from what i know, Maemo is based on a Debian linux distro, so it's not surprising that it would have a virtual memory which is found on pc OS. Virtual memory normally uses part of your storage, in this case, part of the 32GB memory. Yeah, ram would be better, but nokia likes to cut cost mah...why put 512MB ram when they can have 256ram + 768MB virtual memory to do the work, virtual memory is an OS feature nia, no additional cost de. Virtual memory is not often used also, and phone apps don take up that much memory that it would use up 256MB with just one single app running i guess. I don think maemo will do better in the hands of SE..last i recall their UIQ was rather crappy..maybe samsung...

I agree on you on the potential of maemo, but if you notice, the way nokia market it, N900 is more like hardcore phone user's gear..they support on heavy modding and even give you instructions to do that. Majority people(like most uncle aunty out there) just one something easy to use mah, and nokia normally targets them lo

i suppose it's something like HDMI cable on N8 also, one of the 'good to have cos it's high tech' feature..maybe half of us will just sue it 1-2 times and forget about it, and only the rare few of us will use on regular basis..haha..

anyway i never really think DLNA is needed on phone, it's just adding extra cost to the phone IMO

hmm...in this case 768MB isnt that much i guess?? i don really know cos i don touch those things on desktop..plus, i tot virtual memory will not be touched if the RAM itself is not full?

the time gap betweek 5800 and M600i is really because the slow adapt of nokia in touch screen market..which i am very disappointed. If only they adopted to touch screen earlier instead of being all ignorant about the whole touch screen transition...and actually 206Mhz processor back then was pretty decent lar...

looking on the UI, i say it's just not bad, it just look like Symbian with SE Skin..and the home screen from what i notice, is pretty much just standby apps and calender/memo swap position and everything is bigger for easier touch screen navigation..but i guess it does it job..and yeah, it's out at 2006, so i cant really complain much

i tried bluetooth tethering, did not last long also...and really overheat @@

on a not too related topic, x2, x4, x6 are true single chip multicore, while the intel i-series+ intel HD graphic is like what u mention, shrink small enough and put into a single DIE

lol..those taken from Hong Kong movies?

his one is kena report ler

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Added on September 7, 2010, 5:53 pmlol...dunno they report for what..i think those pictures are pretty funny

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sensor size back to normal phone hence eliminate the huge space being used by the camera in N8?

N8 uses AMOLED too..and i recall on the interview with Nokia's guy(forgot what's the name, it's on gsmarena), he mention that n8 has to be made into one piece so that it will not look so bulky..the same reason the battery is not removable

yeap. it also performs better then AMOLED under sunlight too. It's because AMOLED has seperate touch detection layer and display layer, while in SuperAMOLED the 2 layers are combine. Not only it saves more space, it also eliminates the extra inner reflection, letting more lights out, hence having better brightness and look better under sunlight

yeah..i remember from the USD OTG video(didnt really finish)..the person that did the demo uses some extra converter cable

am i the only one still hoping on the nokia rangers? lol....

actually, it makes me think, why suddenly they need our info instead of money if this is a scam??

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Added on September 7, 2010, 10:47 pmcoz the Duke is back

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to be honest i didnt really bother edi...i don even check the thread nowadays...so many people ranting, but so little people wanna join the complain...somemore i just don have time for that recently, work's driving me crazy..some nice thing like a free N8 would make me feel happy..lol

so this has nothing to do with tech eh..no wonder andre dunno...haha

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Added on September 7, 2010, 10:57 pmi do have another assumption that might make some little sense...
u see, smashpOp and other tech reviewers already been invited to an N8 event, which is what we saw on their respective blogs..i think they only get to hands on with the gear for that few hours...as for us, if(i say if) we are getting the retail package for the Rangers kick off, i think nokia need to finalize what to include in their retail package..and i think that is the pending thing that is dragging the product kick off...or else i suppose it wont beed until end of september also, need to mass produce and finalize retail package...

then again that's my very optimistic thought...

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ouch...maybe in my dreams i will have an N8 as my totem

so you get an x6 from that event? and how much later is the event kick off from the blogger's hands on?

well, in the official statement from the nokia's whatever manager(cant remember) from Radiance's email, it says that "we will present a new N8 for your own use"...i believe that translate as "we give u N8, u help build more hype out there"

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Added on September 7, 2010, 11:36 pmbut i want replaceable battery

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same here...in fact, as much as i am interested, i don think i would get this phone if i were to buy it..Symbian 3 is new, and there's no guarantee Symbian 4 would be ported for it...i want something that is more future proof..

once, N81, from FP1 to FP2
put that aside...that's why i said what i said...hope nokia will change this..i mean, wont a standardized OS version ease out app devs also?

i get what u mean, it's like N82 still gets update a while back, which is great, but still, we would still hope that it's been updated to FP2, with theme effects and all...there are some extra features that new OS has, and new firmware just cant/wont add. I believe maybe this is nokia's stratergy to push users to get new phone gua...

agree with u, since S3 devices will have GPU, i believe 3D games will come, and i will need hardware keyboard for that purpose too..hehe

and also 9 hours driving..lol..coming to the event, attend, ciao after event, 9 hours

well, once in a while enjoying mother nature aint a bad idea too you know..lolz