A good chip does not a good music player make. Lol... I have a dedicated DAP to do that, and the battery life of the N900 prevents extensive music use anyhow.

It's a magical phone with a life of it's own...

No, really.

I HAVE the Trips lol. And I use the Fischer Eterna a LOT more then the Trips due to it being more "enjoyable" in the long run (it's more comfortable and "fun").

The Trips might be superior in terms of pure SQ but with the crap sources I throw at them, they just tire my ears easily lol. They are just THAT unforgiving of bad source material.

Now, to save money for a Hippo Gumstick and a Fischer DBA02, what can I say, I like them Russians.

How much are the Trips on the market now anyway?

Another non proper way is to modify swappiness, the original value is "100" (means that the system will swap often) IINM, change that to "30" or "60" (swapping less) for increased performance at the risk of higher RAM usage (and potentially having not enough RAM for incoming phone calls - the "phone" app seems to need a lot of free RAM - especially when set at 30).

Also, do the "increase responsiveness" trick mentioned on the Maemo.org overclocking wiki. All these will lead to a system that would take longer to lag (it will STILL lag, eventually).

I also set (or I USED to set, my baby is still in the hospital) my N900 to restart on its own every day at 4.30am, using fcron (you can also use "Alarmed" from the repos for an app with a GUI), and this ensures I have a fresh N900 every morning.

1) Well, you're in total control of data connections, so it's no real problem. If it tries to connect to cellular anyway, you can always hack things to stop it COMPLETELY, it's Linux after all.

2) Yes, but the included GPS apps (Ovi Maps / Sygic) are generally crap IMHO. Locally at least. And Ovi Maps NEEDS WIFI/Cellular data unless you've loaded maps onto it. BUT, you can installl NITDroid and use Papago as well, IINM.

3) No idea, I'm (or at least I was) on unlimited data.

4) That's PORTRAIT WEB BROWSING: There's no such thing as full UI Portrait mode YET (except switching a few programs to portrait mode, which is buggy). And no, input in portrait is still quite buggy. Even portrait web browsing has no input options, at least no official ones (hacks are available, but like I said, it's buggy). Even chinese input to begin with is a bit buggy.

Yes, "buggy" is the imperative word here when it comes to portrait in any sense on the N900 for now.

5) It runs smoothly enough, and it really doesn't matter how many apps or games you install. It's how many apps and games YOU RUN AT ONE TIME (multi-tasking) that slows down the system sans OC (it slows down the system even IF you OC).

But like you said, you're not a heavy internet user. Which really negates the MAIN ADVANTAGE of the N900 in my opinion: the web browsing and web related apps. I really wouldn't recommend you use it as your main phone UNLESS you live and breathe the internet (and like Linux), as the phone functions are still immature.

They work fine, yes, but well... it's like somebody threw in a few phone related apps as an afterthought into a internet tablet, that's all.

If you want things on the phone side to work well, all the time, the N900 will slowly piss you off - unless you're patient. I love the N900 yes, but even I am running off to an E71 as my main phone and plan to use the N900 for internet consumption mainly (with either a secondary data plan or with the E71 running Joikuspot).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 12 2010, 05:57 AM

The A-GPS's network connection can be disabled, it's under "network positioning". Which means yeah, you can run it on pure GPS.

ALSO, the one to wait for is the new N9 - or whatever Nokia decides to call the N8 with the keyboard. Yeah I know Symbian has its problems, but you cannot deny that in terms of phone functions, Symbian has got it nailed. And there's MILES more apps for Symbian. Main thing is, it SHOULD have USB OTG working out of the box (compared to on the N900, which is still a hack in progress) - and with that, the N9 should be KILLER for OFFLINE work.

But if most of your work is done ONLINE through a web browser - then there is nothing even close to the N900 IMHO.

As for having no data plans, well, I just can't imagine that any more nowadays. Try surfing the net while relaxing by the side of the road on a cycle up Fraser's hill and you'll understand the freedom that it provides - although I do understand the fact that the cost is prohibitive to some (though both Maxis and Celcom have good entry level broadband packages nowadays, RM48 and RM38 per month respectively).

But being in metropolitan areas most of the time actually negates the need for cellular data anyway. Like you said, free WIFI is everywhere.

LOL, first time I've heard this also. Are you backgrounding apps rather than stopping them, like all the time? Highest my RAM usage has ever gone is like 70% and that's WITH modded swappiness (RAM used more than swap) and a whole bunch of apps running at once.

Memory leaks from ExtDevel apps?

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 12 2010, 08:11 PM

Won't no 8 automatically result in no 9 happening even less lol?

LOL man, just LOL...

I had an N97 Mini, and while it's a good phone the N900 is a far better computer...

Depends on what you need, a good phone or a great computer (that can also make calls sometimes)...

