aspidites | # 11 | 2010-05-19, 10:03 | Report

Thanks, but not quite what I was after krk969. I suppose http://androidcommunity.com/forums/index.php would have been a better example, but to be honest, I don't ever hear anyone talk about it.

rash.m2k | # 12 | 2010-05-19, 10:20 | Report

I think it's more to do with the fact that the N900 has an OPEN operating system rather than Android where the OS is actually closed (most of it anyway!).

The thing is that ANYTHING you want to on the N900 is pretty easy to do (apart from the really complex stuff like Video calling, portrait mode etc. etc.) from the command line.

So ultimately it's stupidly easy for a developer to write a script for the N900 to do something, and then some other developer will turn it into a .deb and upload it to extras-devel and we can have a turn around of 7 days or less!!!!!!! Imagine that - asking for an feature and having it delivered within 7 days! Thats ****ing awesome

qwerty12 | # 13 | 2010-05-19, 10:22 | Report

That's the thing: Many things users would like from the community to be implemented can only be done by modifying the respective Nokia program's source. The problem? The source for that program is nowhere to be found.

rcarlos | # 14 | 2010-05-19, 10:23 | Report

I am aware of XDA wherein the major focus has been towards WinMo devices but I believe they are also into Android now a days

Wld love to have a peek into an iphone community, merely to see their notions on the N900 or other nokia phones....or rather if the hate feelings are mutual ?

or As with Apple's way of doing things, Is the community 'paid' to join ?

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kojacker | # 15 | 2010-05-19, 10:25 | Report

It's a bit of an unfair comparison as the Android and Iphone dev communities have a far larger number of active developers, many times higher than we have here. Coupled with good tools and learning resources, the barrier for developers to get involved and take on new requests is not so high. Added to that are large app store portfolios which make these new and novel app requests more welcome and likely to be picked up.

In comparison, there are a fewer number of developers on here looking for something to do. You have to be more dedicated to work on the n900, a lot of these guys are already committed on their own projects.

I've been on a few threads were someone has come in with application requests and they've been basically called a ******, told to go buy an iphone, or asked if they want a coffee maker along with their RSS feed request... Sigh.. that doesn't help

lunatik | # 16 | 2010-05-19, 10:33 | Report

I think that iPhone users fall into 3 major categories:

• ones who just use it as a phone (most of them are unaware of any communities, cause they don't need them)
• geeks like most of N900 users
• and trolls - the most laughable category.

Usually some apple trolls wander into our Russian community forum and start a topic saying that he bought N900 and how he is disappointed 'bout it. He might not own neither iPhone, nor N900, but used his friend's iPhone and got brainwashed.

ivanzorkic | # 17 | 2010-05-19, 10:34 | Report

You payd to much? Buaahahahaha?


Seriously?

Crashdamage | # 18 | 2010-05-19, 10:39 | Report

That's the #1 Android 'community' site, the rough equivalent to this one. An active forum, but only maybe half as much as this. I wonder why that is so since obviously there far more Android users than Maemo. I can only guess it's because most Android users aren't as tech-oriented, less likely to ask questions or generally fool around with their phones.

If they were more tech-savvy so to speak, they'd probably start looking for an alternative to Android.

Android developers seem to have a fairly low tolerance for ordinary users coming to sites like xda and crying about how they want this or need that. Has to be a reasonable, well thought-out request. Can't say that I blame them. In the early days of Android you couldn't do much with it and the noise level about lacking features was pretty high.

Kinda like around here...

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smoku | # 19 | 2010-05-19, 11:31 | Report

No doubt they have many more developers. So has Windows.
But the question was about the community.

kojacker | # 20 | 2010-05-19, 12:27 | Report

My post was kinda made in regards to the development community, as the thread was made in regards to application requests. Imo, if you want to see something developed then it's the developers in that community that hold the key. YMMV