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 Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject: Nokia takes aim at HTC with N810. (Exclusive video interview!) |
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Nokia released a high resolution multimedia device with impressive specifications: GPS, WiFi, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, VGA camera, Bluetooth 2.0 and 4.13 inch WVGA display. It has a 400Mhz processor and is a...
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gilesjuk
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Creating their own platform based on Linux isn't a disadvantage. There's tons of open source software out there. It also means no licence fees to be paid to anyone and gives Nokia total control over how the device behaves.
It's an internet tablet, hence why it has no phone functionality. |
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Surur_
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Does Nokia even know HTC exists?
Surur
PS: Funny, but the specs are what the HTC Omni was supposed to have. |
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rdkay
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:59 am Post subject: |
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| gilesjuk wrote: | Creating their own platform based on Linux isn't a disadvantage. There's tons of open source software out there.
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This is not really true for the N700/N800 series. I had the Nokia N700 once and installing software is hassle. There is not "tons" out there simply because its open source.
In WindowsMobile you have "tons" bcause of the excellent backward compatbility.
E.g on the N800 the software made for the N700 is most of the time not even compatible, hence its the typical Linux / Symbian fragmentation where you have to figure it out yourself, why this specific version does not run on your specific Linux version / Symbian version whereas in Windows Mobile your app while simply run on WM6 even if made for PPC2002, most of the time even the other way round !
For the moment I have to say "no thanks" to Linux on mobile devices.
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gilesjuk
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| rdkay wrote: |
This is not really true for the N700/N800 series. I had the Nokia N700 once and installing software is hassle. There is not "tons" out there simply because its open source.
In WindowsMobile you have "tons" bcause of the excellent backward compatbility.
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Yes software requires porting between GUI toolkits. However it's a lot less work than porting Windows applications to Windows mobile.
N800 is better than the N700.
Backwards compatibility isn't always good, it doesn't seem to work with applications like Tomtom anyway. As soon as the screen size increases it breaks compatibility.
Almost all Windows Mobile applications that are useful are commercial/shareware.
A nice review of a recent WM6 smartphone and why WM is falling behind the times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/technology/personaltech/08pogue.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |
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kieranEire
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I have a n800 at home and I use it basically as a controller for my sound system. It can act as a client and controller for UPnP devices and this is the main use of the device. This device is being used by many top end music systems as a controller. I have also seen videos of it controlling TV through a satellite box. I have my entire music collection on my machine at home and using the N800 can listen to it at any wifi hotspot. Though truth be known I only use it at home.
It should not be compared to a mobile phone because it was never intended to be a mobile phone. |
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