QUOTE(Andy214 @ Jun 22 2010, 12:55 PM)
There's no phone that is for everyone. Just need to know what you need or want.
Agreed, though sellers nowadays can also be blamed, as they're prolly pushing the N900 as Nokia's Iphone killer - which it most definitely is not. At it's core, the N900 is a Mobile Computer with a basic phone strapped on, whereas most other smartphones are like the other way around, people need to understand this and react accordingly.
I don't really hate Android OR the DiePhone, really. Each device was designed for a purpose, and to achive that purpose sacrifices need to be made.
To each their own, let's just end it at that. Me, like some of the others, have found that the N900 fits our needs for NOW. It might not be the same for everyone. Heck, the gadget world evolves so much I might just go get an Android device one day lol (though I will prolly not sell my N900, simply for it's sheer hackability).
I do understand though the sheer frustration of getting a new phone and not being able to update it due to a company's stubbon refusal to make it's updater 64-bit friendly - but do understand that other than Dell, most other PCs and Laptops are still shipped with 32-bit Windows.
PS: You can still try OTA what?
Added on June 22, 2010, 2:15 pmQUOTE(jananan @ Jun 22 2010, 02:01 PM)
i would say apple is on the right track for once. they have the resource (only smartphone from apple) to make it a great OS. whereas nokia likes to divide and conquer (confuse) its consumers.
if nokia paid more attention to design and user friendless, it would be nokia in the headlines and not apple.
symbian5 was a semi-failure, even though the OS was better than apple's OS in every way the interface was never made for touch interface.
lets nokia learns and lets hope symbian^v3 will be more apple like in interface (we've already seen the pinch zoom) and other apple like gestures in demoes.
Symbian^3 = killer OS + killer interface
Apple targets the high end, non-techy smartphone user (also previous iAnything users who worship the ground Jobs walks on lol). Nokia, on the other hand, targets so many markets that it actually makes sense for them to run different OSes.
That's just how they make money: market saturation. Rather than try to make one phone to try and please everyone, why not make 10 phones that will surely please 10 types of people. If you're lucky, the same user will buy two (or even three) of your products to fit his/her different needs.
And with the N8 and Sym3 is no different, it's supposed to be a cheap-ish touch smartphone and OS for the masses who don't really know or care if their processor is faster then whatever or if the App Store has how many apps.
They just want a cheaper Iphone that works somewhat like the real thing and has a well known brand stuck to it.
So Sym3 will be just that, a mass market OS for a mass market phone - a proper jump up the evolutionary tree from the 5800 (which, for all it's supposed crappiness, sold crapboatloads). As for proper iOS slayin', we have Meego, the smarter smartphone OS (or so I hope it turns out to be).
About multitouch gestures though, I will not hide the fact that I strongly believe pinch to zoom on a phone, however intuitive, is just a waste of time. Try doing it one handed, right now, and you'll get my point.
This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 22 2010, 02:29 PM 
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