Active Topics
-
The N900 is now 15 years old! (9)
to Nokia N900 by Arno_11 - 9 hrs, 11 mins ago -
Sailfish OS for the Motorola Moto G7 Power (XT1955-5) - (ocean) (4)
to SailfishOS by Maemish - 5 days, 21 hrs ago - more...
 |
|
2009-05-27
, 01:43
|
|
Posts: 610 |
Thanked: 391 times |
Joined on Feb 2006
@ DC, USA
|
#512
|
Originally Posted by Texrat
I still say the website should be MaemoCommunity.org. Better yet, this forum should still be ITT and not associated with this phone.org.
Ahhh... and now you enter the realm of confusion resulting from the singular OS and the broader community having the same name.
,,,but with differing capitalization!
| The Following User Says Thank You to mullf For This Useful Post: | ||
 |
|
2009-05-27
, 01:58
|
|
Posts: 11,700 |
Thanked: 10,045 times |
Joined on Jun 2006
@ North Texas, USA
|
#513
|
I was thinking rename it mermo.org...
__________________
Nokia Developer Champion
Different <> Wrong | Listen - Judgment = Progress | People + Trust = Success
My personal site: http://texrat.net
Nokia Developer Champion
Different <> Wrong | Listen - Judgment = Progress | People + Trust = Success
My personal site: http://texrat.net
| The Following User Says Thank You to Texrat For This Useful Post: | ||
|
|
2009-05-27
, 02:04
|
|
Posts: 4,556 |
Thanked: 1,624 times |
Joined on Dec 2007
|
#514
|
Originally Posted by prk60091
It looks like neither will be for me. It'll be Android + tethering to my n800 (running Mer in the future). And if it's indifference that Nokia feels towards us then I'm more then happy to direct people who ask me about my tablet away from Nokia.
i think you have nailed the point. ... with palm trying to get the jump on the next iphone nokia had to try to get the jump on both so as to keep in the news cycle.. now there will be news story comparisons between the palm/iphone/&nokia which will get the buzz up and hopefully drive sales
obviously the 900# gorilla is apple and the iphone and everyone is trying to catch up
i do not hold out much hope for palm or nokia
anybody wanna buy a used n810?
__________________
Originally Posted by ysss
They're maemo and MeeGo...
"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...
 |
|
2009-05-27
, 02:04
|
|
Posts: 2,869 |
Thanked: 1,784 times |
Joined on Feb 2007
@ Po' Bo'. PA
|
#515
|
Originally Posted by aikon800
Ya know, you might be on to something.
It seems to me that the only reason Nokia allegedly / un-allgedly released this information of the N900 is to compete with the next gen iPhone which might be due in July according to several rumors and leaked specs. Knowing that the N97 might come short for competing with the next gen iphone, pre etc, they released this(N900?). A Nokia "Move" to stay in the game. The internet tablet in not that important yet so now. So they will patiently release the real tablet when they have fully compromised with The Maemo community.
Some of us were looking at this as competing with the iPhone and the Pre in the N. American market and we were not very optimistic regarding those prospects.
Perhaps the intent is not so much to gain N. American market share. Its intro into this market now may help prevent or reduce erosion of world market share by the iPhone and the Pre later on...
Weaken them here and now over a market Nokia does not have a significant share in or, fight one of them later when they are much stronger over a share of a market Nokia is already established in.
|
|
2009-05-27
, 02:28
|
|
Posts: 51 |
Thanked: 22 times |
Joined on Jul 2007
@ Seattle
|
#516
|
Originally Posted by lma
Is Claudio Saavedra (at igalia.com) a Nokia employee who has used the new device(s)?
It doesn't look like they have [removed copy-paste], according to this maemo-developers post
Or a dev suggesting something that works on the current hardware and at the time could have reasonably been assumed to work on new hardware?
If the second case, then Claudio could be wrong about there being arrow keys.
Text selection would be in addition to the other things crippled by a lack of arrow keys of course - I even have a hard time imagining how to do basic text entry/editing on such a device... I change things around and change wording paragraphs back all the time whenever I write anything. (and the lack of stylus would make click-to-position-the-cursor unusable)
I really hope we are all just missing something. I repeat my request for clarification on the matter.
| The Following User Says Thank You to davidgro For This Useful Post: | ||
 |
|
2009-05-27
, 02:29
|
|
Posts: 1,878 |
Thanked: 646 times |
Joined on Sep 2007
@ San Jose, CA
|
#517
|
Originally Posted by Laughing Man
Unfortunately the only "tethering" that Android does right now is USB based, and only works with Windows clients. (I put that in quotes because it's not real tethering, it's a sort of specialized proxy program)
It looks like neither will be for me. It'll be Android + tethering to my n800 (running Mer in the future).
