On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Udi Finkelstein <linux...@udif.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Michael Vasiliev <mycr...@yandex.ru>wrote: > >> On 08/26/2011 02:10 PM, Erez D wrote: >> > > >> > 5. meego (N9) - though about it, but once bitten from nokia - twice >> > shy. nokia does not even say they expect to continue with meego >> Not on the market yet.^W^W^W^W^WJust announced, ergo buggy. NO KEYBOARD. >> Say you've bricked your phone or locked it down. How are you going to >> bring it back without a keyboard? Personally, I don't like either wiping >> > I don't see how having or not having a keyboard has anything to do with > being able to revive a bricked unit. > The SheevaPlug has no keyboard, yet it's mini-USB connection that can drive > a JTAG chain to reprogram the internal flash regardless of the unit state. > > off fingerprints or when a on-screen keyboard obscures the most of, >> already scarce, available surface. So, it's an option, as long as the >> company would like to open its chest of secrets. However, I would >> strongly consider the silently announced "brother phone" N950 instead if >> I were you. > > The N950 is not available for sale. > There were 250 units available on a long-term loan to qualified developers, > and then 100 more were made available on the same requirements via > maemo.org or meego.org or something like that. > You just can't buy it. > And even if you could, it's software would probably be in a worse state > than the N900's. > > Personally, I have an N900 and I don't see anything that can replace it at > the moment. > I just hope that eventually we would see Meego on someone's phone. > If it would break down I would look for a 2nd hand one. > > I love my N900, i am not replacing it yet, as i see no candidate yet. however, The screen is too small for me. I guess i can find a way to make the font bigger, but currently the numbers in the addressbook are in a too small of a font so i can't see them. I am in the denial stage so i do not carry reading glasses with me yet. Other issues with the N900 - i am missing new simple applications like a good roadmap gps app, PTT app, and other, which i installed in my wife's android. i saw xmltvm and alian-dalvik which i thought would give me the option of running android apps on the N900 (or any other linux), i even gave a try of trying to help in development. but i guess it is too far from being workable so i would need to practically do most of it myself. and the N900 is getting older technology wise - no multitouch, small display, old processor, no hdmi etc... sooner or later i will probably use my n900 as a server for somtehing (DMZ server, webcam, etc...). and need to get something new so if not now, the same question will pop up later ... Udi > > > >
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