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2009-11-26
, 23:01
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#22
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Originally Posted by jcompagner
Apples to oranges, since Droid is a great smartphone and N900 is a great pocket PC with phone function. I also do not see the Flash performance on Droid being better than the N900 and even if it is, it will be at least eight months to see. Android is app and resource hungry.
nice review, i do like to know why do you prefer N900 above the droid?
Did you already enable just the Maemo extras catalog in the app manager? That one should be just fine. I also added extras testing so i dont know anymore what comes from where..
Even when you disable apps in Android 2.0, they STILL come back without prompting them to. I can tell when playing some of the game emulators when it happens. The games will get a little stuttery, I will go to task manager, and multiple apps are "magically" reloaded. The G1 does not do this, so it must be something to do with Droid and 2.0.
Had the N900 been a weak device, I may have considered dumping Tmo and going to Verizon for Droid, but:
$400 Tmo contract out (people were getting the new monthly plans to get out of this, but apparently Tmo has caught on)
$105 activation for three phones
$20 more per month
$212 for Droid
Going to Droid would be a higher investment and I would not get to experience a new platform for a device. IMO, Android reminds me too much of "big brother".
Last edited by Rushmore; 2009-11-26 at 23:07.
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2009-11-26
, 23:03
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@ Bremen, Germany
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#23
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Originally Posted by Rushmore
ah ok, thanks. i didnt know you can download maps with ovi.
It downloads the maps to the internal memory. Hefty. Google amps in browser IMO is a better option with Edge or better connection.
Originally Posted by w00t
well, obviously, you download maps when you're at home on your wlan, before leaving home
I'd not want to use that while roaming. You'd have to be ****ing insane
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2009-11-26
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@ Espoo
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#24
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Yep, very fair review, apart from the fact that the 2GB download is ALL the map data for North America i think. It is the same data set for both Ovi Maps 3 (which is what you have on S60) and the Maemo version.
The upside of having the map data on the device is that if you are somewhere with no data connection you can still use the maps (which you can't do with Google Maps!)
Look at the Maemo version and look at the online version and you will see they have a very similar UI, which is different from Ovi Maps 3.x UI.
Oh, and good tip is to use a crdit card of similar to take the back cover off (top tip from Maemo summit).
The upside of having the map data on the device is that if you are somewhere with no data connection you can still use the maps (which you can't do with Google Maps!)
Look at the Maemo version and look at the online version and you will see they have a very similar UI, which is different from Ovi Maps 3.x UI.
Oh, and good tip is to use a crdit card of similar to take the back cover off (top tip from Maemo summit).
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2009-11-27
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@ Oxford, UK
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#25
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Originally Posted by ymb
Unfortunately with no data connection it appears the AGPS does not work.
The upside of having the map data on the device is that if you are somewhere with no data connection you can still use the maps (which you can't do with Google Maps!)
It's not clear if that's a bug or by design, and if it's bug, whether it will get fixed.
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2009-11-27
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@ Fremantle, W. Australia
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#26
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Useful review, thanks. No surprise on the maps. I found maps on Symbian and on Maemo 2008 both awful, at least using Australian maps, compared to Google or tomtom etc. I hope we will see "Maemo Mapper" ported to maemo-5, but dream of a native google-maps app.
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2009-11-27
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#27
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Originally Posted by ymb
Good point, just a little shock since expecting more room for mp3's and game roms
Yep, very fair review, apart from the fact that the 2GB download is ALL the map data for North America i think. It is the same data set for both Ovi Maps 3 (which is what you have on S60) and the Maemo version.
The upside of having the map data on the device is that if you are somewhere with no data connection you can still use the maps (which you can't do with Google Maps!)
Look at the Maemo version and lo
ok at the online version and you will see they have a very similar UI, which is different from Ovi Maps 3.x UI.
Oh, and good tip is to use a crdit card of similar to take the back cover off (top tip from Maemo summit).
I will use a 16gb card for videos.
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2009-11-27
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#28
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Originally Posted by Rushmore
Xoulls someone please tell me how to do this?
Web experience:
Wow. After changing the buffer to 40mb, standard def Flash plays smoothly and the audio sounds good too- even when embedded on the page. I used Google video as my source, since you can access many Flash sites from there- even the more "jiggly" ones
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2009-11-27
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#29
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Originally Posted by maemojedi
1. Open browser
Xoulls someone please tell me how to do this?
2. Click bottom right corner arrow so status bar is visible.
3. Go to middle of status bar and click middle screen area where little blue triangle is.
4. Go to settings
5. First option is "memory cache size". Adjust to 40
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2009-11-27
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#30
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thank you so much rushmore
I was starting to think that newbies like myself were set to ignore by everyone else.
I am new to linux/maemo so again.
Thank you
I was starting to think that newbies like myself were set to ignore by everyone else.
I am new to linux/maemo so again.
Thank you
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