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 Nokia N900 V6 (More than 140 owners), Where Tablets Meets Mobile Phone

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post Oct 3 2010, 04:47 PM

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QUOTE(shamsul_LP @ Oct 3 2010, 04:21 PM)
suddenly like that...just typing message suddenly press & cannot respond...just two month old  cry.gif
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Have you tried a restart?

If after restart still same, it could be hardware or the cable? If under warranty, just send for warranty.

Good Luck!
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post Oct 4 2010, 01:15 AM

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QUOTE(wypua @ Oct 4 2010, 12:52 AM)
Any application can play mkv file ? XD
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install mplayer, then install kmplayer or SiB as front-end GUI
If you want to watch rmvb files, use SiB, there is option to choose "drop frames", the files should play smoother or more watchable.
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post Oct 4 2010, 12:16 PM

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QUOTE(generalhwh @ Oct 4 2010, 10:22 AM)
wah..this phone can play rmvb files???is it smooth??

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Not really smooth, I think depends on the file compression. From what I tested, I set the option "reduced frame" in SiB player, the rmvb file is watchable, a bit laggy especially when there is graphic intensive or fast movement area/etc. So far it's considered watchable "lah".
As someone says HKM is better than MTM.
HKM = Hou Ko Mou (Cantonese - Better Than Nothing)
MTM = Mat Tou Mou (Cantonese - Don't Have Anything)


QUOTE(jananan @ Oct 4 2010, 12:01 PM)
SMPlayer has more options... but the interface is ...  sweat.gif  sweat.gif

Added on October 4, 2010, 12:01 pm
it is a front end for mplayer as well, same as KMPlayer
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SMPlayer? Another player? Too many player, lol...
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post Oct 4 2010, 02:09 PM

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QUOTE(Josh_M @ Oct 4 2010, 02:01 PM)
tongue.gif  tongue.gif
not a real DJ  but involved into this PA systems....
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Off Topic:
I have a digital stage piano, I tried pluggin in to various speakers up to Studio Monitor KRK Rokit 5; the sound still have this 'tinny' sound especially at the mids, sounded unrealistic, doesn't sound like real piano sound.
I watch YouTube recordings of the similar model, etc. they all sounded great.

I wondering what's wrong, could it be the setup or something wrong with the sound card of the digital piano?

Do you happen to experience this before?
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post Oct 6 2010, 09:49 AM

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QUOTE(zhlly4eae @ Oct 6 2010, 04:36 AM)
hey aspire but iphone after jailbreak it's all free~ so n900 does it also?
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Firstly, you need to understand why iOS need to jailbreak in order to be able to install those apps/games.

Do you need to do that for other smartphone OS or Windows? So far, I've never experience such thing except iOS, not sure about Android.
For iOS, it's not just about jailbreak, after jailbreak I think you need to install some "illegal" s/w first; then you need to find the "illegal" version of the app/game.

And, for other "real" smartphone, there's no such thing as jailbreak, other "real" smartphones uses real computer terms like hack/crack/etc.
Why they call iOS jailbreak? Well, there's so much restriction and limitation (even bluetooth also wanna control), feels like being inside a jail; hence, jailbreak to break out from jail.
Other smartphones are not inside jail, so no need to jailbreak or break out from jail.

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QUOTE(zahirr @ Oct 6 2010, 12:44 PM)
Hello everyone. I really need some big, big help right now.. Got my own Nokia N900 LAST NIGHT, did some basic stuff with it; change phone settings and take a good closer look on 'what's new' on N900.. and then I updated the firmware to the latest software update by FOTA, waited til the update finished, then I turned it off, and then charged it using the given charger adapter, not exceeding 4 hours of charging.

This morning after I wake up, saw the green light on the phone, which means the phone is fully charged, unplugged the adapter, turned the N900 on and this is where the problem started..

The phone took a long time to boot, and a banner appeared during the boot up (blinking white dots) saying:

"All telephony functions, including emergency calls, are disabled due to a communication error. To recover, you might have to reboot the device".

