Originally Posted by danramos

Or, to look at it another way, NOTHING else can run Maemo for lack of openness in Maemo. We can only hope MeeGo will not fall into this pit.

Originally Posted by gerbick

You are very clueless. I request kindly that you do not address me ever again. My tolerance for puerile behavior is limited to my 8 year old son.

Last I'll address you ever again. Until your next tirade about leaving TMO, toodles.

Originally Posted by ossipena

it surely does smell like FUD in here, does it?
(hint:there is a chinese tablet running maemo...)

Originally Posted by imperiallight

Can you link to this tablet running Maemo 5 please.

Originally Posted by imperiallight

Can you link to this tablet running Maemo 5 please.

Originally Posted by gerbick

You're the one that told me to "shut the **** up" earlier. Talk about childish behavior at your own peril.

I guess I need to throw a childish temper tantrum for you to understand?

Anyway, you've become a total waste of my time. Period. There's nothing personal about it - some people are just a waste of time.

FUD, troll, whatever label that makes your myopia that much more justified and your inability to discuss anything rationally from hereon will be your burden to bear; not mine. Simply put, I will stay out of your way, I kindly request that you do the same.

Show me that you are able to hold an adult conversation, perhaps I will regard you as an adult. Until then, keep tossing out labels and curses. You seem more adept at that than rational thought.

Until then... good day sir. I'm 100% done with you in all regards.

Originally Posted by danramos

Or, to look at it another way, NOTHING else can run Maemo for lack of openness in Maemo. We can only hope MeeGo will not fall into this pit.



I have to disagree there. They're AS configurable, if not more. Let's not forget that Android has been, ironically, more open-sourced than Maemo 5. Certainly, it's been altered and hacked a whole lot more, from the looks of the ROM scene around Android versus development on the N900. Where's all the crazy cool apps that work with that glorious operating system? Not on Maemo 5, it appears. Hell--you have a hard time just getting good MAPPING software, nevermind anything else. But digressing back to "configurable": Take a look around at the modding scene and then try again.



You're clearly behind the curve and haven't really been around much. There are a plethora of already much-more capable and powerful handheld devices. Does your N900 have HDMI out? Does your N900 have wifi-n or at least upgradable to it? Does your N900 have strong CDMA/EVDO grade encryption to keep your phone calls and Internet private? Do you even have a CHOICE in that? How many different models of Maemo 5 devices can you purchase at this time? Are any of them available in a larger tablet form?

Mind you--if you're just comparing to iPhones, you might have something of a point. I wasn't. FUD works both ways, lad.



Full fledged desktop OS like Debian? Yes. At least, in the way you mean it--as full-fledged at the N900 has it, yes. There are many, and even Android tablets can run both at the same time the way N900 can run EasyDebian and Maemo at the same time.

Battery time varies from device to device. My Motorola Droid has some of the best time for a smartphone around. That, and it's extreme durability, were the two reasons why I decided on getting it despite the even faster and more powerful choices around. Nice thing about Maemo's competitors is that there are so gosh darned MANY of them that you're BOUND to find some variation that hits on something you particularly favored.

Overclocking on every one of Maemo's competitor's devices is not only possible, but quite easy and very common--well beyond the 1GHz range. I could technically overclock my Motorola Droid to around 1.2GHz, but I'm a bit too paranoid for that and I like my long battery life.. so I only overclocked up to 800MHz for now.



No, really. Get out more--or at least explore the options a bit so you have a more rounded opinion. Just saying--you can't fight EVERYTHING off as FUD, otherwise you become the FUDster.

The naysayers don't like to acknowledge that. I have said many times that the N900 is not what I recommend to everyone. My wife, for example, would be lost trying to use the N900. But that doesn't mean that the N900 is a piece of garbage. And the unfortunate thing is that people who would really love the N900 are dissuaded from getting it because of that distorted picture.