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Forum: Nokia N900 2011-02-27, 16:25
Replies: 138
Views: 38,006
Posted By cyeung
Re: HELP! My mates think my N900 is a piece of crap!

Ah, these pissing matches. I have been involved in them a few times, and the most diplomatic way to end them goes like this:

Say that your choice suits your needs (user-replaceable battery, able...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-10-27, 02:13
Replies: 99
Views: 31,446
Posted By cyeung
Re: Its done. Good bye n900.

Also, freedom of speech does not shield you from the speech of others exercising their freedom of speech.
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-10-05, 22:13
Replies: 631
Views: 253,275
Posted By cyeung
Re: Firmware 1.3 on its way????

Oh, yeah? I'm talking to Chuck now!
Forum: Applications 2010-10-03, 15:32
Replies: 38
Views: 15,738
Posted By cyeung
Re: [ANNOUNCE] pygeotrack: a simple N900-tracking client/server

In response to chivar's request, my procedures for getting this program to work...

1. Prerequisites

pygeotrack, which can be downloaded here: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/pygeotrack/
...
Forum: General 2010-09-06, 20:49
Replies: 25
Views: 6,743
Posted By cyeung
Re: Ok, I am ready to be punished

Your punishment should be eating an entire bowl of udon noodles without making one slurping noise.
Forum: Competitors 2010-08-26, 15:46
Replies: 336
Views: 77,511
Posted By cyeung
Re: what do you guys have against apple?

I used to be an Apple hater. Well, I still am, but I express it in a different way: "It does not meet my requirements." Underneath that statement...

I disagree with their philosophy of keeping...
Forum: Competitors 2010-07-21, 19:00
Replies: 81
Views: 18,878
Posted By cyeung
Re: Apple did it again this time Nokia N97 mini

The iPhone4 antenna is an innovation in triggering the end to a call.
Forum: Competitors 2010-07-21, 11:05
Replies: 81
Views: 18,878
Posted By cyeung
Re: Apple did it again this time Nokia N97 mini

Remember: bars mean nothing. One could theoretically make it so that it's like this:
-90 dBm = 5 bars
-91 dBm = 4 bars
-93 dBm = 3 bars
... and so on ...

Every 3 dBm you increment/decrement...
Forum: General 2010-07-09, 11:37
Replies: 68
Views: 18,795
Posted By cyeung
Re: “This isn’t the iPhone. I mean, who cares about Nokia?”

"This isn't a fashion statement. I mean, who cares about who made your phone?" - there, fixed that.

I buy my phone based on capability and cost. They all deliver almost the same capability. ...
Forum: General 2010-07-01, 19:42
Replies: 3
Views: 2,695
Posted By cyeung
Re: Request: Motorola DROID X car dock function!!

Please hang up and drive. If the call is that important, please pull over and then call the person back.
Forum: Applications 2010-06-27, 23:22
Replies: 8
Views: 4,175
Posted By cyeung
Re: Bank Application? (Chase, BOA, etc...)?

You can find the apps for accessing online banks here (http://maemo.nokia.com/features/maemo-browser/). It works for all banks and every other place you visit.
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-05-28, 17:54
Replies: 145
Views: 41,779
Posted By cyeung
Re: Gartner: N900 five month sales less than 100,000 -- Nokia: more than 100,000 in first five weeks

Red flags popped up as soon as I saw "Gartner." They have an anti-Linux bias
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-05-20, 22:49
Replies: 30
Views: 7,457
Posted By cyeung
Re: Battery goes from 50% to 0% in less than a minute! (Happened twice now)

I am an EE with a background in power systems engineering, and I call NOT BS on what pantera said. The lithium-ion battery chemistry does not take abuse (overloading, overdischarge, under-voltage,...
Forum: General 2010-05-14, 23:55
Replies: 23
Views: 11,694
Posted By cyeung
Re: tmob N900 prepaid worked extremely well on 3/3.5G

You might want to reconsider. I tried going data-only when I first got my n900. While Skype works very well on 3G, it doesn't work very well when you're out in places with not as good coverage and...
Forum: Community 2010-04-20, 01:40
Replies: 4
Views: 2,936
Posted By cyeung
Re: Maemo Weekly News: 19 April 2010

Thank you for writing the weekly news articles. I wake up to them every Monday morning before I go to work, and it's one of the things that makes me look forward to Mondays.
Forum: Community 2010-04-09, 03:48
Replies: 25
Views: 6,636
Posted By cyeung
On Hoax Threads...

In the past 48 hours, we've seen quite a few of the fake "PR 1.2 is out!!!" threads. Trust me, it's very tempting for me to reply with a personal attack against the perpetrator (the one that comes...
Forum: Applications 2010-03-31, 15:29
Replies: 53
Views: 14,265
Posted By cyeung
Re: Use a DSLR? Want remote shutter firing? Try Shutter app...

The D90 and D5000 both list the remote ML-L3 as its infrared remote.
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-03-25, 23:29
Replies: 186
Views: 70,881
Posted By cyeung
Forum: Applications 2010-03-24, 11:10
Replies: 32
Views: 7,833
Posted By cyeung
Re: N900..this is a brick

What format did you try to play? Did you enable the Extras repository (http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras) and install Extra Decoders Support? Is it any one of these formats: ".mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp;...
Forum: General 2010-03-08, 02:35
Replies: 24
Views: 5,631
Posted By cyeung
Re: 4G network out already

No -- The fact is that they have a 4G network. My desktop is hooked up to it right now (via a router). I'll even give it my personal endorsement since it is the first service I've seen that...
Forum: Applications 2010-03-06, 22:52
Replies: 15
Views: 3,614
Posted By cyeung
Re: OVI Maps still downloads even with preloaded maps

It looks as if Ovi Maps includes just the images and not the index of streets and stuff. So, at minimum, Ovi Maps is hitting the server for search suggestions, for the latest maps (if they changed...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-03-04, 04:17
Replies: 8
Views: 2,660
Posted By cyeung
Re: The n900 - My Take On It

On 3G, the call quality was absolutely fine. However, I cannot assume that it is available everywhere. The 2G/2.5G test was done while stationary. I planned stationary and moving tests for this. ...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-02-25, 22:50
Replies: 2,626
Views: 1,208,620
Posted By cyeung
Re: Problems with N900 USB port becoming broken / loose and resulting warranty & repair issues

Argh! Every good engineer knows that the longer a problem is allowed to go undisclosed, the more it will cost the company to fix it. As a matter of fact, the cost could go up an order of magnitude...
Forum: General 2010-02-25, 11:03
Replies: 68
Views: 22,386
Posted By cyeung
Re: have stolen nokia "call home" with its ip address

That is a perfectly valid assumption, but what is the likelihood of this happening?
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-02-24, 03:56
Replies: 16
Views: 4,763
Posted By cyeung
Re: I just ordered the N900

Welcome! I've had the phone on my desk for a while (still waiting on a SIM card), and it's been working very well! The Extras repository will be something worth enabling and browsing!
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