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Uwe | # 1 | 2010-05-14, 22:33 | Report

All,

my new device is an HTC Desire running on Android 2.1 / HTC Sense and I won't switch back to the N900 (even though I still do think it is a great device and this is a great community).

Why?

When I first saw the specs of the N900 mid 2009 it looked to me like both a thouroughly engineered mobile phone/tablet platform and a perfect business tool.

And even though I was turned down by Nokia Store's missing abilty to handle international credit card transactions (which automatically discarded my order from the waiting list at the very end of the waiting period) I eagerly managed to get hold of the N900 pretty early after its public availability.

What I got then was an almost perfectly engineered device. Kudos to the responsible hardware designers @ Nokia. Great job.

The software side of the device, however, was by far not as bright. Even though I am into Unix and Linux since more than 25 years now after 6 months of usage of the N900 as my single phone / tablet device I could not longer effort e.g.

to be without a mobile phone after unforseeable battery drains of the N900 in the middle of the day
to wait for necessary prio 0 bug fixes for months
to do all the necessary micro-tweaking of the device
to wait for the Ovi Store to contain meaningful apps for the N900
to be a guinea pig for Nokia's market research
to wait for Nokia to come up with any kind of statement of direction / roadmap for the N900 / Maemo / MeeGo
to wait for Nokia to come up with a plan how to re-invent itself after it's n+1st business reorganization
to be without a mobile phone after unforseeable battery drains of the N900 in the middle of the day
tbc ...

Am I feeding the trolls? Not at all. Nokia had every chance but ...

Where are you going to?

Last edited by Uwe; 2010-05-14 at 22:38.

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nosa101 | # 2 | 2010-05-14, 22:38 | Report

Put thread in competitors maybe?

fatalsaint | # 3 | 2010-05-14, 22:39 | Report

Originally Posted by Uwe View Post

Where are you going to?

No where. Why do I have to be going somewhere?

Why do you have to ask a loaded question?

A better one would be "Are you happy with the N900?" .. but I know there's a thread already with nearly that exact title. It's a poll too.

There's also threads nearly identical to this one.. like this.

ETA: Ah hah, Found it.

geneven | # 4 | 2010-05-14, 22:46 | Report

Thread score: Two out of ten.

Excessive incoherence.

Use of "emotionless" too creative.

Points one and eight identical.

You may rewrite and resubmit for passing grade.

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Uwe | # 5 | 2010-05-14, 23:06 | Report

Originally Posted by geneven View Post

Thread score: Two out of ten.

By what measure?

Originally Posted by geneven View Post

Excessive incoherence.

I know.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post

Use of "emotionless" too creative.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post

Points one and eight identical.

By intention.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post

You may rewrite and resubmit for passing grade.

You may want to recognize that I spent some effort to explain my use case. Flaming /w out explanation is just too blunt.

rpgAmazon | # 6 | 2010-05-14, 23:38 | Report

Originally Posted by Uwe View Post

All,

my new device is an HTC Desire running on Android 2.1 / HTC Sense and I won't switch back to the N900 (even though I still do think it is a great device and this is a great community).

Why?

When I first saw the specs of the N900 mid 2009 it looked to me like both a thouroughly engineered mobile phone/tablet platform and a perfect business tool.

And even though I was turned down by Nokia Store's missing abilty to handle international credit card transactions (which automatically discarded my order from the waiting list at the very end of the waiting period) I eagerly managed to get hold of the N900 pretty early after its public availability.

What I got then was an almost perfectly engineered device. Kudos to the responsible hardware designers @ Nokia. Great job.

The software side of the device, however, was by far not as bright. Even though I am into Unix and Linux since more than 25 years now after 6 months of usage of the N900 as my single phone / tablet device I could not longer effort e.g.

to be without a mobile phone after unforseeable battery drains of the N900 in the middle of the day
to wait for necessary prio 0 bug fixes for months
to do all the necessary micro-tweaking of the device
to wait for the Ovi Store to contain meaningful apps for the N900
to be a guinea pig for Nokia's market research
to wait for Nokia to come up with any kind of statement of direction / roadmap for the N900 / Maemo / MeeGo
to wait for Nokia to come up with a plan how to re-invent itself after it's n+1st business reorganization
to be without a mobile phone after unforseeable battery drains of the N900 in the middle of the day
tbc ...

Am I feeding the trolls? Not at all. Nokia had every chance but ...

Where are you going to?

Desire?
I'll make you cry when my Evo arrives!

Dollyknot | # 7 | 2010-05-14, 23:50 | Report

Probably got shares in Apple or Google.

(even though I still do think it is a great device and this is a great community)

Surely a case of damning with faint praise.

Anyone who don't love the n900, is not a time served geek, just a nerd with their hand in the till.

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slartibartfass | # 8 | 2010-05-14, 23:50 | Report

Maybe a Nokia MeeGo device, and only of my n900 is broken or completely ou of date. I Could also imagine a HTC with android, but only in a few years.

kojacker | # 9 | 2010-05-14, 23:52 | Report

I think we've had similar threads before, HTC usually comes up close to the top. My next handset will almost certainly be Android, and if i could afford to change handset I'd definitely be in the HTC Desire boat by now. Money's tight at the moment so the n900 will keep me company for the meantime.

However there's a chance I'll be able to get one from work soon which would be pure win ofcourse, ie. business phone, no cost to me. I work for a mobile application company here in the UK and last week the company took the decision to drop Symbian and bring in more Android projects, we'll be moving forward focusing on Iphone and Android development. Some great Android handsets coming out in the next few months too so timing couldnt be better

wmarone | # 10 | 2010-05-14, 23:55 | Report

Can't we just merge this with one of the other "I don't like my N900 and I must tell all of you" threads that gets made on a daily basis?

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