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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyBoy View Post
    im pretty much sold by this but im slightly put off by the fact i can find nothing about how easy it is to send sms / make calls. anyone got any info / pics / vids?
    Info's very thin on the ground - should be more within a fortnight

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    Info's very thin on the ground - should be more within a fortnight
    saying that I saw a video which showed some texting, it looked the same as google talk on the device which i think looks pretty cool

    my contract with o2 runs out in a month, im getting excited about this phone now

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    My N73 is nearly 3 years old. Might get one of these once the price comes down.
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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    I ended up pre-ordering this last night, should be here mid month, hopefully i get on with it or it'll be a very expensive mistake lol

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyBoy View Post
    I ended up pre-ordering this last night, should be here mid month, hopefully i get on with it or it'll be a very expensive mistake lol
    Where did you pre-order it from pal?

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    BTW no MMS on the phone. Plus some phone type features cannot be done in portrait mode. Apparently this will be rectified in Maemo 6. Plus the battery life isn't as good I hear.

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    Quote Originally Posted by Stringent View Post
    BTW no MMS on the phone. Plus some phone type features cannot be done in portrait mode. Apparently this will be rectified in Maemo 6. Plus the battery life isn't as good I hear.
    There's often a missing feature or catch that Nokia promise to add in the next model. Hopefully, if Maemo is as open as the above comments suggest, this will only be a temporary set back.

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    Quote Originally Posted by DannyM View Post
    Where did you pre-order it from pal?
    mobilephonesdirect

    Quote Originally Posted by Stringent View Post
    BTW no MMS on the phone. Plus some phone type features cannot be done in portrait mode. Apparently this will be rectified in Maemo 6. Plus the battery life isn't as good I hear.
    I didnt think the battery would be great, seems to be the thing with these high powered phones, even my n95 8gb only lasts a day, so I charge it every night.

    Quote Originally Posted by =TcQi= View Post
    There's often a missing feature or catch that Nokia promise to add in the next model. Hopefully, if Maemo is as open as the above comments suggest, this will only be a temporary set back.
    thats what I was thinking and hoping

    So maemo 6 is already in the works eh? slightly annoying seeing as the n900 isnt even out yet! makes me feel slightly cheated! unless the n900 is going to be upgradable??

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    doubt it will be upgradable. get a android device. fully upgradable. android 2.0 will be released across all current android devices soon. a testimonial on how brilliant and well thought android is
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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    Quote Originally Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 View Post
    doubt it will be upgradable. get a android device. fully upgradable. android 2.0 will be released across all current android devices soon. a testimonial on how brilliant and well thought android is
    From my understanding it is upgradeable (can't remember where I read this). From doing a quick google I've found that it was possible to upgrade the N800 to the latest OS that came with the N810 so I'd assume the same is possible with the N900. People have also got android and windows 3.1 running on the N810.

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    Quote Originally Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 View Post
    a testimonial on how brilliant and well thought android is
    Android is a wreck, from a technology standpoint. Oh, sure, I have an Android phone, and it's nice, and it's perfectly usable - but being Open, people have the ability to look under the hood - and under the hood, it's a real mess, certainly when it comes to app porting & development

    The N900 is closer to a netbook than anything else, and maemo is a more "real" OS. Although for the life of me I don't know why they opted for Firefox's web engine rather than Webkit (Safari/Chrome)

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    Android is a wreck, from a technology standpoint. Oh, sure, I have an Android phone, and it's nice, and it's perfectly usable - but being Open, people have the ability to look under the hood - and under the hood, it's a real mess, certainly when it comes to app porting & development

    The N900 is closer to a netbook than anything else, and maemo is a more "real" OS. Although for the life of me I don't know why they opted for Firefox's web engine rather than Webkit (Safari/Chrome)
    How is it a wreck? i have looked under the hood as i am a blooming programer and it is a dream to work in for mobile developers. MUCH easier than symbian, J2ME and Objective C

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    Quote Originally Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 View Post
    doubt it will be upgradable. get a android device. fully upgradable. android 2.0 will be released across all current android devices soon. a testimonial on how brilliant and well thought android is
    I VERY nearly did go android and if it carrys on the way it is, i will most likely get an android device at some point in the future, I wanted a hero for months but in the end, it lacked the grunt the n900 has, it wasnt an easy decision though

    once we start getting nice powerful phones with big high res screens that run on android, i'll proberly go that route, saying that lets see how i get on with maemo first! maybe, judging by some of the other comments i'll be able to install android on the n900 sometime

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    Quote Originally Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 View Post
    How is it a wreck? i have looked under the hood as i am a blooming programer and it is a dream to work in for mobile developers. MUCH easier than symbian, J2ME and Objective C
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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    so much for october, i have to now wait until the end of this month to get one >:-(

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    Re: Another October phone - Nokia N900

    was waiting for this but ended up getting a iphone. Guess when i upgrade next Maemo will have had all the bugs ironed out

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