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So, your complaint is basically "It is too bulky, mainly because of keyboard" ? You are probably looking for something completely different. For my use cases, I couldn't imagine using it without a keyboard.]]>Mar 13th 2010 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
If you read my entire assessment you'll see there was more I disliked about the N900 as a device besides it's bulk. However, I think OS is wonderful. ]]>Mar 13th 2010 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
"I had complained about the design of the N900 and this is a major sticking point for me. It is unattractive, heavy, bulky, thick and slab-like."]]>Mar 13th 2010 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
While rebranding you need to add features, like MMS. Then revrand the N1000mms]]>Mar 12th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/its not a re-brand issue it is a lack of competitive functions
the big ticket items that are missing can be viewed here:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=47126
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=47134
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=47130]]>Mar 12th 2010 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
Secondly the camera S.U.C.K.S. for such a high-end device. All Nokia phones have the way overdone sharpening, producing images that look more like oil paintings, regardless of resolution. That's either a software issue, a crappy sensor or a combination of the two. Just look at the motorola milestone for what a high-end phone *should* be able to do in terms of stills and video.

On a different topic, 'meamo' is a way better name than 'meego'. 'meego' sounds like some cheap kids walkie-talkie.]]>Mar 12th 2010 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 13th 2010 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/stay classy san diego]]>Mar 13th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
Cap screen and move the audio jack so that when the headphones are plugged in, i can actually use the keyboard. (idiots!)]]>Mar 13th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 13th 2010 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
I would have had one long ago if it was on Verizon.]]>Mar 12th 2010 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/"likelihood"]]>Mar 12th 2010 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
CDMA allows for "SIM" cards and "SIM capable service" within its specs. it's called a R-UIM (re-usable identification module). just our US providers choose not to use the spec.

but i'm sure you simply meant that Verizon needs to switch their whole network over from CDMA to GSM/EDGE/HSPA so Nokia's best offerings would be compatible.]]>Mar 13th 2010 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 13th 2010 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/that can already be done, and is quite easy to do]]>Mar 12th 2010 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
Second that, no keyboard & capacitive touch.]]>Mar 12th 2010 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/You're talking about an entirely different product at this point.]]>Mar 12th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
I for one would not have even considered buying this phone if it didn't have a physical keyboard. All the people asking in this thread for a phone with no physical keyboards are looking at the wrong phone, who knows, Nokia will probably make a MeeGo device to match your needs, but its not going to be the successor of the N900.]]>Mar 12th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
you dig?]]>Mar 13th 2010 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 13th 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 13th 2010 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 13th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/it can already do that.
Or do you mean natively?]]>Mar 12th 2010 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 13th 2010 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
Definitely a little thick around the edges.]]>Mar 15th 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
On topic to the article, would probably have been nice to have multitouch on it (keep resistive on it so I can use the phone with gloves on), and if I really want to be picky, a better camera (the pictures of higher res camera would look very nice on the N900 screen, beautiful screen btw).

Someone below me also mentioned an AMOLED would've been a plus, it would have been nice, but the N900 screen is definitely awesome as it is so I'm really not bothered by the absence of an AMOLED.]]>Mar 12th 2010 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
nope... the ARM Cortex is definitely a bit sluggish. On my N900 you can always feel it beginning to get bogged down when you try to multi-task, especially when you have flash. It really kills the poor CPU. Also start up is relatively slow especially when you have multiple little widgets running in the back. It really hogs a lot of the resources.

Quite honestly though I doubt a snapdragon would do the trick. As soon as they get some quad cores or even dual cores in phones, thats when the Maemo or soon to be Meego will start taking off in the mobile world.]]>Mar 13th 2010 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 13th 2010 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
Please. We must be using different hardware because the hd2 is an inferior device.]]>Mar 13th 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
Throw in a Tegra 2 (for mobiles), should do the trick, no?

It's still a bunch of ARM's, but it's more energy sufficient, and gives you sort of a multiple core experience, since it has a few different ARM processors to offload stuff...]]>Mar 13th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
a) Snapdragon is an ARM Cortex A8 arch processor.
b) It contains a GPU core just like the chip in the iPhone or in the N900.

It is not a "sluggish" chip. Nokia's software obviously needs a LOT of polishing, that's all.]]>Mar 13th 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
I would keep the operating system as open as possible, so apps like aircrack-ng will run properly.

I would change the mediocre 3 row keyboard, to the best keyboard in the industry (now this would really make it a Mobile Computer), this best keyboard award belongs to the HTC Universal pictured here:
http://mobileroar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/htc_universal_twist.jpg

I would increase the screen resolution to 854x480

I would increase the screen size to a minimum of 4.3" (like the Touch HD2) or above, the largest size that will comfortably fit in my pocket.

I would make sure battery power is not compromised, or that there is an option for a double capacity battery for us folk who want a long battery life.

I would make sure the 3.5mm audio jack, and other major features such as bluetooth, wifi, HSPA etc are all retained.

RAM and processing speed should only go up not down

Other features should only go up and not down.


I understand with all these features, its impossible to make it a lightweight phone, that doesnt bother me. Just make it as light as you can, as battery adds significantly to weight make sure there is an option for a double capacity battery for people like me who would prefer a heavier device and longer battery life.



Make sure the touchscreen is retained.



To be a true Mobile Computer make sure it has the aforementioned huge 6 row HTC Universal keyboard and a large 4.3" 854x480 touchscreen!!!!



]]>Mar 12th 2010 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
I am currently using an E71 (love showing to my friends using iPhones how I can listen to music, chat on Skype, browse the web, and edit a spreadsheet all at the same time :P ) and I can say that its the best keyboard I have used compared to any phone. I really hope they keep an actual hardware keyboard and not just a onscreen keyboard in their next device, I will never own a phone that doesn't have an actual keyboard.]]>Mar 12th 2010 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/
Quote: [I will never own a phone that doesn't have an actual keyboard.]

...Until you do and swear you'll never go back to non-touchscreen.

We've all said the same, been down that road, tried it and realised how incorrect we were...

Just sayin'.]]>Mar 12th 2010 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/how-would-you-change-nokias-n900/Mar 12th 2010 11:45PM