@aspire: With working Garmin, N8 (or any Symbian phone for that matter) pwns N900 or even N9 (or ANY phones lol, except WM6), unless Papago gets made for Meego or Nokia shocks us all and gives us a working Symbian emulation layer on Meego (aka, run Symbian apps on Meego yeah).

And I stay by my initial view that the N900 is NOT the best primary telephony device around (aka, as a phone, I'll take a Symbian device any time as it has better phone functions) - it's the BEST at Internet Consumption though, with no real rivals at all (except for that little flash 10 problem and almost-as-bad-as-desire battery life). Email is arguably slight better on newer Symbian devices PRIMARILY because push mail actually works (the N900 mail app FAILS at connecting to the internet itself to pull mail if you're not running a constant data connection - it pulls every time you connect to packet data ONLY), but the N900 displays email better for sure.

But if you need one device and need it to surf the web a lot and call people less (and have an extra battery/USB charger), for now the N900 is STILL NO.1 in my book. A shame nobody else has taken the crown from it yet.

In short, I STILL think the N900 SUCKS as a "smartphone", but RULES (for now) as a "computer with bonus phone functions".

@jananan: X2 has OTG? For the love of...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Oct 19 2010, 03:18 PM

From my experience like the nokia N900 its about what do u do with it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenokiagalle...57624928852359/

Frontpage has the guide.

It's weird alright and also pour fuel on fire with the Maemo users.
If S40 series phone have OTG have can't Maemo(official) team add official version of OTG for the Maemo5?
The HEN team already proven that N900 is capable of OTG function(I managed to connect my 500GB ext. HD also)

As far as I know there is no Symbian emulator in MeeGo.
For now the dev team is only encourage other developers to write app in MeeGo & try it out on Maemo.I think this is to test the QT adaptability?

We all know Maemo 5 phone support sucks.It's fixable with additional software updates.But will Nokia give it?I don't think so.
But it's true that no other phone integrate internet functions as well as N900.The conversation with build in IM,excellent browser & plenty other supports by Maemo community really makes this device unbeatable in internet tablet area.

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Added on October 19, 2010, 3:32 pmAs usual Nokia screwed up a bit on the firmware part.
Plus the "no taking out battery" policy from Nokia making users hard to revive dead phones.
Majority of the users saying the default browsers sucks.I say it's not bad.

This post has been edited by super_evil_alien: Oct 19 2010, 03:32 PM

@Eiraku yes i tested it works with garmin but i havent tried to lock to satelitte yet. What i like about N900 is with 1 click u connect to the internet your IM auto connect, email auto check and stuff like a computer once u connect to internet everything is ready.

In internet connectivity all i can say Nokia N900 still roxx but like u said as a smartphone it sux. Thats where Nokia N8 superceed N900

Nokia N8 battery life with average calls, online, games and email no problem to last a day.

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: Oct 19 2010, 03:44 PM

You haven't experienced any crash yet?

nope only laggy sometimes.

u get n8 already as well?

Never planned to get 1.
I tested in shop for 20 minutes(till the shopkeeper started stare at me with weird way )
I can say that even though there is minor firmware issue overall it's very good phone for it's value.

I'm the unwelcomed member in N8 thread.

This post has been edited by super_evil_alien: Oct 19 2010, 03:51 PM

all i can say if u need a multimedia smartphone N8 is the right choice. If u owned a nokia N900 before n8 will only be your 2nd phone.
If u owned a Nokia N8 first then you wont have much to complaint =-p if satisfy most of your requirement with simplicity

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: Oct 19 2010, 03:57 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPlFUsI7iOk
hey guys, take a look with this, once you launch it, just pause at 0.18. do you guys know that how to make the down left part just like him? the facebook.

how to change signal & battery indicator ?

i try to find it on 1st page but fail.

im sucks in reading

me too testing at the shop,but too many people waiting there,so didn't enough time to test.there r 'GODLIKE' people at N8 thread,so not dare to ask there.

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Added on October 19, 2010, 4:23 pm still thinking to get the phone or not,or just buy a dc better....

This post has been edited by kk6513: Oct 19 2010, 04:23 PM

What question do u have? U can feel free to ask me. As a 2nd phone Nokia N8 is nice and it takes very nice photos the colours are very sharp.

If u compare with digital camera of course DC is still better.


For an all rounder N8 performs well

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: Oct 19 2010, 04:28 PM

the n900 desktop

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Added on October 19, 2010, 4:29 pmsomebody help me=( need that badly=(

This post has been edited by N900rocks: Oct 19 2010, 04:29 PM

do u mean you want those widgets style thingie on the desktop?

Are you talking about the facebook widget?
Add the widget from your desktop.

 Battery_Mod.zip ( 190.65k ) Number of downloads: 10


 Cell_Level_Mod.zip ( 84.22k ) Number of downloads: 10


Follow the frontpage guide on how to use OpenSSH

@kk6513
GODLIKE or not if you have any question just ask them.Else you'll end up buying something that doesn't suit you.

something like that:) have you watch the 0.18sec? the facebook. keeps update. i want that=(

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Added on October 19, 2010, 4:36 pmi did it..but it show up the icon only. lol.

This post has been edited by N900rocks: Oct 19 2010, 04:36 PM

Tap anywhere at your desktop
Tap at desktop menu
Tap add widget
Choose Facebook widget.
Login with your username/password
It'll only update if you're connected to internet.Otherwise it'll just scroll up & down.

thanks sifu!! i didn't online through my babe that's why i couldn't do it== thanks a lot=D

Being a CS officer at this thread is hard...Perhaps the frontpage guide need to be simplified more