Active Topics
-
How many of you still use N900 as main phone? (595)
to Community by deutch1976 - 3 days, 4 hrs ago -
Big news (7)
to OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo by endsormeans - 4 days, 13 hrs ago -
Firefox with Leste (8)
to Maemo 7 / Leste by endsormeans - 4 days, 13 hrs ago - more...
 |
|
2009-01-08
, 16:45
|
|
Posts: 716 |
Thanked: 236 times |
Joined on Dec 2007
|
#22
|
I wish I could pop-out the wimax hardware and replace it with EVDO. Sprint and Verizon use that and it works well.
Or the 3G iPhone stuff for that matter.
I think WiMax works in Finland, so that may have been a reason.
Though I do wish they would just sell them at the N810 price as I prefer the color scheme.
Or the 3G iPhone stuff for that matter.
I think WiMax works in Finland, so that may have been a reason.
Though I do wish they would just sell them at the N810 price as I prefer the color scheme.
|
|
2009-01-08
, 17:24
|
|
Posts: 1,208 |
Thanked: 1,028 times |
Joined on Oct 2007
|
#23
|
Originally Posted by tz1
No mobile WiMax networks in Finland
I think WiMax works in Finland, so that may have been a reason..
 |
|
2009-01-08
, 17:34
|
|
Posts: 1,878 |
Thanked: 646 times |
Joined on Sep 2007
@ San Jose, CA
|
#24
|
Originally Posted by tz1
Well, yeah, the best plan would have been making it modular. Like, having a PCI-Express-Mini card or something (assuming one could be made to fit inside a NIT). Then you could have any WWAN you wanted, or none at all.
I wish I could pop-out the wimax hardware and replace it with EVDO. Sprint and Verizon use that and it works well.
Or the 3G iPhone stuff for that matter.
I think WiMax works in Finland, so that may have been a reason.
Though I do wish they would just sell them at the N810 price as I prefer the color scheme.
__________________
My Personal Blog
My Personal Blog
 |
|
2009-01-08
, 19:30
|
|
Posts: 3,397 |
Thanked: 1,212 times |
Joined on Jul 2008
@ Netherlands
|
#25
|
Originally Posted by tz1
Agreed.
I wish I could pop-out the wimax hardware and replace it with EVDO. Sprint and Verizon use that and it works well.
Or the 3G iPhone stuff for that matter.
I think WiMax works in Finland, so that may have been a reason.
There are indeed WiMAX networks in Finland but I don't know about the necessary details such as how wide the covered area is, or which frequency is used. I do know WiMAX is also rolled out to save costs on rolling out DSL or cable in rural areas while providing high speed access.
See Wikipedia: List of deployed WiMAX networks
Though I do wish they would just sell them at the N810 price as I prefer the color scheme.
However, I already own a N810, and the software and hardware would be out of date soon. 770 or N800 owners might like the device. The price of the N810 will go down because of new Maemo-based device. It could function as a (relatively cheap) demo model for upcoming Maemo-based device though. Together with Mer, that'd give a user a relatively usable device which might be a good bang for a buck in 2009/2010.
__________________
Goosfraba! All text written by allnameswereout is public domain unless stated otherwise. Thank you for sharing your output!
Goosfraba! All text written by allnameswereout is public domain unless stated otherwise. Thank you for sharing your output!
|
|
2009-01-08
, 21:50
|
|
Posts: 7 |
Thanked: 0 times |
Joined on Nov 2007
|
#26
|
Come on people! When will you get it? Just as predicted in my post few months ago about the impending exctinction of the Internet Tablet. The N810 is not dead because of WIMAX inavailability, it, along with any kind of future Internet tablets, will die because of its limited functionality. My previous post explained why so I won't repeat it here. The point is, the IT has its limited devout following but that's about it...not for the general mass consumer. It's just simply too expensive for what it does, not user friendly, and too small for real functionality/practicallity, period. You either go with the Iphone/Itouch or a netbook. It will fade away...just like the PDAs.
Last edited by slingster; 2009-01-08 at 21:53.
Last edited by slingster; 2009-01-08 at 21:53.
|
|
2009-01-08
, 22:05
|
|
Posts: 3,397 |
Thanked: 1,212 times |
Joined on Jul 2008
@ Netherlands
|
#27
|
Ya. The market decides. But the device was never meant for the mass market either.
__________________
Goosfraba! All text written by allnameswereout is public domain unless stated otherwise. Thank you for sharing your output!
Goosfraba! All text written by allnameswereout is public domain unless stated otherwise. Thank you for sharing your output!
|
|
2009-01-08
, 22:47
|
|
Posts: 1,878 |
Thanked: 646 times |
Joined on Sep 2007
@ San Jose, CA
|
#28
|
Originally Posted by slingster
I was with you until that statement.
You either go with the Iphone/Itouch or a netbook.
"Smartphone" yes.
"iPhone" no.
If Maemo wants to survive, and/or grow out of its niche, it'll either have to become a phone OS, or diversify to other MID-types, UMPCs, and netbooks. Probably even becoming multi-vendor. And it will have to do it soon, IMO.
__________________
My Personal Blog
My Personal Blog
|
|
2009-01-08
, 23:35
|
|
Posts: 1,513 |
Thanked: 2,248 times |
Joined on Mar 2006
@ US
|
#29
|
Originally Posted by gonzo1082
Can you provide details or a link as to why? Thanks.
Wimax has reached portland but it's not compatible with the n810w tablet. WTF.
|
|
2009-01-09
, 00:32
|
|
Posts: 1,513 |
Thanked: 2,248 times |
Joined on Mar 2006
@ US
|
#30
|
The tablets are, or were, research projects. Nokia has used them to take risks and develop new technologies and directions outside of their main product line. The selection of WiMAX made sense in that light.
Nokia wound up sitting on the WiMAX Edition units for too long waiting for Sprint to pull its act together though. And now it appears Nokia's decided the long term payoff potential of WiMAX is no longer worth the risk. Perhaps it's the world economy. Perhaps, if the Maemo 5 device is step 5, they've decided they don't want an unsuccessful N810 WiMAX Edition hanging around as they push Maemo mainstream next year. Perhaps, as a certain ex-Nokia person suggests, Nokia's retreating from the US market.
1) Insufficient WiMax network buildout to date and in near future
2) Nokia is not a part of the Clear ecosystem.
| The Following User Says Thank You to SD69 For This Useful Post: | ||
Nokia Developer Champion
Different <> Wrong | Listen - Judgment = Progress | People + Trust = Success
My personal site: http://texrat.net