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2010-09-16
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Originally Posted by sophocha
which also shows them how quickly the battery drains
Download a torrent through 'Transmission', while unraring some files, while watching federer playin tennis on justintv, while playing mame games or PS1 emulations, while watching a divx with subtitles, while connected on your plasma tv.......
THAT SHOULD DO IT!
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2010-09-16
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Originally Posted by zaapx
That's actually what I did. I don't talk to much but I use browser/twitter/rss reader apps+lots of other stuff on N900. Although I have an external battery charger(x-pal thingy) I still kinda fear to be out of power on N900 in the situation I need to call or recieve one. Moreover, I find myself in the situations when I go somewhere outside for a short time but need a phone to make a call(for e.g. a shop) and carrying N900 isn't very handy(thou I like N900's weight)
buy a phone and stop making calls on your n900
That's why I have a dumb phone(tiny one so it doesn't take much space and I can put it everywhere).
For N900 I actually bought unlimited data plan. So N900 is now my 2nd PC.
Speaking to the topic, it's your own decision what phone to buy and use. I can't recall when last time I had to speak about things like "look my phone is better/your phone is worse because of bla-bla-bla"...
So I suggest stop bothering about this. If you are happy with it that's enough.
Last edited by qwenjis; 2010-09-16 at 10:44.
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2010-09-16
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Originally Posted by terryowen
I'm not sure I entirely follow you. If I format the data and cache on my phone (basically, reformat the phone's NVRAM containing my info) and then install a clean OS on it (say, Android 2.2), if I avoid logging into Google, I can run it just fine and it works as expected. I even install a bunch of apps without the Android market just fine (I just can't install purchased apps, but that obviously goes without saying). I've actually done this and let it stay that way for a good half a day to see what it's like--and it worked just fine without ANY Google interaction whatsoever. Stability was the least of my any problems I could have even considered.
Don't get me wrong, I like a lot about Android (I have a G1 and even Nitdroid installed) but as recently as a few months back, not logging in to a Google account made your system less stable. Perhaps that has changed post-Donut.
But you can't buy apps from the Android Market unless you have a Google account. I have one, obviously (and a lot of apps that make me happy on Nitdroid) I'm not saying that I don't buy stuff - I do - but I also had an unlocked G1 a year ago that was unusable until I figured out a way to log in with a non-T Mobile account. That didn't endear Android to me. I gather that iPhone is similar when you go the jailbreak path.
That's kind of my point, though. Both Google and Apple have backdoors into devices that make them vulnerable and I don't like that on principle. If I paid for it, I want to use it the way I want to. That (the freedom) doesn't make the N900 a good phone (my G1 still beats every other for reception in my area) but it makes sense to me.
But I had a Beta-Max vcr. ;-) I know that quality never wins in the long run.
Terry
If you intend to use paid apps, you DO need to log in to authorize those purchases, but if you intend to use purely open-sourced apps (like the one I linked to in my last reply to you) or free apps, you don't need the Android Market at all.
If I'm misunderstanding the situation, please let me know. I'll definitely agree that life is much easier if you agree to use Google and the Android Market, though, but you aren't forced to use it to have a usable phone with applications.
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2010-09-16
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#66
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X Terminal + Multitasking + Browser + Videoplayback without conversion
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2010-09-16
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Originally Posted by Jack6428
Terminal + Multitasking + Browser + Videoplaback without conversion... that still describes many Android based PHONES. :P Try again.
X Terminal + Multitasking + Browser + Videoplayback without conversion
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2010-09-16
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Originally Posted by zvogt
Oh, OK. But I suggest you don't install Ubuntu, or things like W$$$$$$, they are too fat.
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=58083
Ubuntu is based on Debian, but it's fat and useless in some cases. So maybe it'd not be a good idea.
Just my opinion.
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2010-09-16
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Originally Posted by AMLJ
But it's not a REAL computer if you can't run Microsoft Office on it, right?
Oh, OK. But I suggest you don't install Ubuntu, or things like W$$$$$$, they are too fat.
Ubuntu is based on Debian, but it's fat and useless in some cases. So maybe it'd not be a good idea.
Just my opinion.
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2010-09-16
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Therefore, the appropriate answer is that you don't have to convince anyone of anything, and you shouldn't even try. You have nothing to prove, you know what the N900 is, if you like it great, if not, great. Let Nokia handle the rest.
Probably a better question to ask is why you feel the need to actively convince people your N900 doesn't fit some broken piece of marketing terminology anyway. : )