Tapping the screen clears this, and boot continues. The same warning is repeated when reaching the desktop. The red line is through the SIM card on the main status beside the battery signal, and sure enough, it's disappeared. Tried making some phone calls but the phone failed to do so. It looks like either hardware failure, or driver failure.

I've reseated/cleaned the SIM and swapped SIMs in and out between different devices, so I'm confident it's not the SIM. Did some googling awhile ago and found some users beside me that having the same problem as mine, all telephony function DISABLED by an unknown reason, and it happened not so long after the latest firmware update.

It's really dissapointing.. telefon baru belum sampai 24hours of usage dah kena this kinda problem.. how come bole kena some trouble like this right after update..

Someone.. Anybody.. Mr. Otai Aspire! Please help me fixing this problem... Thanks for reading this panjang lebar prob..
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Not sure what's the problem and if there is a solution for it.

But the is always the last resort:
manually flash it; follow aspire's guide on the front page. It's very easy and safer than FOTA.
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post Oct 6 2010, 05:46 PM

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QUOTE(zahirr @ Oct 6 2010, 02:41 PM)
Thanks for the advice guys. I'll try to flush up everything with the flasher tools, and I'll update you guys if the sifu's method works. You guys can also read about this guy's problem from maemo forum, similar to mine and unable to flash the device after the FOTA.. So afraid..

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=60881
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Make sure your battery is full or > 50% when trying to flash, best to charge it full first.
Make sure using Windows XP for less problem.

QUOTE(zhlly4eae @ Oct 6 2010, 04:03 PM)
what i mean was does n900 can get free apps too or not? no need write so much. just simple explanation enough
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Why not?
The reason I write long is because many people confused by jailbreak and iOS, that's why ask such question. For iOS, you cannot install "illegal" apps unless you jailbreak, but others I never see this before; So in short, iOS cause people confused.

Have you used Symbian before? Do you need to hack/crack Symbian OS so you can install "illegal" version? No right?


QUOTE(zhlly4eae @ Oct 6 2010, 04:11 PM)
then why some of ppl in this threads said not all free like apple also free trial only not full version?
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For iOS, also got FREE apps/games, also got TRIAL apps/games.
Then there is "illegal" apps/games, which you can only install after you jailbreak the OS.

For others, also same, there is FREE apps/games, also got TRIAL apps/games.
Then there is also "illegal" apps/games, but no such thing as need to hack the OS first (and no such thing as jailbreak).

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QUOTE(are_yee @ Oct 7 2010, 12:29 PM)
thanx bro..
1) is it true that this phone cannot do video call(3g)?
2) is there any diff between ap n zitron set in terms of accessories?
3) what are the latest firmwares rite now?
4) why so many people sell this phone rite now?is it not good?
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1) Yes, currently not supported in firmware.
2) Depends on the AP company/seller; supposedly it should come full accessories.
3) PR1.2
4) It may not suit everyone, people are used to "phone" with portrait look; Not much complains if the main UI cannot turn landscape (e.g. iPhone), but people complains if the main UI is landscape mode. Basically, this is an Internet Tablet, think of it as your laptop, which is landscape mode, not imagine the laptop is in the form of N900 with sliding keyboard, and finally imagine this laptop allows you to make phone calls.
Added: As previous post mentioned, another reason is the apps and games; more on games actually because N900 actually have many useful and powerful apps.

If a picture worth a thousand words, a video is priceless:


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QUOTE(super_evil_alien @ Oct 7 2010, 07:27 PM)
Help with what?
Samsung Star do have ad-hoc issue.But there are way to connect to the desired ad-hoc.Google for the solution.

I wouldn't say Sygic is crap.It's the map support that is crappy.It's outdated & there's no much detail on the map.
You have a point in saying phone functions are crap.But what really make want to stab Nokia execs is they can actually improved everything with another software update for Maemo 5.But as usual Nokia prefers to keep quiet on this part.
Somehow the Maemo community doing their best to keep this wonderful piece of device alive & kicking.I doubt any other OS community members willing to spend time to port a complete workable OS or extremely helpful functions like OTG for free.

