Comments on: Nokia PUSH competition

By: Tommy

Tommy — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:06:57 +0000

I love the look and feel of the Nokia N97. This is probably the best phone that i ever bought, the other best phone would be the iPhone.

By: NokiaN97 Fan

NokiaN97 Fan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:27:46 +0000

I quite enjoy this blog. Keep on your great work, I will subscribe. How do youthink of the new Nokia N97?

By: android_04

android_04 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:17:25 +0000

Remember that the N900 can run multiple applications at once, not just one at a time like the iPhone/iPod. So the bigger memory on the N900 can be put to good use.

By: Hackius

Hackius — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:21:26 +0000

@tjhooker: your point is that you don’t need more than an iPhone offers so this phone sucks? You must be joking. What features is the N900 lacking?

This is HackaDay not engadget mobile. This is a great phone for hacking. Live with it.

BTW the 5MP sensor is the same one as in the N95 8GB. The image quality is miles better than the iPhone.

By: tjhooker

tjhooker — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:26:30 +0000

@info_tech_guy: Mine can boot 2.6 and run OBEX servers..this device might sync app data..that’s it. I can still use mine as a modem to a Linux machine too.

By: Info_tech_guy

Info_tech_guy — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:16:34 +0000

I have an iPhone 3G S 16Gb model w ATT. AT&T service SUCKS!!! And I am not referring to just 3G. Service is bad to nonexistent in established suburban areas. Whatever can be said for iPhone it isn’t usable as a phone b/c of AT&T.

And I am a Unix Sys Admin and can think of LOTS of things
to do with an n900 running Linux. Apple may be more refined and polished but that comes with limitations that are becoming more obvious as time passes. I’ll gladly pay for a full featured smartphone with a carrier who delivers the goods!!

By: tjhooker

tjhooker — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:02:11 +0000

@Hackius:
3MP, probably a better censor which is what really matters with such an application.

FM sucks

Touch screen with larger key space

The most demanding app uses ~1/3 of the 256MB RAM and there is a L2 on top of one of the fastest embedded application processors.

Neither has all GSM, both have 3G

MMS is coming to iphone this month

iphone is more refined, and hardware features like compass and AGPS you can actually use in a practical sense.

This new device is really nice, but I’m not gonna tank bank roll paying $500+ for it if it’s lacking practical features at least. I live off my own money though so I’m probably a minority here.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:14:26 +0000

It looks like the fourth and final winner has been announced and unfortunately it seems that there was an unwritten rule that the ideas had to be on an 80s nostalgia theme.

By: Hackius

Hackius — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:02:57 +0000

@tjhooker: More features? MORE FEATURES? Are you kidding me?
5MP Camera with autofocus (beat that with the iphone)
FM TRANSMITTER and receiver
physical keyboard
1 GB application memory (RAM+SWAP)
All GSM and 3G standards
Full flash support
MMS even :P

That’s just naming a few and the iPhone 3GS has none of those features.

By: tjhooker

tjhooker — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:34:14 +0000

@Hackius: It’s suppose to be $200 more than the 32GB 3GS and $100 more than the 3G 64GB ipod Touch. Bother those devices have faster ARM cores and more features too.

By: captain

captain — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:34:46 +0000

if we can only abolish money and have replicators as on Star Trek (except for the Ferengi, of course) we won’t have to worry about how expensive these devices are.

eventually, these devices will become cheaper and cost almost nothing like cell phones now. so we all can have tricorders!

Star Trek, here we come!

By: torspo

torspo — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:16:32 +0000

$580 at amazon

By: spacecoyote

spacecoyote — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:36:23 +0000

the price will go down…

By: Drone

Drone — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:39:35 +0000

The N900 is is going to cost around 500 euros ($735 USD at 1.47:1). That’s an OUTRAGEOUS price for a product like this. Avoid this Nokia over-priced crap like the plague. Go out and buy three or four netbooks instead and hack them.

By: Entropia

Entropia — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:13:53 +0000

I’m like “yeaahhhh, no Arduino on this post” and then I read the last sentence. FFFUU-