The N900 is a mobile computer, ok, now how i convince other people?
 

(people who consider the N900 just a a smartphone please don't troll in this thread)
What is the best way to convince people when i show them my N900 that it's not a smartphone?

Re: The N900 is a mobile computer, ok, now how i convince other people?
 

Explain that is has vsync, a base standard in computer graphics.


ooops. it doesn't.

Re: The N900 is a mobile computer, ok, now how i convince other people?
 

Download a torrent through 'Transmission', while unraring some files, while watching federer playin tennis on justintv, while playing mame games or PS1 emulations, while watching a divx with subtitles, while connected on your plasma tv.......

THAT SHOULD DO IT!

Re: The N900 is a mobile computer, ok, now how i convince other people?
 

take off the SIM card?



sorry, the question sounded so silly that I just couldn't resist.

Re: The N900 is a mobile computer, ok, now how i convince other people?
 

why do you have to convince anyone of anything. go on your merry way and tell them to **** off

Re: The N900 is a mobile computer, ok, now how i convince other people?
 

It's too smart to be a smartphone...

But seriously.. the real actual reason it's more of a mobile computer than a smartphone is the similarity with other Debian based OSes. No other platform has such similarity with a desktop OS.

Just create an issue with your phone. Then search for a solution to that issue for let's say..Ubuntu. It will 99% solve your issue too. Porting apps to Maemo from Ubuntu would be very simple since they're so similar. The problem is that desktop use x86 architecure CPU and the N900 uses ARM. If they both used the same type of CPU, we'd see a lot more desktop apps here.

Re: The N900 is a mobile computer, ok, now how i convince other people?
 

Just tell them, "Don't be stupid. It's a NOKIA."

Re: The N900 is a mobile computer, ok, now how i convince other people?
 

buy a phone and stop making calls on your n900

Re: The N900 is a mobile computer, ok, now how i convince other people?
 

smartphone?
it has some very basic phone functionalities so IMO it's closer to laptop than phone.

Why should you convince anyone?

multitask, setup ssh/http server on n900,remote connect,use pykake to remote control dslrs etc.

Re: The N900 is a mobile computer, ok, now how i convince other people?
 

also, keep people away from sites like this... http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=7681