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Re: N900 Owners Thread (First impressions, ...)

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Originally Posted by mchu6am4 (Post 380683)

Did they charge him full price?

I understand he won it in a draw

Re: N900 Owners Thread (First impressions, ...)

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Originally Posted by mchu6am4 (Post 380684)

I've read somewhere that its not the latest maps that are installed on the N900.

Yeah ive heard mixed. all the Early release ones had version 1. (the latest being 3)

but ive heard rumour since then that the production units migth have version 3

Re: N900 Owners Thread (First impressions, ...)

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Originally Posted by cgarvie (Post 380691)

Yeah ive heard mixed. all the Early release ones had version 1. (the latest being 3)

but ive heard rumour since then that the production units migth have version 3

The version numbers between Maemo and Symbian versions of Ovi Maps aren't really comparable. Ovi Maps 1.0 on Symbian had voice guidance for example.

Re: N900 Owners Thread (First impressions, ...)

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Originally Posted by cgarvie (Post 380691)

Yeah ive heard mixed. all the Early release ones had version 1. (the latest being 3)

but ive heard rumour since then that the production units migth have version 3

I aksed this question directly at the meet last night. The response was that the OVI maps for symbian and OVI maps for Maemo are completely unsynchronised in their feature set so no direct comparison can be made based on release numbers. I suspect this is much like Mac and Windows software releases - different feature sets for the same release number but versions out of sequence with one another.

Re: N900 Owners Thread (First impressions, ...)

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Originally Posted by Fargus (Post 380725)

ahhh cool. I wonder what that means for the quality of the maps then

Re: N900 Owners Thread (First impressions, ...)

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Originally Posted by Fargus (Post 380725)

Hopefully that means "OVI maps for Maemo will have free turn-by-turn navigation".

Re: N900 Owners Thread (First impressions, ...)

Given that the procedure for downloading offline maps seems to be near-identical for N900 Maemo Maps as it is for S60 Ovi Maps 3.0 (http://www.maemopeople.org/index.php...ut_a_network_c), I have tentative hopes that the software is similar under the hood.

Re: N900 Owners Thread (First impressions, ...)

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Originally Posted by jalladin (Post 380635)

@ convulted, after reading through the first 3 pages i see the thread is stroggling with being on topic... so let me say your are a very strikingly hansome fellow with the the n900 in hand:p but um ahem.. so on to topic, how are your first impressions going, not only with the run of the mill things most already know about but what are some things we might not have seen in any video or heard of in a review that you may have discoverd... also how is your first smartphone going to be incorporated into your life ( like what types of things do you think you'll use it for mostly ) since it has so much more then a reg phone. My first smartphone was the the Cingular 8525 by HTC which kept me busy for months I loved it because from shool to work to listining to musci, movies etc it was awesome( the only thing it couldnt do was print lol) and have been an adment smart phone user ever since... I could never go back to a reg phone after my first impresions with smartphones:rolleyes:

Thanks for the compliment :D
I've been inside all day so I haven't yet tested the N900 as it should be perhaps. However, there are a couple of things I noticed very soon. The addition of haptic feedback is a case in point: by design it should be hardly noticeable in itself, but the overall effect of having a tiny vibration signal every time you touch the screen is such a leap forward in terms of user experience. Phone quality is good, which I was expecting actually.

I think bloggers and (p)reviewers covered most of the device and its software, so there is a very limited number of things I can think of that are worth mentioning -- let me know if you have any specific questions.

As to how the phone will impact my life... I have a sedentary life during the week and travel weekends. Being able to access the net from the bus or train will bring a massive improvement in these commutes. Mostly, though, it will be the little things, like going online in the uni cafeteria to look something up and prove a point :)

Re: N900 Owners Thread (First impressions, ...)

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Originally Posted by convulted (Post 380849)

I think bloggers and (p)reviewers covered most of the device and its software, so there is a very limited number of things I can think of that are worth mentioning -- let me know if you have any specific questions.
:)

I would like to hear more about the gps receiver. Does it have a much better "cold start" time than the N810?

Re: N900 Owners Thread (First impressions, ...)

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Originally Posted by Den in USA (Post 380861)

I would like to hear more about the gps receiver. Does it have a much better "cold start" time than the N810?

Not in my experience, no.