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I believe you can exit out of applications in the multi-task view (the expose/scale like view that shows all windows). But it's hard to hit a tiny X in that view.
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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...
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2009-12-02
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Nokia N900 is a mobile computer. Those expecting it to have consumer-smartphone features will be disappoined because Nokia said from the get-go it would not have all of that - Maemo 6 will be the earliest targeted at the smartphone market. This one is a mobile computer with phone functionality, not the other way around.
I can see this fact irritates some people, but it is still a fact. Sure, Nokia is late with a Maemo smartphone, but what N900 is and was always supposed to be is a mobile computer. Next round was announced to be ready for smartphone use.
Of course, hopefully N900 will get more and more features as times goes by and Maemo matures, but N900 was launched as it was announced - no question about it. Some ignorant people (and Nokia salespeople too for sure) just mud the issue.
Anyone in doubt should check the N900 spec sheet from Nokia:
http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/
They don't even mention the phone other than in the small print...
And before anyone goes "but they list it under phones" on their website, well they do and that's stupid (while not techically incorrect since the N900 does have phone capabilities), because they also list the N810 there which has no GSM/3G module.
I can see this fact irritates some people, but it is still a fact. Sure, Nokia is late with a Maemo smartphone, but what N900 is and was always supposed to be is a mobile computer. Next round was announced to be ready for smartphone use.
Of course, hopefully N900 will get more and more features as times goes by and Maemo matures, but N900 was launched as it was announced - no question about it. Some ignorant people (and Nokia salespeople too for sure) just mud the issue.
Anyone in doubt should check the N900 spec sheet from Nokia:
http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/
They don't even mention the phone other than in the small print...
And before anyone goes "but they list it under phones" on their website, well they do and that's stupid (while not techically incorrect since the N900 does have phone capabilities), because they also list the N810 there which has no GSM/3G module.
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Originally Posted by Laughingstok
There's a commercial in there somewhere. Texrat and I have been on the same page here; even though I believe the evolution of Maemo could cause Apple some problems, the professional scenarios like you've described could certainly perform a RIM job.
"Alright guys, just call me if you need anything else.."
"Thanks Sean.."
*sound of fumbling and struggling*
*click*
haha
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2009-12-02
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Originally Posted by Texrat
I think the idea of the N900 is that is can be both, depending on the user and how it is treated (this is, of course, assuming future firmware updated fix the issues most common mentioned).
Laughingstock, you bring up a very good point.
Blackberries are more the target for N900 aspirations than iPhones. If the N900 can gain corporate interest and then adoption, local IT staff can insulate average users from the device complexities.
The N900 is more of a step up from Blackberries than iPhones. This thread just drove that home for me.
It has a good camera, good media player, interface, etc. If a user don't want to go further, then that's it.
If a user wants to dig deeper as the OP did... then more power to them.
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Hola! Soy un Guía de Maemo!.
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Originally Posted by daperl
I have a techie commercial in mind. User A with crap-phone is struggling in his day job, user B (the OP) comes in and does what he wrote in the first post to the utter amazement of the other guy. User A looks at him and User B says "It's Maemo".
There's a commercial in there somewhere. Texrat and I have been on the same page here; even though I believe the evolution of Maemo could cause Apple some problems, the professional scenarios like you've described could certainly perform a RIM job.
Cue Nokia logo and fade to black.
(So basically everytime the N900 does something amazing you just explain with the "It's Maemo" line).
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Originally Posted by Laughingstok
Very very cool, but I could do this 10 years ago with a Ericsson 888 mobile phone and a Psion 5MX. dial into the work network and telnet onto the unix boxes. Granted it was 2 boxes not 1.
Get called at 5:30 AM this morning to fix a WebLogic problem we were having. So I answer my phone, tell the operators I'll take care of the issue and hang up.
Flip open the phone, click on my quick link to VPNC which I have loaded my .pcf file onto from my work laptop, and quickly connect to my works VPN.
Once there, I open up my terminal and ssh to the adminstrative AIX box where I have written some scripts to automate a lot of my Weblogic administration tasks.
I connect to the AIX box, fire off my script, watch as the problem resolves itself, and go back to bed for a bit.
The phone alarm kicks off at 7:20 AM. I get up, take a shower, head to work.
Sit down, link up my phone to the USB adapter connected to my laptop, and sync all my calendar information in Lotus Notes. Meanwhile I check my personal Gmail email, fire up the radio and listen to my morning radio show via headphones.
For fun, I connect my phone into work on the VPN again and open up VNC viewer to connect to my primary LDAP machine which runs on Linux, and I have KDE running on it. So I login to it with VNC Viewer on my phone and play around just because I can and show some friends at work.
It's all a bit more difficult now, as our vpn, and wifi network at work are locked down for approved Windows devices only. Still my N810 will do the same trick into my home network to admin my mythtv box, and that's really mission critical!!
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Our environment is also "locked" down to "approved" devices only, but no one argues with me. I even showed our firewall guy who laughed and said, "Ah man, that's one of our IP's you're looking at, don't show me that.." and just grinned.
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If you don't know how to check your N900's uptime, you probably shouldn't own it.
If you don't know how to check your N900's uptime, you probably shouldn't own it.
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Originally Posted by HangLoose
Not very luck with the ladies? What the hell :S
Boy, you guys are giving me free entertainment...
First of all "God", thanks for the brain link. Was this the place that you found yours? If so I will pass... Your signature gives me bad vibes about your intelligence. (and its not funny)
Didnt know that you needed this "extensive review" to make up your mind... good for you man.
@DaveP1 I didnt say that no one should criticize the device either what I said is that there are PLACES to make constructive criticism in form of bug reports or whatever... And yes, the "I am very happy with my N900 cos..." should also not be posted either. Otherwise, this forum will be just "reviews" and "rants".
And useless posts like "God"'s. Have you met him? Funny guy, not very lucky with da l4dies though.
Have you recently put your intelligence to test? Instead of writing utter nonsense & irrelevance on this forum? lolit!
You seem to be up N900's *** for no rhyme or reason? Being a fact that the N900 is suffering childhood syndromes & has more faults than your face, I think it's very good that people post about their experience. I guess you're just a bit gutted at the fact that Nokia sorta played you...but hey, you can just queue up with all the rest of naive N900 adopters. ;}!!!!!!!
It's a shame that not even God likes you.
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How come wrong numbers are never busy?
How come wrong numbers are never busy?
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Originally Posted by mrojas
I know I'm being picky, but Nokia will only be half of the success story here. The OpenSSH apps that the OP is using are not supplied by Nokia. 99% of my tablet usage is with apps that Nokia doesn't supply. It's an important point because the community can supply fixes down to the kernel level. I could be wrong, but I'm not even sure Android can say that.
(this is, of course, assuming future firmware updated fix the issues most common mentioned).
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An easy hang-up button, either using the power button as a hang up button when talking or whatever.. I was just on a conference call with the phone and it worked brilliantly. At the same time I received two SMS messages from my wife which I was able to reply to real time because I had the phone on speaker. When it was time to hang up, I had to fumble around to get back to the phone app so I could hang up.
Probably sounded funny to the others on the call.
"Alright guys, just call me if you need anything else.."
"Thanks Sean.."
*sound of fumbling and struggling*
*click*
haha
If you don't know how to check your N900's uptime, you probably shouldn't own it.