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Ranarr is offline Ranarr
2010-08-10 , 20:37
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Thank you everyone for your opinions.

Im not gonna research the benefits and possibilities with Maemo and the N900. I can live without the 3G as 2.5G seems optimal, Wifi is provided in alot of places, and a few places at the University.

If anyone can post a link to hacking done/tutorials for tinkering it'd be appreciated but not necessary. Thanks (Y)
 
gabby131 is offline gabby131
2010-08-10 , 20:41
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@Ranarr

the answer is still with you, if you need a little reference, look at my location,

3g does not work here either but i have my n900 for 6 months,

still, the answer is in you.
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2010-08-10 , 20:52
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Sounds like it could be a good device for you, just be aware that it's really more of a computer than a phone and the interface isn't the most polished.

Also file down your microUSB charger and data cable hooks as soon as you get the device! Better safe than sorry.
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aligatro is offline aligatro
2010-08-10 , 20:53
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Originally Posted by Ranarr View Post
Ive been looking into Wind Mobile which has a 1700Mhz frequency, perfect for the N900.
Are you talking about Canadian "Wind mobile" ?
 
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2010-08-10 , 20:54
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Originally Posted by flywheel View Post
It really doesn't matter if you buy an Android or a Maemo phone - in matters of lost functionality - the loss is equel. In both cases you'll benefit quite a lot, performancewise if you can gain access to a WiFi hotspot (Your camous might be covered).

But if you love to tinker, then you'll get more free hands with the Maemo device (N900). It supports not only GTK+ and Qt apps, but also Python, Java and more.
Actually, if you love to tinker, you'll probably find a lot more to love out of an Android phone in the form of far better support and a much more active community of developers and applications. You can also program in Python, Java (which is its native language) and more as well.

The upside to the N900 is a very good camera, a front-facing camera (if you can manage to get anything to use it) and a decent slide-out keyboard (not the best, but it's good). Beyond that, whether the benefits of an N900 are better than an Android platform are very debatable.
 
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2010-08-10 , 21:04
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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
Actually, if you love to tinker, you'll probably find a lot more to love out of an Android phone in the form of far better support and a much more active community of developers and applications. You can also program in Python, Java (which is its native language) and more as well.

The upside to the N900 is a very good camera, a front-facing camera (if you can manage to get anything to use it) and a decent slide-out keyboard (not the best, but it's good). Beyond that, whether the benefits of an N900 are better than an Android platform are very debatable.
But n900 already has an Android. It might take some time for devs to implement all of the drivers for it and polish it at the end, but it's already here.
 
fatalsaint is offline fatalsaint
2010-08-10 , 21:13
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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
Actually, if you love to tinker, you'll probably find a lot more to love out of an Android phone in the form of far better support and a much more active community of developers and applications. You can also program in Python, Java (which is its native language) and more as well.
I can code fully integrated GUI apps in Android with Python?

Can I tell Android not to close or "sleep" apps I care about, please?

Can I use my already 10+ years Linux experience in developing and Deb or RPM packaging on Android???

I can program fully integrated GUI apps directly on my android device?!?

I can quickly switch between more than the last 6 running apps??

Can I easily port useful Linux software over to my Android phone now?

Oh well... I still prefer my Maemo.... even if I do have my issues with Nokia - Android doesn't come close for me... YMMV.
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2010-08-10 , 21:17
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Originally Posted by fatalsaint View Post
I can code fully integrated GUI apps in Android with Python?

Can I tell Android not to close or "sleep" apps I care about, please?

Can I use my already 10+ years Linux experience in developing and Deb or RPM packaging on Android???

I can program fully integrated GUI apps directly on my android device?!?

I can quickly switch between more than the last 6 running apps??

Can I easily port useful Linux software over to my Android phone now?

Oh well... I still prefer my Maemo.... even if I do have my issues with Nokia - Android doesn't come close for me... YMMV.
Yea, but developers only care about the market size. If you make a program for a maemo. How many ppl are gonna buy it ? 1k 2k tops ? On android it could be couple of hundred-thousand and IOSx could be millions.
 
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2010-08-10 , 21:20
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Originally Posted by aligatro View Post
Yea, but developers only care about the market size. If you make a program for a maemo. How many ppl are gonna buy it ? 1k 2k tops ? On android it could be couple of hundred-thousand . and IOSx could be millions.
True.. but this is my phone and I have to use it..

I make apps to make my life easier.. if other people find them useful.. that's just icing on the cake.

Hence why I am very particular when I say the N900 is the best for me. (not for everyone) If I'm writing something for me on Android I have to be at my desk, with the SDK and environment started, and code it. Then compile it to an APK.. then load it on the phone.

Now I'm at work using my new App and CRAP.. crash. Now I get to wait until I get home to fix the bug.

OTOH: With my N900 and pyRadio (as an example).. I listen to Pandora at work and if I notice a skip/crash/bug/etc.. I can actually drop to a shell.. open vi to my python file.. fix the bug right now.. and just load it up to extras when I get home.

Yeah I'm selfish.. I know.
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2010-08-10 , 21:20
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Yes it is, enough said.
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