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HellFlyer
2010-06-11, 05:48
Guys check this out.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3764/two-omap-3430-phones-nokia-n900-and-motorola-droid/1
9000
2010-06-11, 06:34
Thank for the info.

Fyi. One page version: http://www.anandtech.com/print/3764
AlMehdi
2010-06-11, 07:34
A lot of nay sayers should read this review. It was good and objective.. still the n900 come out as a winner. I am not sure how they did the browser test though. When i have compared with my friends.. the n900 have loaded the pages faster.
9000
2010-06-11, 07:38
Wow, long article. Took me some time to finish it.

N900 - a tank <--- ha, read on and you'll find that it's an advantage in author's point of view.

A lot of nay sayers should read this review. It was good and objective.. still the n900 come out as a winner. I am not sure how they did the browser test though. When i have compared with my friends.. the n900 have loaded the pages faster.

@AlMehdi:
One interesting part is the webpage loading time. It's obvious in the figure he provided the N900 fell behind all the tests. One of the reason behind these disappointing figures is that the author might fail to notice the default browsing behavior of Android. The default browser *does not* load the entire page but instead loading a fraction of it. He may check the setting of the android browser and he'll see. N900 humbling finishes the entire page just like any browser on PC does.

Nevertheless, the author still said "In practice, N900 is undoubtably a snappy phone". I'd better email him to clear his doubt. ^^

Btw, I believe the author could do a more indepth review by running some standard benchmark programs on all the phone. We'd really like to see a direct benchmark of the processing power, which we believe N900 could stand out of the rest.
slender
2010-06-11, 07:51
Interesting and long review. In the end it feels like he is giving N900 little praise just because of potential. It´s like family´s lastborn child that mother and father pamper :)

And i also looked browser speed reviews and thought that how he manged to get iphone to load whole webpage (also with flash?).
rickysio
2010-06-11, 07:53
He also confuses the 3.5mm headphone jack for a 1.8mm jack.

He needs to check his calipers or data, methinks.
nrajesh
2010-06-11, 09:55
N900 - a tank

+1 to that... knowing it survived at least 10 really BIG drops so far!
Neegs
2010-06-11, 12:26
Erm pr 1.2 is the last update form Nokia

"The N900's one major caveat is that PR 1.2 looks like the last of Nokia's firmware updates for the platform, as it will not run MeeGo. For that, you'll have to wait for the rumored N9."
rickysio
2010-06-11, 12:28
Erm pr 1.2 is the last update form Nokia

"The N900's one major caveat is that PR 1.2 looks like the last of Nokia's firmware updates for the platform, as it will not run MeeGo. For that, you'll have to wait for the rumored N9."

Most of us could tell you that.
attila77
2010-06-11, 12:29
He's wrong on PR1.2, there are known updates in the pipeline (QtMobility, possibly Qt4.7) that indicate there is work on on PR1.3 (whether it will be 'productized' as Nokians call it, is a different matter)
rickysio
2010-06-11, 12:30
He's wrong on PR1.2, there are known updates in the pipeline (QtMobility, possibly Qt4.7) that indicate there is work on on PR1.3 (whether it will be 'productized' as Nokians call it, is a different matter)

Given how long PR 1.2 took, I can frankly say I don't expect to see it until the Q3 of 2011.

If it exists.
Neegs
2010-06-11, 12:40
hasnt there only been 2 updates, i really did expect to have more than this or am i being naive. either way we are going off topic and shuoldnt really matter im likely to sell my soon with the new voda updates
volt
2010-06-11, 13:17
Stock 1.0
1.1
1.1.1
1.2

!= 2 updates.

Anyhow, interesting review and nice to see someone who still believes in our platform.
magullo
2010-06-11, 13:49
Interesting, thanks.
Looks like the only one not believing in N900 is Nokia itself. But in the end who cares? This is a rock solid, full featured phone.
benj5386
2010-06-11, 13:52
Re: Camera

His review unit obviously didn't suffer from purple (blue) haze and the video camera didn't drop frames. :confused:

Edit: Apologies. His review unit did drop frames in recording it's just that the reviewer didn't pick up on it.