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Originally Posted by Megacrazy View Post
Nice sci fi story. I like the parts above the best.

Everyone knows iPhone people are never impressed with other phones.

The beauty of calendar sync? Talk about 80's tech
Believe what you will. One of the guys at work here is ready to sell his iphone now and pick up the N900. He even JUST bought the new 3G iphone.

John P xxxxx/IT... (9:07 AM) did you get it off amazon?
Sean D xxxxxxx... (9:07 AM) nokiausa.com
Sean D xxxxxxx... (9:07 AM) amazon out of stock
John P xxxxx/IT... (9:08 AM) hmm
John P xxxxx/IT... (9:08 AM) yeah i cant do it
John P xxxxx/IT... (9:08 AM) i just got this iphone
John P xxxxx/IT... (9:08 AM) i'll wait haha
 
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#442
hey whats wrong about the 80's i love that era. You better so watch your mouth!


 

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#443
Originally Posted by Megacrazy View Post
Nice sci fi story. I like the parts above the best.

Everyone knows iPhone people are never impressed with other phones.

The beauty of calendar sync? Talk about 80's tech
Depends on the type of iphone user. vain self absorbed iphone users, No. Geeky, iphone users, yes.
 
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Man it just sounds like you now start work as soon as you wake up!
Give it 3 months and your employers will be taking it for granted
 
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Originally Posted by spanner View Post
So how's the keyboard for this kind of usage? I mean pipe symbol, esc key (e.g. vim), curly & square braces etcetera...

I'm assuming this is all a bit too awkward for casual use, right? emergencies only?
I have a bluetooth keyboard that folds up for those situations. I'm not writing code on it or anything, it'd be a nightmare to do so. I keep the bluetooth keyboard in my Jeep console so if it gets that bad and I'm out somewhere where I really got to hack around on it, I'll just fire it up and off I go.
 

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Originally Posted by paz101 View Post
can you give a few examples of whats lackin in the phone?
1: MMS (it's a very useful feature & in my case I get them from my girlfriend, so I'd expect it to have it)

2: Portrait (there'll be some portrait coming soon, but not enough for me & the day-to-day end-user)

3: It lacks phone functionalities, which normal users look for now a days. So Nokia failed at that aspect, it's just a better N810

4: No Navigator and stand-alone number keys which makes the physical full QWERTY keyboard less usable.

5: Reduced screen size comparing with N810 and the battery is a lot bit too small for this kind device.

6: Lack of Capacitive screen + with multitouch (it's a step back in technology, at least to the normal users)

Over-all, the device is a powerful machine, but it just doesn't bring it to todays expectations. The freedom + power isn't enough to sell to those people who expect more phone-power (yes, I know, phone second, etc, etc....still disappointing for most people looking for an all-in-one device)
I'd only recommend it to techies.
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Originally Posted by God View Post
I'm glad that someone is really happy about it.

But most users don't lead a life like you, so all those features are irrelevant to them. There's too much missing on this phone. It needs to adopt the regular day-to-day features.
He did say from an IT Professional.

Great story. Really nice to hear how you can really push this device.
 

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#448
Originally Posted by spanner View Post
So how's the keyboard for this kind of usage? I mean pipe symbol, esc key (e.g. vim), curly & square braces etcetera...

I'm assuming this is all a bit too awkward for casual use, right? emergencies only?
It's not too bad. And there are ctrl,alt, esc and a few other control buttons on the bottom of vi on the touchscreen. I found it somewhat of a hassle to press ctrl+a to switch windows with screen. The two keys are too close together.

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Well I've NEVER listened to music heavily on phones, or given a **** about pictures and facebook and all that crap.

I call that stuff "Sheepware", stuff that everyone does which to me is a waste of time. If a phone can't vpn, ssh, telnet, ping, df, ls, vi, |, <, >, then I don't want it.

Which means I've never wanted a phone until now.
 

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#450
Originally Posted by rcs1000 View Post
If you are a geek: there is no better phone. I showed mine last night to a friend who runs a software company. He went straight to the command line, typed 'vi', and then offered me £600 for my phone :-)

I don't know vi - but I still love it.
Exactly - They can have my command line when they pry it from my cold dead fingers.

@OP: Thanks for reminding me what its like to be an admin again instead of a code jockey. I need to get back to it.
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