http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
We need to get this going on the iPhone, then finally we can have something usefull than this POS iBrick...]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
No matter what you do with the software, the iPhone will still be a useless toy because it doesn't have a keyboard.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
Does every one of you posts have to be 'if it doesn't have a keyboard it's a toy'?

Jesus. Change the record. You're on a gadget site, you probably like toys.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
You're nuts. Some people don't like physical keyboards, hence the Blackberry Storm, etc. Virtual keyboards offer flexibility you can't get from a physical keyboard with a static layout. You want a physical keyboard, then get a phone that has one, for those of us that don't want one, we have options too; those options needn't be an iPhone (could be Android, Blackberry, etc.)]]>Jan 23rd 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
Except you can get the flexibility of the virtual keyboard in a physical keyboard.

Optimus Maximus http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/]]>Jan 23rd 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 24th 2010 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Like my G1! ]]>Jan 24th 2010 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
Stop responding to trolls.]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 31st 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
Should have used my cables....]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
... but I can tell you are an educated and discerning man who doesn't let reality tell him what the truth is. Preach on, brother! ]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUA78P7gGCQ

Post viewed and written on N900 on a full Engadget site. Link acquired via the same method in paralel. Yes, it is a beast!]]>Jan 24th 2010 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
Please make this happen.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
as much as I want an android nokia phone, maemo is really not that bad]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
but then of course theres the community on android. Android has a company behind it pushing it while maemo's company kind of sucks...

you know, google vs nokia ?]]>Jan 23rd 2010 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
Id be disappointed if at least one other person didn't read it like that.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
Not only jacking off, but twice! "jack of two....

What doesn't this device do?]]>Jan 26th 2010 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/

Conspiracy theory? ]]>Jan 23rd 2010 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 24th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
So your going to add android to your precious iPhone, since you no longer like companys that make their on own hardware, software and OS for their phones!!!]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Fact is that if you wanna be in a position of Nokia you will need something different than others in the OS side. If 1/2 of your competition is using the same OS it's not going to cut it. Anyways it's long set as Symbian^4 and Maemo 6 that gets released this year will use same application base because of the Qt platform that Nokia bought from Trolltech years ago.
What we have seen about Maemo 6 it seems to be a killer. It won't share much with Maemo 5, but future Symbian^4 will probally have similarities with it.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
No, "Follow the Leader" mentality is bad. We need innovation, not standardization, and the two are mutually exclusive.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/

whoa, lets not get ahead of ourselves. standardization is great in some situations. I love how I can buy a new phone and not need a new car charger to go with it :D]]>Jan 23rd 2010 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
Androids kinda got the best of both worlds though..

Unless i'm mistaken, because of androids wider userbase, there'll be more developement done for it, therefore more apps.

The iPhone is considered a smart phone, and without the 100,000+ apps.. itd be pretty crappy..

Any platform without enough user share to entice developers is going to be crap for the end user.

For the record: I'm not dissing Meamo... I'm just making a point ]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
Maemo is debian based linux with x window. Android isn't standard linux and doesnt support X. This basicly means that pretty much any linux program can be ported to maemo, and for android you need to do a lot of rewrite.

So this means android has less programs. Somebody has ported even Blender for Maemo.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
By the way, I specifically chose the N900 over the HTC Dream because I wanted something running Linux. Android may use the Linux kernel, but everything else was written by Google. Android basically runs in its own VM that uses the Linux kernel to bootstrap itself--calling it Linux is a stretch.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
Who cares if it runs a full, or basterdised version of Linux?

The point is, if no-one uses it, no one will develop for it, and the platform will be rubbish because of the lack of applications,

just like desktops with windows and Linux.

If all the developers worked on Linux programs, Linux would be so so awesome, but hey I'm using windows due to lack of natevly supported software.

Same rules with mobile platform, perhaps meamo gives the user a mild orgasm with each keystroke, but if android has the apps I need, I'd go there.

]]>Jan 23rd 2010 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
If you check out the maemo.org you'll notice that there are quite a few good apps for maemo. And as it is a debian port so any debian program should be quite straighforward to compile for maemo.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 24th 2010 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 25th 2010 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 23rd 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/Jan 24th 2010 12:08AM