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Originally Posted by attila77
I would not recommend it for the mobile but as an alternative to iTunes in terms of organicing und synching music...
Amarok is unfortunately MASSIVE in terms on requirements, you won't be seeing it on mobile devices unless somebody does some serious slimming on it.
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2009-06-07
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Originally Posted by attila77
I was talking in terms of desktop connectivity for the phone/tablet. I wouldn't want it on the phone.
Amarok is unfortunately MASSIVE in terms on requirements, you won't be seeing it on mobile devices unless somebody does some serious slimming on it.
As it stands, Nokia doesn't have desktop clients/applications to go along with this product. And they don't have compelling reasons for the average Joe Sixpack to use their upcoming phone.
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2009-06-07
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Originally Posted by YoDude
Not exactly. This device has an audio subsystem and has a user interface with a screen and buttons, has a GSM voice capable radio, runs on batteries (=autonomous) and is pocketable. That's a hardware description of a fully fledged mobile phone right there. All your examples lack one of those components
Good luck making a phone call with it out of the box.
Calling a device that uses a cellular modem capability to interact via IP a phone would be like calling an ATM, a gasoline pump, or a remote cash register that verifies c/c info a phone...
Leaving out voice capability of such a unit makes the Rover a tablet with a massive identity crisis 
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2009-06-07
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Originally Posted by attila77
Not exactly. This device has an audio subsystem and has a user interface with a screen and buttons, has a GSM voice capable radio, runs on batteries (=autonomous) and is pocketable. That's a hardware description of a fully fledged mobile phone right there. All your examples lack one of those components
Ya mean something like this?
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2009-06-07
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Originally Posted by GeraldKo
How can 60% of the people be far-sighted? Wouldn't the majority of people have normal vision? If 60% of people were far-sighted, it wouldn't be called far-sighted, but normal!
While I enjoyed your notion of a model N900-O for old people, and I realize that not every "disability" can be catered to by a commercial enterprise, 60% of Americans are farsighted. (Since I haven't read that fast-food or gasoline-guzzling are causes of farsightedness, I would suppose that this figure is more-or-less accurate worldwide or at least in Europe, as well.)
This is like the "All the children in Lake Woebegon are above average" statement.
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2009-06-07
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Originally Posted by geneven
Err... no
How can 60% of the people be far-sighted? Wouldn't the majority of people have normal vision? If 60% of people were far-sighted, it wouldn't be called far-sighted, but normal!
This is like the "All the children in Lake Woebegon are above average" statement.
You're far-sighted if you cannot focus on objects close to your eyes. It's not a relation to an 'average' dioptry (unlike height, which defines tall and short as a relation to an average height).
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2009-06-08
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Originally Posted by attila77
You're probably right, but...
Err... no
Isn't "cannot focus on objects close to your eyes" a relative statement? Can you focus on objects one angstrom from your eyes?
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2009-06-08
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Originally Posted by geneven
That's a valid sentiment, however we can define reasonable expectations in this case, set based on measurements like arm length. In this case, being able to focus on items held in the hand might be the benchmark. Being able to focus on items a millimetre or less from your eye would not be useful since humans (on average
You're probably right, but...
Isn't "cannot focus on objects close to your eyes" a relative statement? Can you focus on objects one angstrom from your eyes?
) do not have the motor skills required to consistently place and hold such an item.Just like a person can be both average weight (in a group of other people) and overweight (from a human health point of view).
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2009-06-08
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Originally Posted by sachin007
I have zero interest nurturing rumours on future Nokia devices but it can't hurt to help translating to English what some bloke is clearly saying in Spanish in the beginning of a video.
Quim thank you for that information. Can you similarly comment on the n900 rumours according to the OP as cited in mobile crunch?
Engadget was already hot on this video so I thought it would be useful to spend 2 Sunday afternoon minutes posting the basic clarification, not even as Nokia employee but just as a Spanish speaker. Much better than finding 200 totally off-the-road posts on Monday morning.
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Good luck making a phone call with it out of the box.
Calling a device that uses a cellular modem capability to interact via IP a phone would be like calling an ATM, a gasoline pump, or a remote cash register that verifies c/c info a phone...