A friend of mine, bought an n900 abroad. and the usb broke down. he fixed it in israel, actually in rishon. in a store near "kenyon hazahav" for around 150 NIS.
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobg...@gmail.com>wrote: > My n900 died on me! Or rather, the infamous surface mounted USB connection > broke loose so I can't charge the phone! And since I bought it in Israel > more than one year ago, there is no waranty left. :-( Meanwhile I'll order > an external charger for the battery but that is not convenient in the long > term. > > :-( > > Dov > > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 15:33, Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobg...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Regarding fonts, see: >> >> http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=38541 >> >> Generally about the n900, I can only say me too. I love the phone and its >> posix/X11 environment, but I also realize that it is getting rusty. The two >> major things that are bothering me is that it is sometimes too busy swapping >> or whatever so that it cannot prioritize an incoming phone conversation, and >> I therefore miss the call. The second problem is the battery life that makes >> the battery go dead during a day if you do anything more advanced with it >> than you can do with a 150 NIS Nokia phone. >> >> I too, have no idea where to go next. My wife just got a Galaxy S2 which >> is beautiful as far as hardware is concerned (though it lacks a keyboard). I >> played with the android SDK, which I didn't like very much. I wish I could >> get a shell and an X-server on it! I thought about getting the N9 but of >> course it is a dead horse already before it left its tracks. Still, it might >> be the strongest hardware for free development in the foreseeable future. >> >> Dov >> >> 2011/8/28 Erez D <erez0...@gmail.com> >> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-il mailing list >>> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >>> >>> >> >
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