Speaking of other phone,I guess Milestone 2 should arrive 1st.N9 & Pre 2 have pretty much the same issue,the OS.MeeGo beta should be coming out in 23 days.webOS still don't have any release date but there's already some screenshots of the working OS.My choice will still be the N9 because I have the soft spot for MeeGo since it's derived from Maemo.
But if Mozilla managed to drop a bomb by delivering the Mozilla Seabird then 1000% for sure I'll go for it. tongue.gif
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Maemo is unique as it's Internet Tablet OS instead of the usual smartphone OS; So, there is very customizable "panaromic" Desktop which no ordinary smartphone Os have or seen, it brings the feels of having a desktop like our Windows. Then there's no restrictions like have to put the widget inside this box/area, etc. The widgets comes in all sort of sizes, and depending on the developer, the widgets can allow user to customize further, and we have the ultimate Queen Beacon widget, etc.

Honestly speaking, it's beyond smartphone OS level, as it's the closest thing to a real PC-like experience.

Look at the apps on Maemo, we have port of Google Chrome browser, can even install full Java and run Java applets.... there is also NetBeans for programming, PSFredom for hacking PS3, codecs, mplayer, etc. We're like talking totally different level from the usual smartphone OS level; well, after all, it's a tablet OS; The limitation is that the lack of RAM mainly... Would be great if it was really 1GB RAM instead of 256MB + 768MB (Virtual Memory).


QUOTE(Eiraku @ Oct 7 2010, 08:46 PM)
On a side note, my bro's IP4 just freezed on him this afternoon. He googled and it seemed that iOS has memory issues while multi-tasking, resulting in freezes that require a full reboot.

And they say Symbian was bad with memory lol. At least my E71 only has 128MB ram only. iOS has half a gig pun freeze? Baik no multi-tasking at all.
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I've experience iPod Touch lagging as well, have to restart.

Anyway, generally, the more sophisticated or complicated, the more things need to handle/take care. iOS generally is very simple, no homescreen (big problem gone), no widget (another big problem gone); It just have MENU and one godly button.


QUOTE(generalhwh @ Oct 7 2010, 09:02 PM)
Thx a lot mate....successfully installed but haven put in rmvb files to test..
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When playing rmvb files, if you're using SiB as front-end GUI, there is options in Settings of the player which you can select "Drop Frames"; It should play smoother, at least watchable.
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QUOTE(Leo the Lion @ Oct 8 2010, 07:51 AM)
N900 officially become Cameraphone here rclxms.gif  rclxms.gif
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Thanks to the power of tablet OS and FCam~

Wonder if MeeGo will be able to live up to Maemo standard, or it will become another "mobile" standard OS. For start, seems it already lost the Desktop concept...
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QUOTE(Eiraku @ Oct 8 2010, 09:04 AM)
If it wants to be a proper phone, it needs to look the part. Desktop concepts do not really work well for your fingertips. It might look cool, but in terms of egronomics?

But we still NEED a widgetized homescreen to manage info-overload, and hopefully Nokia doesn't ditch that in favour of iPhone menu only idiocy.

As for the no Meego news, that's what INTEL is saying. They are planning their own Moorestown based platform, rite? HOPEFULLY that has nothing to do with Nokia's ARM based Meego devices - the N9 included.
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True, but there's already many similar type smartphone; Windows Mobile homescreen, Android homescreen, all looks similar, Symbian looks something similar but the "boxes" or "borders" of each widget's area makes it look a bit ugly (depend on preference).
We need something different or choices; That's one reason some people choose Maemo over the others.

For normal end users, why should they choose MeeGo over Android, if they look almost the same, when Android is more popular and even the name itself sound way better.

Maemo users as from talk.maemo forum, they were all along Maemo tablet users, which is difference category with normal smartphones. If MeeGo is nothing like Maemo, these category of users is like just being abandon.
It would be nice/great if there is such thing as choosing Portrait or Landscape Desktop, or both in settings of the OS itself.
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QUOTE(aspire2oo6 @ Oct 11 2010, 03:21 PM)
no money la i wish i can afford one.
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aspire,

I thought you wanna change your N97 to N8?

You still have 5800 right?
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QUOTE(meLi @ Oct 11 2010, 05:32 PM)
I-City

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «


TQ
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Is this taken with FCam?????????? shocking.gif


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QUOTE(MrJigoku666 @ Oct 11 2010, 08:22 PM)
Yeap..my fav is tiffany..fany fany
i even join their fanclub...

