiku, Canola, Quasar, MaemoMapper, ATI85, Maemopad+, AisleRiot Solitaire, Anagramarama, Rapier, Gnumeric, pyRDesktop
* Mobile-friendly URLs of popular sites
Sorry to anyone reading for going off topic so much.
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