maemo.org - Talk - N900 specs revealed

Probably more. It has already been announced that the phone part is going to be HSPA, but it's most likely also going to support GSM and if it does that counts as two radios. Plus the GPS receiver.

danramos

2009-07-20 19:05

Re: N900 specs revealed

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Originally Posted by nilchak (Post 305112)

Probably by official release time Nokia PR will do what needs to be done. So blaming Nokia for not getting the news out thru Sales Rep et all is hardly justified.

Meanwhile, we'll look elsewhere. Part of the problem with that argument is that they're supposedly courting an open-source, open development platform customer base with the NIT's. This isn't Apple iPhone, this isn't Windows Mobile and it's very much Linux. The folks who're looking for a good portable device to do development will quite happily hop onboard the most open and friendly platform. Nokia started up strong back in the 770 and N800 era but it has felt as if it's been downhill ever since. That explanation also didn't address the apparently numerous post-purchase negative experiences with hardware support that can hurt loyalty to the brand. I'm not sure that I would like to continue to experience lack of replacement parts and support with my NEXT big purchase from Nokia, for instance. This still seems like a big executive/PR blunder.

sjgadsby

2009-07-20 19:32

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Originally Posted by danramos (Post 305629)

The folks who're looking for a good portable device to do development will quite happily hop onboard the most open and friendly platform.

Developers will select target devices based upon a range of reasons, "open" and "friendly" competing with many others.

You're looking forward to an official press photo of the Maemo 5 lead device, as are we all. However, the lack of one doesn't mean development for the device is closed.

Nokia released the Maemo 5 pre-alpha SDK back in early December of 2008, and they provided an overview of many of the included technologies three months earlier. That's a long period of time for developers to explore the platform, experiment, and provide feedback. Compare it with three months for iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 1 to release and the Palm webOS SDK that trailed the Pre's release by a month.

Sure it's frustrating waiting for that official device announcement, but early announcements and paper launches bring their own pains.

qole	2009-07-20 23:01

Re: N900 specs revealed

Turns out that our brains are hardwired this way. We can't help it.

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This preference for knowledge about the future was intimately linked to the monkeys' desire for water. The same neurons in the middle of their brains signalled their expectations of both rewards - the watery prizes and knowledge about them.

All the neurons in question release the signalling chemical dopamine... The same dopamine neurons were excited during trials where the monkey only saw the symbol that heralded forthcoming information, and they were inhibited if they monkey only saw the other non-informative symbol.

So the same population of midbrain neurons signal changes in both the thirst for water and for knowledge. The more active they are, the stronger that thirst is. One monkey had a stronger preference for early information than the other and indeed, its dopamine neurons were more active when it saw the informative symbol. Even for each individual monkey, the neurons were more active on specific trials where they showed a preference for advanced knowledge.

javispedro

2009-07-20 23:04

Re: N900 specs revealed

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Originally Posted by qole (Post 305669)

Turns out that our brains are hardwired this way.

I knew it! I knew my unusual water thirst was related to my gadget thirst!!!! :D

YoDude

2009-07-20 23:18

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Originally Posted by javispedro (Post 305670)