@ShrugsLova: Resistive on the N900 is not bad, at least if you're using fingers. But, can you draw on the iPhone like you can on the N900? Main reason why the N900 screen and it's pressure sensitivity is unique in the smartphone world.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 12 2010, 09:18 PM

Lessening xtermititis by using PuTTY on the E71 to SSH into my laptop, all to play with a command prompt... Sad eh?

Also, VNC+ is working... It's nothing compared to the VNC Viewer on the N900, but it's somehow faster at the same time lol.

I still miss my microb though.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 13 2010, 12:20 AM

I was mentioning Shape VNC+ on the E71 back there, but yeah, there IS a good VNC viewer (which is called, well, VNC Viewer) on the N900 which I used a lot back when my N900 was alive.

It's available in the extras/extras-devel repositories from Application Manager on the N900.

JIC you don't know what AppMan does, it's a Program Catalog that works like other Linux package managers (synaptic etc) and you'll need an active internet connection to install. It doesn't matter if its 3G or WIFI.

To configure, I used this guide here: http://variableghz.com/2008/09/getting-serious-about-vnc/

Although if you're already using a lot of VNC, you'll probably know all about this already.

On the N900 viewer side of things, there isn't much to configure. Just enter your target IP:host and connect.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 13 2010, 01:31 AM

Good luck bro, I managed to do the same but EXTRACTING place POIs from the main map proved to be the impossible part. Gave up soon after that, and even the great MFM POIs are useless with the outdated Sygic 9 maps. Maybe the Sygic 10 map would be better.

Oh, and porting IMG files are REALLY, REALLY hard last I checked. It's great if you have a way to do it though.

@audiologist: Yeah, that's the one.

In the end, N8 is a GREAT cameraphone and the N900 is a GREAT tablet. Pick your poison.

Or wait for the next Meego superphone.

Although, I'd rather Nokia update their messenger/business line (the E-series) as well - the E72 with a better, sharper screen would be killer really (I'd ask for the E71's stability as well, but that would be asking for too much lol).

But if they don't, I guess the supposed N9 would be oooookay lah. Fully working USB-OTG has always been a killer feature to me.

Search for x11vnc for controlling N900 from computer.

Search for openSSH and WinSCP for accessing N900 files using WIFI from computer.

Hope that helps.

*SIGH*

I think by the time my N900 comes out of the hospital, the N1000 (or at least the N8/N9) would have come out already lol.

Just got a call from my local repair guys: same answer, my N900 is unrepairable. What the...

Now this is getting curiously strange. I can understand Nokia Care not wanting to repair my AP phone and giving me an excuse, but a third party repair shop?

Seriously strange. Just how freakin broken IS my N900?

@everyone: Oh well, if I bought it myself sure buy Original edi. Now will wait for the dual-core gen devices to come, and see if they're any better then the N900 in terms of overall usability.

They have to be almost as good as the N900 PLUS my E71.

If by then the new bunch of devices offer not much improvement over the N900, I'll just get myself another N900 heh, by then it'll surely be cheap edi.

In simple terms: Transmission is made for use with hard-disks or desktop level SSDs. It is too heavy for the 32GB eMMC and it slows down access to system files --> decreasing responsiveness.Even if you're downloading to the memory card.

It has absolutely nothing to do with OCing, it will slow down the system even if you're OCed.

For something better, google for "flashlite ctorrent maemo". This is an old app, but it does not slow down the system too much while downloading torrents.

In complex terms:


This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 19 2010, 02:47 AM

Hmm, slightly maybe. I didn't feel much difference when I tested though, it still slows down the system too much for usual multitasking.

Here's the full story from the ctorrent Flashlite site.



Taken from: https://wiki.cc.gatech.edu/epl/index.php/FlashLite

Install files are there too.

You posted that right before I could lol. If it has OTG and a decent spec (and it's not just a 'shopped leak), I'm sold.

You can get a MicroUSB-USB converter anywhere nowadays, so no real biggie. A full sized USB slot MIGHT fit the N900 (considering its size), but this supposed N9 seems, well, too slim?

Anyways, it looks like a pre-proto anyway. Hopefully somebody improves it further in the next 4 (supposed) months left to go.

The BV-4V is new. Its rumored to hold the same 1320mAh, but in different dimensions compared to the BL-5J.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 19 2010, 11:26 PM

Yeap, but it's dead. Completely.

Anyone wants my Otterbox? I can sell it for a tad cheaper then retail (I got it for RM100) to cover for my new Symbian purchases (I just bought Googasync and FreeISMS business edition a few weeks ago). It bearly spent a month on my N900 + I've modded a lanyard/strap hole on it too, and some electrical tape inside to stop it from rattling around (PLUS giving EXTRA shock protection lol).

But really, it's the BEST case I've ever used. I'm even considering one for my E71.

Will do the review in a few days, then we'll see if anyone's interested.

Even if I MIGHT just get a new N900 much much later (if the N8 QWERTY/N9 fails me at launch and makes me sad), I'll just get a new one lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 19 2010, 11:34 PM