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martyk69uk | # 11 | 2012-07-07, 09:07 | Report

eh????????????

bingomion | # 12 | 2012-07-07, 11:57 | Report

Originally Posted by specc View Post

The stench of death.

lol farkin phone wont die!!
EDIT: It's a zombie phone

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automagic68 | # 13 | 2012-07-07, 12:29 | Report

Originally Posted by martyk69uk View Post

Why would people choose an N900 over and Iphone and an android?

What makes the N900 & Maemo so unique?

True.Multitasking.On.A.Mobile.Phone.

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timoph | # 14 | 2012-07-07, 12:30 | Report

Originally Posted by martyk69uk View Post

Why would people choose an N900 over and Iphone and an android?

What makes the N900 & Maemo so unique?

It's the closest thing to a pocket sized computer/phone hybrid there is. I don't use n900 as a daily device anymore but I use it for doing fun and hacky thing that are impossible with android and ios. I simply love the freedom to use it similarly to how I'm using my desktop Linux box. To me android, ios, etc. are all feature phone operating systems with way too many limitations. Besides I hate the 'functionality comes with apps' approach they have. Just take a stock maemo image and compare what you can do with it against android, etc.

Just my 0.02

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Lumiaman | # 15 | 2012-07-07, 13:11 | Report

They had a unique UI, but incomplete execution. Very disappointing optimization compares to ios or WP. And that has always been Nokia's problem: inability to deliver perfectly optimized software. So ideas were unique, perhaps visionary, but execution on the software side poor. No wonder they are both dead.

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wumpwoast | # 16 | 2012-07-07, 15:13 | Report

maemo + cssu + thumb for me.

geneven | # 17 | 2012-07-07, 18:48 | Report

Wumpwoast is wite -- the point is that the N900 hasn't stopped making significant improvements even now! It has more lives than Rasputin and is harder to kill.

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mrsellout | # 18 | 2012-07-07, 19:30 | Report

Originally Posted by Lumiaman View Post

They had a unique UI, but incomplete execution. Very disappointing optimization compares to ios or WP. And that has always been Nokia's problem: inability to deliver perfectly optimized software. So ideas were unique, perhaps visionary, but execution on the software side poor. No wonder they are both dead.

Maemo's optimization allows for it to perform so well on older hardware, whilst providing true multitasking. The excellent work by the CSSU crew extends that optimization providing the devices with a further lease of life.

Nokia's problem has been poor management (both before and after Elop's arrival) and the Osbourne effect caused by the Feb11 declaration.

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Ajudia27 | # 19 | 2012-07-11, 15:30 | Report

does pd proxy or any other vpn run on any of these os on n900?
anyone tested?

mr_ian84 | # 20 | 2012-07-16, 08:45 | Report

In fact maemo + cssu serves me enough

what i would like is flash 11 and most of all i think that the best thing to have on maemo is the ability to run android apps. I think there is diavalik for this but I dont think they support the N900 unfortunately.