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Alpha Trion
Joined: Sep 06, 2007
Posts: 197
From: Midlands UK
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Cheers whizkidd, some good points made there.
The last few days i've been reading heavily about Maemo 5 & the N900 & despite the weight (180g) i'm actually really liking what i see here. I know i mentioned earlier that i was a bit dubious of perhaps being an 'early adopter' but out of the box i think this OS offers more or less exactly what i'm after. Full flash 9.4 playback in the browser. full HTML emails, firmware updates over the air & a trusted and frequent supplier of support & software progression in Nokia (something i'm still less than 100% convinced by with Samsung) to name a few key points.
Hardware wise i think the N900 has a good spec & more or less would do eveything the Omnia HD can do (- camera of course). At the moment the Omnia HD is still right up there for me as a next device but i think the N900 might have just crept into the lead based on the videos/pics i've been seeing regarding the OS & its speed & responsivness. |
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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If i had the dosh id get the N97, OmniaHD and N900   ...........back to earth.
Checkout the apps already available for Maemo: http://maemo.org/ over 300 as far as i know.N900 is going to be quite a machine. 
Phone: iPhone 15 Pro Max Black Ti 512GB
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Watch: Series 3 Nike Edition Space Gray
Droid: Huawei Mate 40 Pro 256GB |
Alpha Trion
Joined: Sep 06, 2007
Posts: 197
From: Midlands UK
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Cheers for the link GUCCI, just spent some time flicking through the various apps. Some look very impressive & actually very usefull (unlike the hoards of gimmicky iphone apps out there) I don't think for one minute that any manufacturer or OS developer will catch apple & thier app store anytime soon in the next few years but its good to see that Maemo is actually more established & more supported than I thought it was |
Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-maemo5-en.shtml
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Watch: Series 3 Nike Edition Space Gray
Droid: Huawei Mate 40 Pro 256GB |
Alpha Trion
Joined: Sep 06, 2007
Posts: 197
From: Midlands UK
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Reading that review.....
"The N900 has 2Gb reserved for user applications (as opposed to 90Mb in earlier firmware versions)."
Maemo & N900 sounding better & better |
Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Indeed i just hope they solve the whole Portrait view of applications soon,but otherwise WOW  this is going to be a whole new type of device.
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Tablet: iPad Pro 11” 2020 Space Gray 256GB
Watch: Series 3 Nike Edition Space Gray
Droid: Huawei Mate 40 Pro 256GB |
TimeKiller
Joined: Apr 20, 2008
Posts: 46
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Phone OS ?
Windows Mobile ONLY - everything else is a joke ! (I mean up to WM 6.x - from what I've seen anonced on WMC about Widows Phone 7 series - it may become a step backward ...) |
NightBlade
Joined: Jul 29, 2007
Posts: > 500
From: Nessebar, Bulgaria
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Yes, that's a very nice joke itself. WM6 is a joke in terms of usability. And if you don't have proper usability, I'm sorry, but no matter how good the other features are, the OS will fundamentally suck.
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Raiderski
Joined: Jul 03, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Poland, Hell, Mountains
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the future belongs to open source sytems, there's no place for WM7 which is a huge step backward. iPhoneOS is most attractive for developers because of many reasons but the future is very bright for Android. I would like to move from iPhone development to Android. I don't know what will happen with Symbian, looks like the best years are gone and nothing better is waiting for this OS. Bada from Samsung will be a niche system
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