I think Nokia made a mistake with the N900. The phone functionality should have been a lot better, people expect a 600 € device with phone functionality to actually work well as a phone. And please stop repeating the "it's not a phone, it's a mobile computer" mantra; the N900 has a phone part, so it IS a phone, too, and should be usable as such. Also, I don't think the device will gain all the missing abilities in future firmware updates, development efforts are probably already directed at Harmattan and the next Maemo device.
Apparently you didn't try the N97.
S60V5 as 3 seperate manufacturers flagship phones.
Samsung, Nokia, Sony
All tragically flawed.
I would say that your experience is definitley not typical of the majority of users.
Out of curiousity during that hour of testing did you enable the dev and testing libraries?
Software feels a little unfinished or rough around the edges. This I agree with but since the phone has been on the market for approximatley 3 weeks depending on your region I am not worried or surpised. I think it is evident that their is a very strong developer community for this platform.
"What computers have become". So the N95 is not a phone either?
Please, everybody, drop this thing already. When they added the phone features, it stopped being a tablet and became a phone. This "it's not a phone" stuff is only discussed here, to the rest of the world, this is a phone just as much as any other modern smartphone. Deal with it. People coming here expect it to be a phone and Nokia is not selling any differently than their other smartphones. None of them are called "phones" in Nokia speak. Technically, all cell phones are mobile computers, always have been. The fact that this one runs Linux makes very little difference to most people.
There's the Maemo greeters program here. How about leaving these threads to the greeters so they can treat people posting about their disappointment with respect instead of dismissing their concerns and claiming they are stupid for thinking it's a phone? Stop the RTFM attitude already, these forums have really gone down the sewers lately.
Please, everybody, drop this thing already. When they added the phone features, it stopped being a tablet and became a phone. This "it's not a phone" stuff is only discussed here, to the rest of the world, this is a phone just as much as any other modern smartphone. Deal with it. People coming here expect it to be a phone and Nokia is not selling any differently than their other smartphones. None of them are called "phones" in Nokia speak. Technically, all cell phones are mobile computers, always have been. The fact that this one runs Linux makes very little difference to most people.
There's the Maemo greeters program here. How about leaving these threads to the greeters so they can treat people posting about their disappointment with respect instead of dismissing their concerns and claiming they are stupid for thinking it's a phone? Stop the RTFM attitude already, these forums have really gone down the sewers lately.
what about laptops with modems & 3g radios? are those phones?
n95 is a smartphone when using nokias own definitions...
and do you really claim that it is wrong to say RTFM if something is mentioned at manual and somebody doesn't really care to read the manual first before asking? I could also say: "RTM" but I don't like the requirements to spoonfeed everybody.
"What computers have become". So the N95 is not a phone either?
Please, everybody, drop this thing already. When they added the phone features, it stopped being a tablet and became a phone. This "it's not a phone" stuff is only discussed here, to the rest of the world, this is a phone just as much as any other modern smartphone. Deal with it. People coming here expect it to be a phone and Nokia is not selling any differently than their other smartphones. None of them are called "phones" in Nokia speak. Technically, all cell phones are mobile computers, always have been. The fact that this one runs Linux makes very little difference to most people.
There's the Maemo greeters program here. How about leaving these threads to the greeters so they can treat people posting about their disappointment with respect instead of dismissing their concerns and claiming they are stupid for thinking it's a phone? Stop the RTFM attitude already, these forums have really gone down the sewers lately.
I agree this is a phone the only way your going to convinced me its not is if you carry a n900 and a phone in your pocket. When I bought my n95 8gb Nokia was touting it as a mobile computer and this was years ago. Its called marketing i mean yes it does computer like things but it has a thumb keyboard A8 cortex chip things that other smartphones have, therefore my friends its a phone.
I have had my n900 for a few days and yes battery dies pretty fast hope that gets better with time and scrolling can be hit or miss but overall I really like this device a whole lot. This phone has excellent sound quality, it can play a lot of videos I throw at it. I think we need to give this phone atleast two firmware updates before we can pass our final judgement. I think its really premature to say this is an exepriment gone bad or that this phone doesn't deliver.
The point is, debating whether the N900 is phone or not is silly, pointing out whatever terms the Nokia pages use makes no difference, none of the new Nokia "phones" are officially phones, yet everybody calls them phones and Nokia is generally regarded as the world's leading phone-maker, not "a quite large multimedia computer maker". The N900 is just as much a phone as the N95. This issue should not come up in all of these threads.
My RTFM comment referred to the attitude of "you should've known better" that comes up in all similar threads. I'm tired of it.
The point is, debating whether the N900 is phone or not is silly, pointing out whatever terms the Nokia pages use makes no difference, none of the new Nokia "phones" are officially phones, yet everybody calls them phones and Nokia is generally regarded as the world's leading phone-maker, not "a quite large multimedia computer maker". The N900 is just as much a phone as the N95. This issue should not come up in all of these threads.
My RTFM comment referred to the attitude of "you should've known better" that comes up in all similar threads. I'm tired of it.
no it isn't as much a phone. Symbian is purely a smartphone os, Maemo isn't.
