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2009-10-10
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Originally Posted by benny1967
It's so very easy to tell that you haven't ever had your hands on it, Benny. So crystal clear.
The N900 has "compromise" written all over it
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2009-10-10
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Originally Posted by Hogwash
My first ever PC was a Cyrix 6x86 (back in the nineties, with a turbo button) with RedHat 4 operating system. I've ever since been a Linux man to the core and let me say that the N900 is probably the best thing since spliced bread for me
Do those of us that compiled 0.1 linux and booted it from a floppy on a 25Mhz 386 (with a TURBO BUTTON - remember those?) get a nostalgia award
Although my memories go way back further than that, it has been most fascinating to me to be involved with the evolution of linux from day 1...all the way through to Maemo. That's why I'm so fired up about Maemo...it has such potential to be a significant factor in the 'convergence' of computing technology.
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2009-10-10
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Products become well known when people link them to important things they already have in their minds. When you pick a nonsense word, you are voluntarily picking the hardest thing to publicize, because it has no guaranteed mindshare to start with. Congrats, Maemo, you picked the maximum challenge!
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2009-10-11
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Originally Posted by zerojay
I don't have healing hands, if that's what you mean.
It's so very easy to tell that you haven't ever had your hands on it, Benny. So crystal clear.
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2009-10-11
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Originally Posted by geneven
All of these technical words had to be invented. Netbook sure wasn't a part of the mindshare but they seem to be doing well enough.
Products become well known when people link them to important things they already have in their minds. When you pick a nonsense word, you are voluntarily picking the hardest thing to publicize, because it has no guaranteed mindshare to start with. Congrats, Maemo, you picked the maximum challenge!
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2009-10-11
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
Yes but:
All of these technical words had to be invented. Netbook sure wasn't a part of the mindshare but they seem to be doing well enough.
Net = internet
Book = notebook = laptop
so its a laptop for the internet..
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Originally Posted by Thesandlord
and:
Yes but:
Mobile = pocketable device to use on the go
Computer = computer
So, it's a computer in your pocket. . . .
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2009-10-11
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Originally Posted by Paxicide
how about you kill yourself lol. Yeah im one of those band wagon guys.
I think one day I am going to tell people "I was maemo when maemo wasn't cool..."
...maemo may be the next big thing in the mobile world, and much less community feel with all the potential "fanboys" that may hop on the bandwagon, and perhaps then I may not even like to hang out at maemo.org anymore. Nevertheless, that idea went through my head when I started reading articles today like this and this...
When these articles says things like "the door remains open for new OS entrants, predicting that Nokia's Linux-based Maemo platform is a strong contender to feature in future smartphones" it makes me ponder the huge potential of maemo.
It is funny to me, and at the same time kind of scary, to see that people are expecting such big things from meamo, and for Nokia's future in the North American market. Consequently, I hope Nokia doesn't "nokia" this one up like the N97.
So one day when my friends are just trying out a new maemo device for the first time because they want to be cool and involved in an open source community--- I can say yea...I know...I was there before it all happened...
Now if I could get a meamo.org 2009 summit shirt to prove it!!
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2009-10-11
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby
If it was only added to the mix it was OK. The problem is that cellular took over.
Lobbying by telcos ended that, and so cellular has been added to the mix.
Although my memories go way back further than that, it has been most fascinating to me to be involved with the evolution of linux from day 1...all the way through to Maemo. That's why I'm so fired up about Maemo...it has such potential to be a significant factor in the 'convergence' of computing technology.