Re: Feedback on the Nokia N900 User guides
wow thanks for this ;; jeas i have been *****ing about you guys for ages.
i havent used any user giuide whatso ever- i have just come on here to deal with everythng tbh. i think printed guides should die- its a waste of trees, lets be honest- you dont buy a phone like this and not know how to use google or use a pdf/html/whatever help. perhaps the phone should have an specific app pre installed that updates over interent with a help search. i think the community at maemo allready do a better job than you guys tbh, and your lucky they are here. if it wasnt for them you would have had alot more sent back units. |
Re: Feedback on the Nokia N900 User guides
Thank you for posting here!
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Maemo devices are supposed to be always-online devices, this would be directly in line with that belief, and also the link to the wiki would be in-line with the open-source belief. Quote:
The added benefit of putting it in the wiki ahead of time to let the community edit it for you is that you can then just use that online content as your online help (see above). |
Re: Feedback on the Nokia N900 User guides
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Thank you all for the feedback given so far. Here are some comments from me for some of the issues raised in this thread (I'll keep checking this thread anyway to gather all the feedback given): Quote:
As to writing the User guides, it's good to keep in mind that the User guides have to be ready well before the actual sales start, and this is what makes writing the guides particularly challenging. The content has to be translated and the guides printed and published, and so on, and this takes time. Quote:
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Many of you have also brought up the idea of Nokia Wikis, and also having more content on the web and in-device (eg. tutorials, videos, web-browsable content). These are very good points, and I'll see what could be done to further extend the Nokia support offering. Thank you! Best regards, Harri Suhonen Nokia Care |
Re: Feedback on the Nokia N900 User guides
Hey everyone
I live in India and one of my friend is currently in New York. I wanted to purchase a N900 and that too real fast as my friend will return to India in a day or two. I just wanted to know whether my friend can purchase the phone instantly from the NY flagship store or they would take some time. In other words will my friend be able to just walk in the flagship store and come out with a N900 in his hand? If not then what is the probable waiting period at flagship stores. Kindly help me out folks |
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Re: Feedback on the Nokia N900 User guides
I think there should be a section in the manual about reflashing the device, from Windows and from Linux (at least), and covering all aspects and pitfalls. There's a description on the wiki, but in my opinion that's not good enough (and the version there isn't complete enough).
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What are you missing from the wiki article? I assume you're talking about this one? Dave. |
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Cold-flashing is described in http://wiki.maemo.org/Flasher, but unfortunately it's not entirely correct and won't work as described. I wrote about my experience (and how I dealt with it) in http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...5&postcount=51 and I can update the wiki next week (more time then..), but of course someone else could do it in the meantime. Again: This should be in the printed user manual. |
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For flashing, thanks for the information - there should definitely be links to Flasher (or the page it points to) from Flashoing (or the page it points to). If you can update Flasher with more accurate information, that would be great! Cheers, Dave. |
Re: Feedback on the Nokia N900 User guides
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The user guide is hidden well. The "Getting started" video is kinda OK, but... I will read the PDF later. Quote:
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Nokia's own docs in a usable format online would be great. I would also strongly suggest running multiple language versions in parallel and including something like the "these applications are in the QA queue" ... implying that these articles are waiting for review from someone. Bret |
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