Eh guys is it me or the youtube vid is kinda bad quality on N900
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If you're talking about lagging, here's a suggestion, let the video load first, let the page settle down (you will notice this when the scrolling is smooth), then try play the video, it should play smoothly.


QUOTE(super_evil_alien @ Oct 11 2010, 09:03 PM)
You mean watch live streaming with N900?It's possible.
But usually Engadgets only do live text blogging.

Any Windows 7 OS is a boring OS.1 look at the main screen is enough to turn off me.
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Agreed! The homescreen is a turn off for me too; but some of the screen actually looks good for me, like the "notes" (I think). The typing Message/Email screen is old skool, out for me.
The calendar is a bit Maemo style, the more simple format version.
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QUOTE(meLi @ Oct 11 2010, 07:44 PM)
yes using fcam ISO100 and manual focus... later upload somemore..
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The quality is amazing and you've got really steady hands... Can remember what is the shutter speed (exposure)?
The picture looks clear and sharp, still can't believe... really amazing. thumbup.gif

QUOTE(MrJigoku666 @ Oct 11 2010, 11:11 PM)
no no its not about the lagging..
its the video quality.. even i open HQ version also the video looks as crappy pixel.. sad.gif
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Not sure N900 capable of playing HQ, even the normal quality you need it page to 'settle down' first in order for smooth playback.
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QUOTE(super_evil_alien @ Oct 12 2010, 08:49 PM)
You guys do realize N900 can do much more than take pictures right? laugh.gif
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Yup, it can also take videos tongue.gif
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QUOTE(zdentws @ Oct 13 2010, 12:40 AM)
since none reject my photos, cont. feed  blush.gif
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The aperture achieve from FCam seems lower than default cam. Default cam seems not able to achieve the lowest aperture.

Nice~
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Really???

http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/10/nokia-n8-...sia-launch.html

N8 - RM 1690
C7 - RM 1490
C3 - RM 520
X3 - RM 610
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QUOTE(lun1986 @ Oct 13 2010, 11:21 AM)
help, all sifu
did n900 use heavy data like iphone ??
my maxis data bill me rm130++, i just normal use + wifi oni....

another problem is even i switch off flash on camera, it still got flash light wen take photo ??
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Did you set the connection for 3G/Data to always ask or WLAN only?
If you didn't, when the wifi is not detected/lost, it will auto-switch to 3G/Data connection.

Previous we have someone whose bill shoot up over RM700.
Another way to check is check your data usage
Settings --> Phone --> Home network data counter
You will see your total data sent and received via Network.
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QUOTE(mashimarow @ Oct 14 2010, 12:39 AM)
just like pc display setup, can you make the difference of 16bit and 32bit color?
there are difference, but you hardly able to see it clearly
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Yup; as long as the colour is "enough" or "acceptable".

If you're talking about 256 colour VS 65K colour, then you will see big difference surely; For 65K, it's considered "enough" or "adequate" for most of the situations; Of course, more is usually always better.

Normally if you don't see the spec whether it's 65K or 16M, you won't even know or notice the lack of colours. So, it shouldn't be an issue.

The real issue should be the lack of memory, which even if you don't see the spec sheet or don't know how much it has, you will FEEL it or experience the lack of memory issue. The N900 only have 256MB ram, the additional 768MB are virtual memory which is actually not really good as it's very slow; Then again, as the saying goes, HKM is better than MTM.
Still, they should've provided more RAM, at least 512MB... more the better.
HKM = Hou Ko Mou (At least have)
MTM = Mat Tou Mou (don't have anything)

While the processor although "adequate", similarly, it would be better if there is more; At least capable of shooting 720p videos smoothly @ 30fps and also playback quality.
Maemo OS is really unique and great, it's held back by power of N900. We can even watch RMVB videos, but due to the lack of processing power, it can't play back smoothly; Not sure if there is GPU procesing, it will be better or not, but still it would be great to have a powerful hardware because hardware on mobile mostly can't be upgraded.
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