(unless you're doing something special via rooting, but I don't count that)
__________________
My Personal Blog
My Personal Blog
|
|
2009-05-27
, 02:42
|
|
Posts: 398 |
Thanked: 301 times |
Joined on Sep 2007
@ Texas
|
#518
|
Wow, what a thread.
Some thoughts I haven't seen contributed so far, although I admit to skimming the 52 (!) pages.
I read books on my Treo 700p, quite happily. My kids watch videos on it as well, quite happily.
Someone needs to tell Amazon that the iphone/itouch is too small to be an ebook reader before they release a reader for it and it becomes wildly popular (oops, too late).
And also mention to Apple that watching movies on a small screen (ipod video, iphone/itouch) is not worthwhile. Again, too late.
I'm not saying that I would prefer a smaller screen (I love my N810) but I also don't think that a smaller screen is useless.
Frank
Some thoughts I haven't seen contributed so far, although I admit to skimming the 52 (!) pages.
I read books on my Treo 700p, quite happily. My kids watch videos on it as well, quite happily.
Someone needs to tell Amazon that the iphone/itouch is too small to be an ebook reader before they release a reader for it and it becomes wildly popular (oops, too late).
And also mention to Apple that watching movies on a small screen (ipod video, iphone/itouch) is not worthwhile. Again, too late.
I'm not saying that I would prefer a smaller screen (I love my N810) but I also don't think that a smaller screen is useless.
Frank
| The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Frank Banul For This Useful Post: | ||
 |
|
2009-05-27
, 02:56
|
|
Posts: 4,930 |
Thanked: 2,272 times |
Joined on Oct 2007
|
#519
|
Originally Posted by johnkzin
I'm pretty sure the policy is 90 days, although I understand it's quite common for them to unlock it at practically any age if you ask nicely. But I'll be surprised if you can't buy it unlocked straight from Nokia.
As for being locked, after some period (3 months? 6? 9?) you can get your phone unlocked, as well. Assuming you don't find an unlockng service that can do it sooner.
Originally Posted by Matan
People keep saying this, and yet dozens of JDM phones have 800x480 or higher on 3.5" or lower screens. It must make some sense to them...
Actually, this is probably the reason for keeping the 800x480 resolution, even though it makes little sense on a little screen.
Originally Posted by totololo
The picture is either out-of-date, a fake, or both. Everyone knows that, right?
...
AM I THE ONLY ONE TO THINK THAT THIS PICTURE IS A FAKE ?
...
In this case, everybody here would be whining for ... nothing ...
Originally Posted by Matan
Nothing major. Just that Apple would then know the rumor-pieces about a 4.2" tablet before Christmas were true, and would do what it takes to get its perpetually rumored iPad/iTablet/iWhatever launched before then, to steal Nokia's marketshare. Is it likely that Apple is working on that, would currently launch after Nokia's new entry, but would beat it if given this statement? Not very likely, no. Possible, and harmful enough to make up for its low probability? I think so.
As long as there is a tablet, I am happy.
I wonder what kind of damage to Nokia would have happened if instead of explaining to us why we really do want a small screen someone from Nokia (qgil, peter@maemo, etc.) said "there will be a tablet".
__________________
World's first inductively-charged N900!
World's first inductively-charged N900!
|
|
2009-05-27
, 03:13
|
|
Posts: 2,802 |
Thanked: 4,491 times |
Joined on Nov 2007
|
#520
|
Originally Posted by davidgro
Igalia are (among other things) co-developing modest and writing the Hildon Human Interface Guidelines. It would be reasonable to assume that Nokia isn't keeping them in the dark and has provided the necessary info required in order to do these jobs (available controls etc), if not actual devices.
Is Claudio Saavedra (at igalia.com) a Nokia employee who has used the new device(s)?
Or a dev suggesting something that works on the current hardware and at the time could have reasonably been assumed to work on new hardware?
| The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to lma For This Useful Post: | ||
 |
| Tags |
| disapointed by nokia, dpad, maemo phone, my tablet is crying, n900, nokia gets it wrong, openmoko, rover, rx-51, rx-71 needed, screen size, smartphone, t-mobile |
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 02:53.
,,,but with differing capitalization!
Nokia Developer Champion
Different <> Wrong | Listen - Judgment = Progress | People + Trust = Success
My personal site: http://texrat.net