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Forum: Nokia N810 09-27-2011, 06:43 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 19,607
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Is there anything comparable to the N810?

HTC desire Z; rooted; with debian image you can chroot into.

works for me. a 16GB samsung class 6 uSDHC card holds everything I need, giving me a 2.5GB debian arm partition, a 512MB swap, and...
Forum: Community 08-28-2011, 04:32 AM
Replies: 371
Views: 53,006
Posted By speculatrix
Re: The End is Coming: What do we do next?

I wasn't suggesting anyone force anything on anyone.

I was *recommending* that people who want to keep their platform alive cooperate on maintaining a mirror of everything. Not just sources, but...
Forum: Community 08-26-2011, 11:28 AM
Replies: 371
Views: 53,006
Posted By speculatrix
Re: The End is Coming: What do we do next?

Speaking as someone who came to maemo from a different dying platform, I would strongly recommend that a group of people put together mirrors of the maemo repositories, to gather together all the...
Forum: Competitors 07-29-2011, 06:30 AM
Replies: 353
Views: 75,082
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)

check http://www.streaksmart.com/
a good place to find news of custom roms, accessories, bargains tc
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 06-21-2011, 08:01 AM
Replies: 7,353
Views: 1,062,974
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Nokia N9 Teaser - is this meego or harmattan?

the AMOLED displays on the Android devices were pentile, then came super-amoled, and eventually super-amoled-plus
...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 06-21-2011, 07:24 AM
Replies: 7,353
Views: 1,062,974
Posted By speculatrix
Re: The EPIC N9 anticipation thread

what crack pipe have you smoked?

it has a GPS, with the A- bit meaning the GPS receiver can be seeded with data downloaded from nokia's servers.

--edit--
also, a GPS receiver does not connect...
Forum: Competitors 05-23-2011, 11:07 AM
Replies: 353
Views: 75,082
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)

be warned that the existing/older "galaxy player" devices have only a physical similarity to the galaxy S phones - lower res, slower CPU etc.

these new devices look like being much more like an...
Forum: General 03-18-2011, 01:16 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,812
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Is N900 the last resistive touch screen device ever made on earth?

there are good and bad capacitive touchscreens, just as there are resistive screens

I am using a desire Z and to be honest I found I had to make a real effort to not accidentally touch it, even...
Forum: Competitors 02-28-2011, 07:25 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 21,893
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?

just my 2c

I've had a desire Z, courtesy of my employer, for a week. I could have opted for an n900 but, sadly, felt it was too much of a dead-end given the uncertainty of Nokia's support.

My...
Forum: General 01-22-2011, 02:58 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 14,185
Posted By speculatrix
Re: N9 will have dual ARM Cortex A9

I predict with 100% certainty that the N9 will have a cpu in it, some ram and flash, an LCD display with touch screen, a cellular radio with 3g on some RF freq or other, wifi of some sort, bluetooth...
Forum: General 01-22-2011, 04:53 AM
Replies: 390
Views: 66,317
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Elop said N9 is a 2011 event. It's 2011! Where is it?

it looks as if Nokia's relationship with Intel goes deeper than we guessed.

The N9 is probably based on a similar platform to the abandoned LG GW990 which was shown a year ago but never made it...
Forum: General 01-20-2011, 10:05 AM
Replies: 390
Views: 66,317
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Elop said N9 is a 2011 event. It's 2011! Where is it?

well, maybe you will be throwing up then?

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/20/nokia-n9-to-bust-loose-with-meego-on-moorestown-power/
Forum: General 01-18-2011, 07:00 PM
Replies: 390
Views: 66,317
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Elop said N9 is a 2011 event. It's 2011! Where is it?

if you haven't got the real thing, try a fake:
http://www.shanzai.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2337:nokia-n9-dropped-by-shenzhen-before-mwc-release&catid=56:shanzai-mobile
Forum: General 01-15-2011, 05:15 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 10,081
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Why all high end devices have something stupid in them?

I still think the n900 will be counted as one of the all-time greats. Too bad there hasn't been variants with bigger screens, no keyboard, wimax etc so that people could buy the model that's perfect...
Forum: General 01-13-2011, 03:51 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 9,776
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Any news on N9

now that meego is running on the Nexus S, I imagine it could be made to run on the htc desire z, so that would be the next best thing to a Nokia N9?
Forum: General 09-08-2010, 03:10 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,990
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Rise of the Silver Surfer

I watched F4+RSF for the first time just a few days ago and was v excited to see the 770 in action. Like others here, I turned to my Significant Other as well as my son and pointed out the 770.
...
Forum: Nokia N810 07-29-2010, 06:20 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 19,607
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Is there anything comparable to the N810?

on the subject of GMA500.. don't let it totally dissuade you away from, say, the Fujitsu U820 (aka U2010). It's a great machine, and you can get linux working on it pretty well with accelerate video,...
Forum: Nokia N810 06-28-2010, 07:05 AM
Replies: 636
Views: 148,867
Posted By speculatrix
Re: The N800 has a 3D accelerator, right?

yes, this is what I referred to earlier in this thread (I think, it's been going on a long time).

there has been a build with the IVI drivers, but there was a bug, they fixed the bug, but didn't...
Forum: Nokia N810 06-21-2010, 10:19 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 19,607
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Is there anything comparable to the N810?

I considered one, ended up buying a Fujitsu U2010 (aka U820). My n800 is now at home waiting for Mer or something similar to revive it.

The Dell Streak is a spiritual successor to the n800 IMHO,...
Forum: General 06-02-2010, 03:01 AM
Replies: 679
Views: 102,733
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Where is Nokia - no announcement no product - still in hibernation

when I was tracking prices on ebay it was clear there was a lot of demand for the n900 as prices weren't much lower than the off-contract new pricing. It was clear qt a few people bought them and...
Forum: Competitors 05-25-2010, 04:56 PM
Replies: 353
Views: 75,082
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)

I have a fujitsu U820/U2010 which has a similar sized screen but is very chunky; however, if I could detach the screen it'd be a perfect tablet for me. shame that rollup or foldable screens have...
Forum: Competitors 05-25-2010, 12:10 PM
Replies: 353
Views: 75,082
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)

the dell mini5/streak is coming to the UK - hooray!!
it's coming exclusively via O2 - booo!!
available through both O2 and carephonewarehouse - hooray!!
no indication of pricing yet - booo!!
...
Forum: Competitors 05-21-2010, 07:57 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,177
Posted By speculatrix
comparative sizes

a colleague has an ipad (pity on him) and I took some photos for comparative sizing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12629882@N05/sets/72157623415954313/


there's other pictures in that collection...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 04-15-2010, 05:13 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 77,873
Posted By speculatrix
Re: Who's still around and interested in N800/N810?

maybe we could petition to have http://talk-n800.maemo.org and copy off all the interesting stuff to it and thus not have to do our best to ignore the n900 drivel^Wchatter ?
Forum: Competitors 03-25-2010, 09:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,704
Posted By speculatrix
Thumbs down nexusone display isn't 480x800 after all

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/03/secrets-of-the-nexus-ones-screen-science-color-and-hacks.ars

"equivalent to a screen with edge dimensions sqrt(256/384)=82% of the claimed length, or...
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