yea the engadget review on N900 is good and like they said as a phone it isn’t the best experience out there but Nokia never really advertise it as a phone but a multimedia device with phone capabilities. Still I like to have a hand-on experience with the N900 and the Nexus1 to compare since I have interest for both.
sorry for double posting.
I think with BB new OS5 the storm 2 is a way better experience then the first gen storm.
sorry for double posting.
I think with BB new OS5 the storm 2 is a way better experience then the first gen storm.
As a BB user. ANYTHING is better than the BB storm 1.
I just found out they have a HTC HD2 with the 850MHZ 3G band that AT&T uses, It is in Australia on Telstra. I have the iphone 3GS which I am bored with and Xperia X1a which sucks ass cuz the UI is terrible and the device is slow and buggy, very nice keyboard though.
The HD2 T9193 goes for for $750 in Australia but on ebay they are being sold for $867 plus shipping. I would like to get it for $800 plus shipping if I could.
Anyway my tax return in coming probably next week and I should pull the trigger within 2 weeks on it.
I just found out they have a HTC HD2 with the 850MHZ 3G band that AT&T uses, It is in Australia on Telstra. I have the iphone 3GS which I am bored with and Xperia X1a which sucks ass cuz the UI is terrible and the device is slow and buggy, very nice keyboard though.
The HD2 T9193 goes for for $750 in Australia but on ebay they are being sold for $867 plus shipping. I would like to get it for $800 plus shipping if I could.
Anyway my tax return in coming probably next week and I should pull the trigger within 2 weeks on it.:tup:
I already had an elaborate plan on getting the HD2 without the US 3g. I was going to get one of those verizon mifi’s and use the phones wifi for my data and just drop the data off of AT&T. No need for that now.
Screw T-mobile for getting the exclusive on the HD2 in the U.S.
T-Mobile is finally getting non shitty phones.
As a T-Mobile customer, that makes me happy :wgrin:
I hear what you’re saying when it comes to the apps, but I read from other users that since it uses a build a Linux, all of the linux programs work. (Pidgin for chatting, Firefox, multimedia players etc), but I wanted someone to confirm that you can do this, and if you can if the programs run smoothly.
To me they have always had the better phones over AT&T, it is just their service is shit around most parts. At my job people with T-mobile didn’t even get a signal at all and thought it was just the building. They didn’t believe I had a signal and I showed them full bars. They switched to AT&T soon as their contracts were up. I know T-Mobile is a lot better now.
There are a ton of GSM devices and AT&T passes on most of them and picks up the cheap Samsung Pantech crap.:annoy:
During my time with the N900, I did manage to get Pidgin working (from the extras-dev repositories though which means it’s still in the testing phases) and that one Fennec browser (Firefox). The browser is still buggy and lagging when scrolling so I settled on using the default browser (I think it was called MicroB) which also allowed me to install plug-ins such as Ad-Block. Greasemonkey scripts also work with it from what I heard. I suggest you look at HoFo for more information in regards to what Linux programs are currently available and compatible with Maemo 5.
E-Mail syncing is still a nightmare from what I have read. The default media player is already great. It has support for a lot of video codecs out of the box so you can just load whatever you want onto the phone and it will play with no issues (didn’t try any HD files). Since this is a N-Series device, the music player is also really good. FM radio is great and one of the most useful features that I used in my everyday commute is the FM transmitter. I could listen to podcasts (I used GPodder) or music I have loaded onto the N900 on the fly through my car’s radio.
Edit: There is some talk about dual-booting the N900 to have both Maemo 5 and Android (donut) on the Maemo.org community forums. Someone just posted about it and stated that details will follow so you may want to look at that site too.
I don’t use Exchange and I did hear bad things about using the internal email syncing, so if anything I’ll probably get a different email syncing software till they fix it. You don’t have the N900 though? What made you return it? I’m trying to see what turns people off from this phone and see if it applies to me as well.
Fuck! I want to get rid of my T-Mobile G1. Shitty ass battery life. I’m tired of this phone draining it’s battery like crazy! At first I loved it, but now, I want to get rid of it. So someone recommend me a good phone that doesn’t waste so much batter. please.
It just didn’t have the ease of use that Android provided. In order to get certain things done you have to navigate through a lot of menus. It also lacked the applications that I use everyday on a mobile phone. Sure it has a nice browser and is a really good multimedia player but that alone wasn’t enough for me to say the $500 price tag was worth the investment.
I went with the Nexus One (subsidized of course) because Android is just more refined and easier to use. The application marketplace is more mature and so is the operating system itself.
Maemo 5 is good and all in fact I think it has the most potential out of all mobile phone operating systems. Thing is that Nokia is still unsure about which direction they are going. They have two platforms that they are supporting but it seems like the S60 is getting more attention at this time.
Again there is no guarantee that Maemo 6 will be compatible with the N900. So basically its just insecurity for me on what Nokia has planned for Maemo. They’re relying more on the community to make it a success and its a very slow progression when compared to Android.
Finally I encountered random reboots for a while. It was fine for the first week but I started having at least four reboots a day. It could have been a defective unit but the frustration of going though so many steps to use an application and slow development of applications (I used all repositories for three weeks) and I came to a conclusion it was not worth it.
For this time, the Nexus One had everything I want in a phone so I decided to go that route for now.
Maemo has potential. Its just that the N900 was too geeky for me.
Try and disable auto sync. Also you may want to get a task manager to see if you have unwanted applications running in the background. If you require some applications to give you notifications, you may want to change the intervals in when you are notified.
Otherwise if you want a smartphone that has good battery life, I recommend jumping over to Blackberry (best battery life IMHO for all smartphones other then Nokia’s E71) or get the Nexus One. I managed to get a full 24 hours (and then some) with the phone providing auto sync was off during my down times like when I’m sleeping.
In the end if you want really good battery life, you’re better off purchasing a dumb phone. Smart phones are usually communicating with the servers constantly so battery life is usually poor. But you get a smartphone knowing you are sacrificing battery life for connectivity.
Blackberry =). Also crackberry always posting new OS for BB, and each new OS battery life keep getting better. I swear when I first got my curve shit was good for a day. I went through like 8 upgrades and now shit lasting for like 3 days. 
Even with excessive talk and text a full day is nothing.
Dual booting Android 1.6 and Maemo 5 on the N900: http://i.engadget.com/2010/01/23/android-dual-boot-could-make-nokia-n900-jack-of-two-trades/
The solid hardware of the N900 + Android = one step closer to the gdlk phone. I hope Nokia is watching this development closely. :nunchuck:
I dont know how many of you knew about this but the android market has 2 Ustream apps, one to watch streams and one to actually BROADCAST a stream with your phone. Awesome!
lol yeah that’s what I used to watch yesterday’s SF4 ranbats here in Hawaii. Qik is also another alternative to broadcast whatever you want.
In fact I’m using it right now to watch iplaywinner’s SF4 stream. Nice to see that it also shows the chats. Very smooth playback so far.
Have you tried sourcing the problem? Maybe too many apps running in the background?
If you plan on staying with T-Mobile, I’d probably say any Blackberry would be a good switch.
dog im in the same boat as you. phone lasts maybe…5 hours.