Originally Posted by krisse (Post 442632)

OrangeBox, you posted this on one of your threads:

"Taking pictures (with the N900) with one hand is near impossible, because the slider either pops open ifI support the phone from the bottom with my thumb or if I support it from the back, the touch screen gets pushed."

...I am really struggling here to try to recreate this in real life.

The N900's camera button is at a totally different end of the phone to the slider. If you're taking pictures with one hand, holding the phone from both sides with that one hand to support its weight and your thumb or middle finger on the camera button, it is almost impossible to even touch the slider.

I cannot hold the N900 in any natural camera-button-pressing position where my thumb or fingers are even vaguely near the slider. I've tried one-handed and two-handed, nothing resembles your description.

The only explanation that makes sense is that you've never actually taken photos with an N900. Or else you're making stuff up.

Either way, you're deliberately misleading people into thinking this device is flawed in a way in which it isn't. Why?

Originally Posted by OrangeBox (Post 442535)

I knew rightaway that I should've put "or" before oligopolies. Of course oligopolies are not the same as monopolies. And I actually never said state run or state sponsored monopolies. What I said was "state sanctioned" - a big difference.

Is BT or Tata global companies? HSBC is I agree with that one, but it is well represented both in US and Canada, so you can cross it off of your list. Not sure how much water HT stirs but your list is rather the exception and not the rule.

Originally Posted by OrangeBox (Post 443215)

.....You'll notice that as you depress, the phone screen portion would slide up from the keyboard.
When this happens, you will naturally try to support the phone not from the buttom, but from the end (screen side). The problem with this is that you will inadvertantly press something with the back of your thumb, from which the only way to exit out is to use your left hand.
In other words while it is possible to take a pic with one hand only it really takes a lot of practice and it is cumbersome. Hope this explains my frustration.

Originally Posted by wizbowes (Post 443232)

I have no idea what you mean by state sanctioned. All companies are sanctioned by the state they're incorporated in.

This is getting tedious. Your original request was for :

give me an example of long running successful companies that could afford to ignore the US market.

Now your latest iteration is multinational companies that don't operate in the US - that's quite a different proposition but there's still plenty. As you say they're always going to be the exception to the rule - but when you keep changing the requirements each time I post it's a pointless task.

You asked for somebody to name successful companies that have succeeded without penetration in the US market. I've done that.

Thank you and goodnight.

Originally Posted by slender (Post 443265)

Ok. What in the name of...?
I can't reproduce your problem. Sorry.
I even tried couple of very awkward positions with my fingers but every time i could take picture quite easily.

Originally Posted by OrangeBox (Post 443269)

This basically means that the state lets these entities to operate even though it limits competition. The example you gave (British Telecom, Gazprom) are certainly state sanctioned (read approved).

Originally Posted by wizbowes (Post 443281)

Sorry in what BT are state sanctioned and in what way is the UK telecom limited in competition? The UK telecoms market is one of the most open in the world. Google is your friend.

Originally Posted by yukop4 (Post 443249)

this thread and the n900 is starting to annoy me--nothing useful for the tablet---just bugs