N900 vs. Galaxy S - > I used to think there is no python support for android, I was wrong - Android Scripting Environment even has a droid class with access to all the hardware.
Update: still in love with the SGS and, am sorry to say, the N900 is more or less on the shelf for now.
Big things that still annoy me about the SGS are:
1) lack of FM transmitter - if it's there and hidden, someone please tell me!
2) inability to plug into the aux in the car and still use the phone's mic.
Oh, and the lack of a decent community site. The guys on xda dev and sgsforums seem to know diddelysquat about anything more than which is the prettiest wallpaper to choose and whether you need an AV program for your phone. Yawn!
Update: still in love with the SGS and, am sorry to say, the N900 is more or less on the shelf for now.
Big things that still annoy me about the SGS are:
1) lack of FM transmitter - if it's there and hidden, someone please tell me!
2) inability to plug into the aux in the car and still use the phone's mic.
That is all.
1. I don't know about any hidden transmitter > You can always just purchase one that connects to the headphones jack.
2. Just buy an adapter, and leave it connect to the cars AUX, the adapter should have a microphone and it should work - maybe you even have one that came with N900? I got one that came with N95, works like a charm.
3. Even better, buy yourself a DRC BT30 (sony) adapter.
Oh, and the lack of a decent community site. The guys on xda dev and sgsforums seem to know diddelysquat about anything more than which is the prettiest wallpaper to choose and whether you need an AV program for your phone. Yawn!
I don't agree, XDA has lots of people who know what they are doing -
Android is not Maemo, you can't take linux/debian packages, compile for arm with minor adaptation and be done - So you won't be seeing all those crazy stuff maemo is able to pull off.
On the other hand, out of the box the system is able to do much much more.
Also-You have plenty of lag fixes etc to speed up things.
i have both phones and i use the sgs more lately because it's light and because the screen is great ... but i miss a few things from n900
- a real keyboard, with ctrl+stuff, even though swype is incredible ... one need lot of luck to perform a copy-paste thing on sgs ... for eg
- sip integration, even though sipdroid is fine
