I can't really understand why some of the n900 users are looking at the bad sides of the phone now.. and they keeps on comparing it from other phone(on software side)... why just don't look on the capability of the phone and what it can give or do than other phones out there... no one can beat this phone as of now(for me).. but for me the downside of this is the weird thinking of nokia and i don't really know what the hell they are planning about this phone....
So what exactly are you missing now that you've stuck to Maemo and not Android?
Face it, the only thing that you want is a more rapid update cycle. I mean you can't compare Android to Maemo, how do you know that whatever Froyo fixed never was a problem in the first place with Maemo? What kind of a wacky attempt of comparing platforms is this?
If you've got a specific beef about Maemo, such as browser experience on Maemo vs. Froyo, then talk about that. No use getting worked up comparing apples to oranges.
N900 isn't really the bleeding edge in regards to either software or hardware.
The N900 does not have to have ONE bleeding edge specification, when it has a **** load of on the hardware side a LOT of features, what i missed out in my previous post is frontfacing camera, and I LOVE the notification LED (leds are way old tech, not bleeding edge but way useful), and A-GPS.
on regards to software side,
Debian
it uses debian, which has been an industry standard long time favorite thats about 15 years old now. The debian packaging system is one of the reasons i changed to linux when i was about 15 years old.
PulsAudio
This has made linux and audio useful and user friendly love it
Gstreamer
need i say this is a super library?
GTK
Though its modified a lot from its desktop state, i still like GTK the best except for Cocoa, but that isn't open source :P
there is way more things that is good about the N900 software, but I do agree that they could add features that even the cheapest phones has, but I bought this phone knowing a lot of its limitations anyway, im not sad, but hoping for more with updates.
So what exactly are you missing now that you've stuck to Maemo and not Android?
Face it, the only thing that you want is a more rapid update cycle. I mean you can't compare Android to Maemo, how do you know that whatever Froyo fixed never was a problem in the first place with Maemo? What kind of a wacky attempt of comparing platforms is this?
If you've got a specific beef about Maemo, such as browser experience on Maemo vs. Froyo, then talk about that. No use getting worked up comparing apples to oranges.
My thoughts on what you were saying,
Yes i do like rapid update cycles, Look at the Ubuntu/Debian/Gnome trio, LOVE IT And I LOVE reading changelogs, its the funnest thing about updating :3
Of course you can compare android to maemo, they both are software OS es for smartphones and tablets, think about what your saying. Its like saying you cant compare Kubuntu and Fedora because they have different packaging system and desktop environment. Please stop and think about what you were saying :P
How would i know if whatever froyo fixed never was a problem in the first place on maemo? Well thats easy, I know because I have tried Maemo, and if Android made an improvement on something Maemo already is way ahead of it on, well then I have that in mind when choosing OSes
Yes, ive got a spesific beef about maemo, it does not have a chromatic guitar tuner (have not found one that i like/works)
Can android do that? I didn't know, does it have like a downloadable Jave virtual environment? If your talking about the marketplace with google android apps, they use a special android sdk thats not exactly java.
When are official Android 2.2. phones coming out? Later this year, end of the year? I have the impression that even 2.1 isn't on all the phones yet. And the only Android 2.2 "release" we have is inside a SDK.
I guess that MeeGo and Android 2.2 are coming around the same time, then we can compare high and low points of each. Also I think that comparing OS "A" which isn't in any phone yet to OS "M" which is already like one year (or ½ if you take the released to public date) old kind of stupid.
it doesn't matter maemo is debian. the way nokia updates their software makes it pointless. yeah this device would've been great if it updates like an actual linux.
And I LOVE reading changelogs, its the funnest thing about updating :3