Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

I did not here of this until now. That after visiting the N series development site several times.
This is really good to hear as it is, in my opinion, a better platform than Java for small devices.

Note that I'm rather new to the N series. I've only taken an interest lately due to the iPhone and similar devices that are pocket portable. Not commitments have been made yet, the N810 certainly doesn't inspire*, but I'm hoping to see the right product on the market soon.

*
The saddest part about the N810 is the puny flash store on the device. I just can't comprehend the management decision that went into that.

Dave

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

New 4:3 sources may be dying out (not really, there's still a ton of it around), but old sources aren't suddenly going to change as HD becomes more popular, and I'd like to be able to watch those old things comfortably.

Be that as it may, you're not being realistic. Look at the dimensions:

SD—32mm x 24mm x 2mm
CF-Type I—43mm x 36mm x 3.3mm

That's more than 30% larger overall. For a device which can barely take MiniSD, it's incredibly misguided to think that it would be able to handle a CF card without a major increase in overall size (bad). This, is a bad idea.

Yes and yes.

But it is huge, especially for a mobile device. MiniUSB is about a 70% space savings over full-A USB and MicroUSB another 50% off of that. Again, your understanding of size constraints in mobile devices seems to be flawed. Just get yourself some USB devices that support USB OTG and the right kind of cables. You'll be set.

The number of games available for the platform would beg to differ. I don't want a PSP, it doesn't do the things I need it to do—it does one thing well, games, and I'm not interested in carrying around a single-function device like that. I don't see why we should have functionality crippled for the sake of a full-faced screen.

Then keep the screen ratio the way it is and leave me with my d-pad.

Uh, you still need something to bring down that frequency. This is a bad idea for a lot of reasons, not only because nobody uses shortwave.

That's what the internet is for, and if those conditions are really that important to you, maybe you should just buy yourself a digital weather device of some kind, because I know highly-variable atmospheric reading from my IT are at about the bottom of my list of "needed features".

And a decent solar device should have some sort of standard plug you can hook into.

Which would be where an E-series IT would come in, but I suspect that that's a ways off (if it ever comes).

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

Would be nice:

1GB ram (maybe 512mb)
16Gb Flash Drive
Full skype and Msn support
Higher res screen
Change of design..... maybe something different for nokia.
Jar file support
Wifi range extended (great for chilling in the garden at summer time)
The option to install different OS, ubuntu for example.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

I'd prefer the dpad to remain on the keypad portion of the device:

1) I think that the dpad is a useful input mechanism for _casual use_, but can be circumvented entirely by sound software-interface design decisions.

2) If the screen is to enlarge (which it likely will) a dpad takes up valuable face real-estate.

3) For advanced/alternate input, the sliding keypad + dpad, is ideal (IMO, of course). This can be modified to include touch-typing and game input.

I think Nokia hit it right on the head with the new N810 form.


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Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

You know, I was thinking. What about a device that incorporates a sliding and folding keyboard. I guess I'm picturing a thin keyboard like the stowaways with two hinges that fold in towards center, and then slides in underneath the screen. The d-pad would have to go back on the front, as well as some other buttons, but it would be great to have a full keyboard for when writing long emails and then use the onscreen keyboard for all the short material.

Just throwing the idea out there.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

A folding full size keyboard in an IT sized device has been done.

There's a korean wibro product that does it. I'm not interested ... I'd rather have a bluetooth keyboard for full speed typing, and a thumb keyboard built into the device for on-the-go typing.

Let me see if I can dig up a reference to the korean one...

http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...h+Images&gbv=2

The keyboard folds in half, and then folds behind the screen.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

Yeah, I think I'd probably prefer the thumb keyboard as well, but it was just an idea I had (that I thought was original).

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

Like you all I scroll a lot on the NIT. Therefore I would highly appreciate a scrollwheel (as the Pepperpad 3 has).

And the camera should be a plug and play add-on because I work at places where cameras are not welcome. Also, a pluggable camera could be used for video conferences, but then replugged 180 degrees rotated to take pictures. And one could buy a better one to take better pictures / videos. Archos has these add-on video cams.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

Re the discussion about CF cards: CF really isn't the most cost-effective anymore. SD has taken over that role. It's also approaching 32GB, and the latest SLR digital cameras I looked at all had an SD slot in addition to CF.

Re: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
 

Hardware as http://www.wibrain.com/ is what I would like to see from Nokia. Plus Maemo and the invaluable always-on we already have, of course. Check the specs page!