That is because you might live somewhere in one of those Eastern European countries...
Instead of being afraid of your belongings left on the beach might get stolen , guys, get yourself some civilization, some good justice system...
There is nothing wrong with N900 device being a phone, if they stole your cheap phone on the beach with all your contacts, isn't that also bad? What I'm saying: here people would not stole the phone on the beach, if this happens in your country, don't try to strip this phone of some features... just fix your country!
That was not a very brilliant comment. Maybe we could just move to your friendly neighbourhood? Or maybe we can fix our countries shipping our robbers to yours?
I am for the “separate phone” design too. And the security issue is one of the reasons.
I have hope Nokia will release again another non-phone tablet some time in the future, maybe 2011... Until then I'll stick to the N800. Not only it's more fit to my wishes, but older devices are less prone to be stolen!
Also, as for the idea that it is a 'full screen' toggle. There is no SIDE-BAR-BASED-TASK-SWITCHER. So, there is no non-full screen view. That means no need for a full-screen toggle button.
Bruce
I shouldn't have said full screen toggle. How about task manager toggle! That's what I should have said.
No where in my (2nd) post did I use words like "automatically" or "worse". I stated facts like "People using left hand are forced to use right humb". And I made "observations" of peoples reaction to the keyboard. None of which is my "opinion". But ok.
I feel secure in saying my words with which you take issue were a fair interpretation of your posts on the subject. You did take an extreme contrary stance, and yes, what I took issue with was your opinion. Besides, those observations are still largely speculative at this point [here Qgil takes me to task for giving someone else grief over speculation ]
Anyway, looks like you were up to the internet opinion war challenge! Semantics at 20 paces! Fire!
Eh, folks having international issues, please take it somewhere else other than this thread please.
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Folks having issues with a Maemo 5 device sporting cellular connectivity *options,* get over it; this was known for a long time and nothing about a pre-production device's review will change what has already been debated here ad nauseum.
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Folks not loving the keyboard, but have never had more than 2sec using the N97, you will be surprised. Allow youself the blessing of not having expectations that are off, and just wait until you get the device to center things appropriately for you.
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All this fuss about a device that's not even official yet. I wonder if folks will feel the same after they are told by Nokia that this is the face of what Nokia wants to do with computing (open source, community involvement, technology paradigm shifting, service oriented features and devices, and occasional rewards).
Me too. I hope we have the option at some point for a no phone version. Like blackberry and no-cam versions.
I should wait until a formal announcement to complain, but I find myself much less excited about the n900 than I wanted to be, and was from 770->800->810.
Gone are:
Big-ish screen
$400-ish price
freedom from carrier/contract ( yeah, unlocked blah-blah )
computer friendly keyboard in favor of phone friendly one
dpad, etc.
Not to mention new generic slider-phone styling.
It's becoming more of a paris-hilton chick phone than mobile computer/internet tablet. Which is OK I guess since Nokia sells phones, but not the direction I hoped for or that got me excited about maemo to begin with.
I do like to new horsepower.
Here's to hoping for more variants soon.. maybe nokia can beat apple back to the 4.5 - 5'' tablet.
, guys, get yourself some civilization, some good justice system...
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