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2010-07-10
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@ London UK
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I use it to answer phone calls. 9 times out of 10 the phone decides to rotate and I press the wrong button....
For a phone I find this really annoying... apart from that its no better then an iPhone to be honest apart from I can use the PC shortcuts of CTRL C etc.
I love it but at the end of the day its a phone and it does a very bad job of being a phone with the shite battery life and shite phone features... as a device its nice but as an end product its terrible...
And if you come back with... its an internet tablet then why cant I simply open flickr and see my own photos and full screen them.... other devices can but on the n900... ohhh nooo thats not avaiable.... you need to create an app for seeing photos on a web site..
For a phone I find this really annoying... apart from that its no better then an iPhone to be honest apart from I can use the PC shortcuts of CTRL C etc.
I love it but at the end of the day its a phone and it does a very bad job of being a phone with the shite battery life and shite phone features... as a device its nice but as an end product its terrible...
And if you come back with... its an internet tablet then why cant I simply open flickr and see my own photos and full screen them.... other devices can but on the n900... ohhh nooo thats not avaiable.... you need to create an app for seeing photos on a web site..
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2010-07-11
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Joined on Jun 2010
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Originally Posted by crsnwby
If you have problem with the phone rotating, just go to Turning control in the phone settings and disable auto-rotation. Mine is fixed in portrait mode. I don't see any reason for using the phone app in landscape.
I use it to answer phone calls. 9 times out of 10 the phone decides to rotate and I press the wrong button....
For a phone I find this really annoying... apart from that its no better then an iPhone to be honest apart from I can use the PC shortcuts of CTRL C etc.
I love it but at the end of the day its a phone and it does a very bad job of being a phone with the shite battery life and shite phone features... as a device its nice but as an end product its terrible...
And if you come back with... its an internet tablet then why cant I simply open flickr and see my own photos and full screen them.... other devices can but on the n900... ohhh nooo thats not avaiable.... you need to create an app for seeing photos on a web site..
I don't want to get into comparing the phone to iphone or any other device in this discussion, but I do believe several items in my list would be either impossible or really difficult to do using iPhone. But again - there are enough threads already comparing N900 and iPhone, and I don't want this to turn into one.
And I'm not really sure I understand your issue with flickr. I just clicked on the link of a flickr slideshow I created in MicroB, and I got a full-screen slideshow working (without any special app). Not sure what's not working for you.
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2010-07-11
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Joined on May 2010
@ Austria
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From a different thread, but still applicable:
Lately I also started to use it for the games. I'm not much into "phone" games - the only not-so-complex games I like are pretty much summed up by Brain Party - so I'm rather happy we have the various emulators for the N900. Nothing better than playing Albion, Baldur's Gate, Death Gate and the various other Legend Entertainment games while riding a train. Or during an extended bathroom visit...
Originally Posted by johnel
I pretty much use my N900 for everything I used my netbook, music player, books and pen for up until now. It goes wherever I go and even replaced my desktop PC for various tasks. Guess for me that's more than enough evidence that it's not a mobile phone - because my imminent disgust for mobile phones would keep me from doing that.
"WARNING!
This device may require basic intelligence, imagination and an IQ above double digits.
Failure to meet these requirements will hamper operation of device.
You may also suffer the following side-effects:
Nausea, loss of rational thought, increasing urges to rant about negative aspects of device and form ignorant opinions of a technical nature.
If symptoms persist seek immediate professional psychiatric help, sell n900 and buy device more monkey friendly"
Lately I also started to use it for the games. I'm not much into "phone" games - the only not-so-complex games I like are pretty much summed up by Brain Party - so I'm rather happy we have the various emulators for the N900. Nothing better than playing Albion, Baldur's Gate, Death Gate and the various other Legend Entertainment games while riding a train. Or during an extended bathroom visit...
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2010-07-11
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@ Norway
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lets see...
Camera - Of course
Conversations - MNS and Facebookchat comes in handy on the move
fMMS - Great Hif not optimal) for recieving and sending dirty pictures
Web - Of course. Online bustables, forums, downloading files, etc
Gaming - VGBA and DrNokSnes are great, though a few bugs irk me
Media - TV shows, movies and music
Email - Now and then
thats basically it a the moment
Camera - Of course
Conversations - MNS and Facebookchat comes in handy on the move
fMMS - Great Hif not optimal) for recieving and sending dirty pictures
Web - Of course. Online bustables, forums, downloading files, etc
Gaming - VGBA and DrNokSnes are great, though a few bugs irk me
Media - TV shows, movies and music
Email - Now and then
thats basically it a the moment
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2010-07-11
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Joined on Aug 2009
@ Budapest, Hungary
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Originally Posted by crsnwby
I was also annoyed by this.
I use it to answer phone calls. 9 times out of 10 the phone decides to rotate and I press the wrong button....
Solution:
Turn off the automatic rotation for the Phone app.
Mine is set to "Portrait" - it still appears as landscape when the device is open, but it doesn't boher me by trying to rotate when someone calls.
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2010-07-11
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Joined on May 2010
@ Poland, Białystok
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Ebook reader - i read a lot of books on my phone 
FBreader n900 & debian version FTW
torrent downloader - i'm not using n900 torrent clients, but debian transmission client(i find it superb compared to version in extras)
ssh - i'm connecting to my router to reset him or change other stuff
VNC - x11vnc is installed on my n900 so i can remote control it from work
psx4all/DrNokSnes + sixsaxis + tv-out - i love my portable psx/snes console
mplayer + midnight commander - sometimes I like to watch my fav tv shows like Dr House or That 70s Show. Mc is for picking the episodes
Open Office from debian - it's just needed in some situations
Kadu - to webchat with friends
MicroB + Opera Mobile - I use the microB browser when i'm connected to wifi and OM when i change connection to 3g
I think it covers main usage of my n900
FBreader n900 & debian version FTWtorrent downloader - i'm not using n900 torrent clients, but debian transmission client(i find it superb compared to version in extras)
ssh - i'm connecting to my router to reset him or change other stuff
VNC - x11vnc is installed on my n900 so i can remote control it from work
psx4all/DrNokSnes + sixsaxis + tv-out - i love my portable psx/snes console
mplayer + midnight commander - sometimes I like to watch my fav tv shows like Dr House or That 70s Show. Mc is for picking the episodes
Open Office from debian - it's just needed in some situations
Kadu - to webchat with friends
MicroB + Opera Mobile - I use the microB browser when i'm connected to wifi and OM when i change connection to 3g
I think it covers main usage of my n900
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2011-04-12
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@ Bangladesh
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Recently one of my friend asked me "did you bring your laptop with you ?". I replied "Why". He said "I need to transfer some stuffs from one of mmc to another". I replied "Sure, just give it to me". Then I did the job with my N900 and he said "Last time I saw your laptop so large. Is it on dieting lolz?".
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2011-04-12
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@ Austria
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Its "just" a replacement for my laptop 
except software development...thats too hard on the little keyboard.
except software development...thats too hard on the little keyboard.
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- use ssh to remote control my house music controller (which happens to be a Mac with iTunes)
- use GPS and eCoach to protocol biking, walking and shopping tours and upload instantly to www.heiaheia.com
- use other GPS software (Maep, Mappero, scanWIFI, GPSlog, etc.
- use FM Radio receiver
- share photos and videos to Ovi Share
and soon I hope to use Carman to read out the internals of my car via the OBD-II bus and Bluetooth...