http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/ 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/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
Something, something, something, Daaaarkside.]]>Apr 9th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/original/pope_looks_like_palpatine_02.jpg

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something something something com-plete.]]>Apr 10th 2010 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
Isn't it a little early in the day to be drinking this heavily?]]>Apr 9th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
i wish Verizon had Nokia smartphones. not saying i would definitely buy one (a WinMo fan now) but all the Symbian news usually sounds pretty good. i would at least like to try one out.]]>Apr 9th 2010 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
LOL @ your name! +1]]>Apr 9th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
IMO, the undoing of linux is that it's an OS built by programmers for programmers. It becomes a chore for the average person to learn to use it, and that's why so few do. It also explains why it's so popular for web servers. The average joe isn't out there deploying a web server every day, the programmers are.

As a programmer myself, I don't really like using linux for anything other than programming, mostly because I want things to be intuitive and easy to do when I'm not working.]]>Apr 9th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/There's no such thing as an "intuitive" OS.]]>Apr 9th 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
NO MORE MAEMO THERE GOING WITH MEEGO NOKIAS BEEN LAZY ABOUT UPDATES SO THEY PARTNERED WITH INTEL SO FAR AFTER ALL THIS TIME THE WORK THEY HAD TO SHOW CAME UP WITH A DIALOG BOX.....BRAVO...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/first-cut-of-meego-available-today-for-n900-and-atom-devices/

BUT THERE IS PR 1.2 YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT WHEN EVERY THEY DECIDE TO FULLY WORK ON IT AND PUSH IT OUT]]>Apr 9th 2010 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
You are a big fat fail. You should be ashamed of yourself. ]]>Apr 9th 2010 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
I don't think it will beat MicroB any time soon, but hopefully everyone will keep trying. ]]>Apr 9th 2010 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Nope, 'cause it isn't overclocked from 900 to 1000 mhz. It'd make sense if the stock clockspeed was 900mhz, but it isn't, so it doesn't.]]>Apr 9th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Honestly? Because it doesn't work on AT&T's 3G, and people aren't sure if Meamo/Meego will get the same levels of 3rd party app development they're seeing with Android.]]>Apr 9th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/though Im in Germany the reason is simple ... cant afford it lol
]]>Apr 9th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/More like because most people can't handle the thought of buying a phone that isn't sold to them on the cheap by AT&T or Verizon. Even on AT&T's EDGE the N900's browsing is quite snappy, even if you don't get Youtube.

As for application development, it's got plenty. Sure it isn't happening in an App Store where everyone's asking $0.99 for every trivial bit of software. But in the end it was never targeted at the Android-buying and App-store developers.]]>Apr 9th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
No, not really, otherwise I would have commented on it. I don't really care if you're having issues with my namesake. Just glad that you ended the CAPS brigade.]]>Apr 9th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
Still will surely follow this as i'm using Chrome on my PC everyday.]]>Apr 9th 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Now if we could just get some punctuation going, we'd be set.]]>Apr 9th 2010 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Now, Windows 7 on the N900!! Check this out (has video)
http://www.mobilesider.com/topic/windows-7-running-on-nokia-n900]]>Apr 9th 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/LOL thats remote desktop....]]>Apr 9th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
Its remote desktop, eg he's controlling a pc remotely which by itself is nice. There has been windows 95 on a emulator on n900 tho. Completely unusable but shows how open and flexible this phone is.

Now if they could produce as many N900s as they would sell.... Think it's still on backorder in many markets.]]>Apr 9th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
nokia had 2 other generations of this device (n770, and n800 series) to get it right (tho neither of those had phone capability). the n900 does look promising, but after owning a 770 for a while, I have a bad taste in my mouth for maemo support and this series of devices from nokia. A savy linux user could do a lot with it after getting root access, but it seemed somewhat limited if you were a basic user just looking for a cool device. There was no certified app store, or big app developers, so there were many incomplete and buggy apps that put a damper on how good the devices could have been.

with android (and apple) getting so much traction, it (sadly) puts this device into a category of also-rans. If maemo had the support and stability that android had when it came out, I think this device would have been much more successful in the US.]]>Apr 9th 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
Nokia has never targeted this device line at the people who use the iPhone or Android devices (which is a glorified phone OS.) It's always been targeted as a portable Linux computer. The addition of the cellular modem seems to have confused people into thinking this thing would be an iPhone competitor.

Apple seems to have convinced people that you can't have a good device without an App store full of $0.99 software from BIG NAMES, but all the value comes from its openness. It's not for everyone and frankly, that's a good thing. I like that Nokia is willing to deliver a device that hasn't been locked up and dumbed down for the masses.]]>Apr 9th 2010 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
Scorching fast. Fastest i've seen on a phone ever.]]>Apr 9th 2010 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
Right, because a Snapdragon would be faster than the chip in the N900. Not. Btw, the overclocking in the N900 is sick!]]>Apr 9th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
Your taking your phone+computer and turning it back into just an internet tablet.

If your going to do that, just target all the N810/N800/N770 users out there who don't have any major capabilities to loose by going to Chrome OS]]>Apr 9th 2010 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/
Never mind, I'm a tard. Its the browser rather than OS.]]>Apr 9th 2010 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/Apr 9th 2010 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/googles-chromium-project-ported-to-n900/'Maemonians' haha nice one. I do love to tinker with mine, and i've just decided i'm going to take the overclock route.]]>Apr 10th 2010 5:46AM