Post by trog @ 12:36pm 03/03/10 | 32 Comments
From April 2010, the Nokia N900 will be available through leading consumer electronic retailers including Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi, and telco specialists Crazy Johns, Telechoice and Allphones for a RRP of AUD$899.A little bit more expensive than importing one, but it's good to finally have some real numbers. Hopefully we'll have an official release date soon as well, so stay tuned.
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Posted 12:40pm 03/3/10
nokia haven't made a good phone since the 3310
Posted 12:42pm 03/3/10
If you want linux, go get an Android phone.
Posted 12:54pm 03/3/10
How much cheaper are we talking if importing from the states?
edit: a quick google indicates 650 USD in November last year
So around $720 AUD..hmm..
If i was to get it it'd be on plan anyway..
last edited by MatchFixa at 12:54:15 03/Mar/10
Posted 12:50pm 03/3/10
Posted 12:56pm 03/3/10
On paper though, they run Linux, they're fully open source, they have really good software support that fixes a lot of the big complaints from iphone (can multitask, if that floats your boat), has OpenArena, etcetcetc.
I've used one for about 5 minutes and it looked nice if a bit typically gumby nokia UI, but the web-based stuff and other Internet support looks really good.
Definitely not for everyone and from my 5 minute play w/ Nathan's Nexus One I think the Nexus One is probably a 'better' phone for the majority of people.
Posted 12:59pm 03/3/10
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Posted 12:58pm 03/3/10
Its more of a computer with a phone tacked on rather than a phone with a computer tacked on. And its Nokia finally branching away from Symbian. That being said it was way overhyped in the US just as it is in AU currently, and when it finally came out people were very underwhelmed for the most part. Its a good proof of concept, not a good product.
Posted 01:12pm 03/3/10
I've found it to be a pretty good phone but it's not like I've used an iPhone for more then a few minutes or an Android phone at all and the comparison between the three is what people are really interested in. I find it to be nice and quick and customisable, and I've been pleasantly surprised by the keyboard. It even plays SD TV shows on my TV with no problems.
I've seen a video of it running Ubuntu and another of it running Mac OS X. Ubuntu ran pretty quick, OS X struggled like any bloaty Apple product would. It's funny seeing people trash it because it's Nokia though, why Apple would be a more trusted phone maker with their whole 2 phone history is a bit beyond me.
Posted 01:16pm 03/3/10
Posted 01:32pm 03/3/10
There was a post I found on Whirlpool about them with a lot of people complaining and a lot of people saying they had no problems. I had no problems, it took about 4 days for the payment to go through and it arrived about 5 days after that via courier. They did charge a 5% surcharge for using a CC though. The people complaining seemed to mostly be upset that it took 2 weeks to get their item.
Posted 02:00pm 03/3/10
The Nokia site has it listed for $539, Standard 3-5 days is $3.99 - i'm guessing that's within the states, but even if delivery is say $60 to oz , it still ends up being cheaper.
A few more questions:
Do you find yourself actually needing to multitask on it like you would on a computer? or is multitasking there for the sake of saying "hey look at me i can multitask!" Also is multitasking intuitive or do you find it to be more trouble than what it's worth?
Downloading Ovi maps are free yeah? but using GPS obviously counts towards your data usage, right?
How do you find its resistive touch screen? responsive? slow? annoying?
Did yours come with a styler?
I'm mainly interested in its web capabilities when i'm on the move and that's why i'm keen to get a closer look at it.
Cheers brah.
last edited by MatchFixa at 14:00:48 03/Mar/10
Posted 02:24pm 03/3/10
Posted 03:20pm 03/3/10
Android has had a Native Development Kit available for a while now, so developers can make software using C and C++. Java is an option, not a requirement. Though, admittedly, it hasn't been updated for a few months.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/1.6_r1/index.html
I agree about the restrictions with updating all handsets to the latest versions, though. I'm pretty sure that's to do with the handset manufacturers locking down their hardware though, not so much with Android itself.
Posted 03:31pm 03/3/10
Ovi maps is free but don't ask me how it works as I haven't really looked into it and have only played around with it on a wireless network. You're supposed to be able to download the maps to your drive and run them off of that but I haven't done that yet. GPS doesn't count to your data but if you don't have the map loaded that you need then it will try to download it. You can choose to allow it access to your cellular network if you want.
The screen is excellent. The biggest downside to resistive is that it doesn't do multi touch but I really haven't found a need for it.
The Stylus is sheathed in the phone, I thought the thing was an antenna at first. It's pretty handy for hitting those tiny page numbers on threads.
I haven't yet set myself up with a phone account suitable for mobile internet but I've been using the wireless around the home. You pretty much need some kind of internet to use the phone as I haven't found a way to update via USB yet.
Posted 03:35pm 03/3/10
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Posted 05:21pm 03/3/10
I think I prefer the extra screen space of the physical keyboard, plus it sits nicely in the hand while thumbing. But there's noting wrong with the N900's virtual keyboard that I could see.
Posted 05:21pm 03/3/10
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Posted 01:53pm 04/3/10
I'm not sure why it's such an issue to add it in to phones though. A lot of new phones don't support it despite a growing number of carriers world wide using it so there must be a pretty good reason they don't simply whack in support for it. Perhaps they have to pay a licensing fee or something? The hardware itself couldn't be that expensive.
Posted 03:25pm 04/3/10
I know what EDGE and 3G are. Douche was implying that there were different models available for the N900, and as far as I'm aware, there is only one, and it works on 3G 900MHz, 1700MHz and 2100MHz.
Posted 03:38pm 04/3/10
Is 'nextg' 3g? or 2g?
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