Re:N900/Maemo 5 review

In Italian - http://rafanto.net/anteprima-nokia-n900-rx-51-con-maemo-5/

Sincerely,
rafanto

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm sure all of you are eager to look at the newest N900. Here is the
> first review of the device by Eldar Murtazin, Russian mobile
> columnist.
>
> In English - http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-rx51-n900-en.shtml
> Russian version - http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-rx51-n900.shtml
>
> Enjoy ;)
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Eugene
>

I have to say, I'm pretty excited about the N900. That looks like Canola in
the pictures. If they integrated that into the base system, the Maemo team
did a very smart thing there.

Looking forward to hearing more about it from Nokia World.announcements.

K

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Antonio Di Cello
<antoniodicello@libero.it>wrote:

>
>
> In Italian - http://rafanto.net/anteprima-nokia-n900-rx-51-con-maemo-5/
>
> Sincerely,
> rafanto
>
> > Hi everyone!
> >
> > I'm sure all of you are eager to look at the newest N900. Here is the
> > first review of the device by Eldar Murtazin, Russian mobile
> > columnist.
> >
> > In English -
> http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-rx51-n900-en.shtml
> > Russian version -
> http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-rx51-n900.shtml
> >
> > Enjoy ;)
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> > Eugene
> > _______________________________________________
> > maemo-users mailing list
> > maemo-users@maemo.org
> > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
> >
>
>



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Em 20-08-2009 14:32, Kevin T. Neely escreveu:
> I have to say, I'm pretty excited about the N900. That looks like
> Canola in the pictures. If they integrated that into the base system,
> the Maemo team did a very smart thing there.
>

Some time ago I was telling a friend that for me a perfect device would
be a combination of my E71 and N810. Well, now I have it, better, will
have. As soon as it hits the market, I hit my wallet :) Any clues when?

[]s

Adilson.
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One thing concerns me based upon earlier reviews - it appears that the size
of the screen will be smaller. That may not be a big issue as it appears
from the pictures that Nokia is utilizing the space better than the 810.
Only time will tell. It also looks like they've added capabilities (such as
tasks and calendar) that didn't exist before. I'm hoping that they've added
the ability to select 12/24-hour time. Lastly, having built in phone and
wireless will be a good thing.

Now, if AT&T has the N900 when it comes out I'll be set. If not, I'll keep
using my N810. :-)

Nick.

Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote:
> Now, if AT&T has the N900 when it comes out I'll be set. If not, I'll keep
> using my N810. :-)
>

My guess is that -- like their other mobile phone products -- if you buy
direct from Nokia it won't be carrier locked.

-Gary

> Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote:
>> Now, if AT&T has the N900 when it comes out I'll be set.  If not, I'll keep
>> using my N810. :-)
>>
>
> My guess is that -- like their other mobile phone products -- if you buy
> direct from Nokia it won't be carrier locked.

That is all well and good. But T-Mobile is listed as the carrier in the FCC
docs for the US. One may not be able to buy it direct from Nokia in the US
when it first comes out. But I have my fingers crossed. I am not quite ready
to change away from AT&T.

E

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erik@hovland.org
http://hovland.org/

I´m worried about the elder versions, like N8x0, that became very popular in
Brazil.
Will Maemo 5 support 'em and bring us more development teams, doin' basic
useful stuff like a text editor and makin' N8x0 better?
Now, I see it as a great gadget, but it´s too limited due the lack of
softwares made especially for Maemo's.

___
Cássio Gomes de Alencar
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/marie_von_ebnereschenbac.html>
- "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 20:11, Dr. Nicholas Shaw<Doc@docharley.com> wrote:
>
> I'm hoping that they've added the ability to select 12/24-hour time.

No need to hope, that's been known for a *long* time (over a year in fact):

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303

And, more specifically:

"The clock configuration will work in Fremantle in the way Andrew
described in the first comment."
-- https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303#c27

Cheers,

Andrew

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Andrew Flegg -- mailto:andrew@bleb.org | http://www.bleb.org/
Maemo Community Council chair

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 20:21, Cassio Gomes<gomespr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I´m worried about the elder versions, like N8x0, that became very popular in
> Brazil.
> Will Maemo 5 support 'em and bring us more development teams, doin' basic
> useful stuff like a text editor and makin' N8x0 better?

No, the hardware advances in the past few years mean that supporting
the OMAP2-based N8x0s would've constrained the Maemo 5 lead device too
much.

However, Nokia *are* supporting Mer - a community effort to rebuild
Maemo on top of an Ubuntu base:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer

Nokia's support here has been fantastic, and a testament to how many
people there "get" open source.

> Now, I see it as a great gadget, but it´s too limited due the lack of
> softwares made especially for Maemo's.

Well, since Mer's based on Ubuntu, thousands of packags are only an
apt-get away...

HTH,

Andrew

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Andrew Flegg -- mailto:andrew@bleb.org | http://www.bleb.org/
Maemo Community Council chair

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Cassio Gomes<gomespr@gmail.com> wrote:
> I´m worried about the elder versions, like N8x0, that became very popular in
> Brazil.
> Will Maemo 5 support 'em and bring us more development teams, doin' basic
> useful stuff like a text editor and makin' N8x0 better?
> Now, I see it as a great gadget, but it´s too limited due the lack of
> softwares made especially for Maemo's.
>
> ___
> Cássio Gomes de Alencar
> Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach  - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
>

No, and when Maemo X comes along, they'll be abandoning N900 owners
just like they _already_ have N770 and N8x0 owners. Once they leave
the factory, any further software development for the tablets is left
up to "the community"...

And "The community" is already abandoning Maemo in faver of Mer... The
problem with FOSS (and especially "open" hardware) developers is that
they can never make up their minds and stick with one thing long
enough to actually finish it. The next great thing comes along and
everybody jumps on that bandwagon.

Mark