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DaveP1 is offline DaveP1
2009-12-06 , 22:45
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#81
Originally Posted by sgbirch View Post
Perhaps they were early but most of the critial functions work well. I have no doubt that the other functions you mention will be added with software updates.
In reading these forums (and doing the research everyone keeps harping about) it's hard to come to any conclusion but that the N900 is an unfinished experiment suitable primarily for Linux programmers and tinkerers who have a more reliable cell phone as well.

As a replacement for the N810 and its competitors like the iPod Touch, it kicks a.s.s in every area except price and screen size. However, as a phone with computing capabilities it's nothing special compared to the latest crop of Android phones except that some would argue its OS is more open than Android (although the Android community is working on this just as the Maemo community is working on Maemo improvements.

I am willing to wait to see what a few more months bring. At this point, I would recommend that for most consumers. Promised software updates, especially promised software updates whose contents are not on a published road map but, instead, compiled from rumors and wish lists, are no substitute for distributed code.
 
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2009-12-06 , 22:49
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Originally Posted by DaveP1 View Post
In reading these forums (and doing the research everyone keeps harping about) it's hard to come to any conclusion but that the N900 is an unfinished experiment suitable primarily for Linux programmers and tinkerers who have a more reliable cell phone as well.
Pretty much. For everyone who's not willing to wait and can find an alternative that would work for them (get that other device). For those that can't wait and there's no other alternative like me (to bad your stuck with the N900 for now).

For those who are willing to wait and this is the only alternative then just wait. For those who are willing to wait and there are other alternatives (congrats you have alot of choices).
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2009-12-06 , 23:39
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I just want to ask, if Nokia announced the N900 as the step 4 of 5 in getting Maemo ready for a smartphone so upcoming firmware updates will make it as step 5 of 5
or Maemo 5 will remain in step 4 and only upcoming Nokia device with Maemo 6 will be in step 5 in getting Maemo ready for smartphones?
 
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2009-12-07 , 00:14
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Originally Posted by TAD88 View Post
I just want to ask, if Nokia announced the N900 as the step 4 of 5 in getting Maemo ready for a smartphone so upcoming firmware updates will make it as step 5 of 5
or Maemo 5 will remain in step 4 and only upcoming Nokia device with Maemo 6 will be in step 5 in getting Maemo ready for smartphones?
If the past is prologue, the next generation of Maemo phones will run Maemo 6 and the N900 will have to wait for Mer to upgrade. I would hope that as Nokia moves from phones to phone/computer combinations that this will change as backward compatibility of OSs is much more widespread in the computer side of things.
 
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2009-12-07 , 00:19
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Originally Posted by iJanne View Post
It was not.

N900 is not the flagship phone of Nokia and anyone reading the announcements and interviews around the announcements knows this. It comes from the Internet Tablet lineage. N97 still gets the pole position on the Nokia.com phones list.
Yeah, I didn't think so. But looking forward..the top of the pyramid (see the slide from Capital Market Day presentation) was given to devices running Maemo. If that's really what they intend......elbow grease will be needed.
 
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2009-12-07 , 00:37
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Originally Posted by DaveP1 View Post
In reading these forums (and doing the research everyone keeps harping about) it's hard to come to any conclusion but that the N900 is an unfinished experiment suitable primarily for Linux programmers and tinkerers who have a more reliable cell phone as well.
Your list is not large enough. You left out enthusiasts, general IT practitioners, advanced business users...
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2009-12-07 , 01:03
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Yeah, I'm a programmer but for me Linux is not a goal but a necessarily evil. Well, not evil but certainly not what I wish to spend my hours trying to configure.

I feel enthusiast and general IT practitioners fits me better.
I buy the N900 because it's the most powerful tool of it's kind.

Had the N900 waited a few months longer, I would have jumped the Android wagon. I am not convinced that in the long run, Maemo will be better than Android. But I am already on Maemo, and willing to give it a chance in this generation. Knowing perfectly well that as a phone, it will be lacking.

I hope Maemo.org will fill some of the holes there.

I also know that tens of thousands of people will buy the N900 the next months, not knowing that it is a bit behind on phone centric functionality. And they will come here. In anger. And the core users from olden ages, they may not like that any much.

It is just possible that the "google dev phone" was a bit better at telling it's potential buyers exactly what it was, than the N900. Which claims to be a phone, and moar.
 

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2009-12-07 , 01:38
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yea but 1. there is a such thing as return policy if you don't like it and 2. you really don't have to buy the n900.

Yes the features are left out but unfortunately thats the reality of things just got to deal with it. Me myself im anxious for the new firmwares to come out but buying this i knew what i was getting myself into.
 
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2009-12-07 , 12:45
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Oh, I really think I have to buy it now :B
 
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2009-12-07 , 22:14
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
Your list is not large enough. You left out enthusiasts, general IT practitioners, advanced business users...
I would argue that non-Linux enthusiasts won't find anything special about the N900 versus the latest crop of Android computers. Non-Linux IT practitioners would be better off with a UMPC Windows computer. Advanced business users would be poorly served by the current business functionality of the N900, especially in the PDA area.

This could change over time, starting with the rumored feature upgrade to the OS (rumored because I haven't seen an official announcement as to when it will be released or what ti will include). It could also change as the development community releases more apps to the platform. I would still recommend that your additional users take a wait and see attitude.
 
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