Nokia N900

OneWayBet · 20-08-2010 11:56am

For anyone interested in a Pumps.ie N900 app, I have updated a beta app available here http://84.203.164.145/pumps

Fully functional for finding stations by Area, GPS and Favourites. Also allows you to update station prices (double click on the list).

jessconr · 20-08-2010 2:46pm

OneWayBet wrote: »

For anyone interested in a Pumps.ie N900 app, I have updated a beta app available here http://84.203.164.145/pumps

Fully functional for finding stations by Area, GPS and Favourites. Also allows you to update station prices (double click on the list).

the link you gave to download this application doesn't work. I copied it and pasted into my browser so its definitely not taken down wrong

Alanstrainor · 20-08-2010 3:00pm

I'm away travelling aruond europe, so i left my n900 at home...that was a mistake! Miss having a full internet browser at my finger tips and all my music and some movies.

OneWayBet · 20-08-2010 3:04pm

jessconr wrote: »

the link you gave to download this application doesn't work. I copied it and pasted into my browser so its definitely not taken down wrong

Sorry, typo in the filename - fixed.

billymitchell · 26-08-2010 3:20pm

Quick question, which would you N900 guys prefer, your N900 or would you plum for the N8 when available??

Sparks · 26-08-2010 3:36pm

N900.

Now when the N9 becomes available, that might be a different story...

matrim · 26-08-2010 3:40pm

billymitchell wrote: »

Quick question, which would you N900 guys prefer, your N900 or would you plum for the N8 when available??

I'd like to stay with my N900. Don't fancy a move back to Symbian at the moment although the N8 does look like a nice device.

There should also be the N9 (Meego \ Harmattan) device later in the year but I'll probably give meego at least one iteration before deciding on moving to it. Partly because I can't really justify spending 500 euro on another phone only a year after I got the N900

god's toy · 26-08-2010 4:00pm

Stay with 900! I really dont think you will ever see a device as open like this on the market any time soon.

However I am keeping a close eye on the Meego and all it's goodness!

PADRAIC.M · 26-08-2010 4:08pm

god's toy wrote: »

Stay with 900! I really dont think you will ever see a device as open like this on the market any time soon.

However I am keeping a close eye on the Meego and all it's goodness!

yeah what he said!!!

LoGiE · 26-08-2010 4:46pm

Look at it this way, with the n900's overclock abilities, RAM and disk space it will happily run Meego and Android for the next while anyway. So best of both worlds really! Symbian is dead to me tbh. The original firmware on the 5800 and n97 made sure of that...

OneWayBet · 26-08-2010 5:31pm

LoGiE wrote: »

Look at it this way, with the n900's overclock abilities, RAM and disk space it will happily run Meego and Android for the next while anyway. So best of both worlds really! Symbian is dead to me tbh. The original firmware on the 5800 and n97 made sure of that...

Yeah if you ignore the availability of apps then I think Maemo is the best OS on the market. I think apps are fun for novelty value once in a while but I quickly get bored with them and I find that the really "must have" apps all work very well on the N900 e.g. Web Browser, Email, IM, Podcast, Internet Radio etc - these all work very well and perhaps better than any other phone on the market.

The one and only app I'd love to have on the N900 is Sling Player, or alternatively SOPCast so I can watch footie on the go.... oh and it would be nice if the built-in SatNav was usable.

podgeandrodge · 26-08-2010 5:37pm

One thing missing from N900 for me is quicktime support - still can't login to my ip address and remote view CCTV system - could do this no problem with symbian on the N95...

Tom Dunne · 26-08-2010 6:45pm

billymitchell wrote: »

Quick question, which would you N900 guys prefer, your N900 or would you plum for the N8 when available??

N900, purely because I am bitter.

Anyway, I couldn't convince Herself that I need a new one so soon after the now legendary "YOU PAID WHAT FOR A PHONE?????" incident of January 2010.

LoGiE · 27-08-2010 1:18pm

OneWayBet wrote: »

Yeah if you ignore the availability of apps then I think Maemo is the best OS on the market. I think apps are fun for novelty value once in a while but I quickly get bored with them and I find that the really "must have" apps all work very well on the N900 e.g. Web Browser, Email, IM, Podcast, Internet Radio etc - these all work very well and perhaps better than any other phone on the market.

The one and only app I'd love to have on the N900 is Sling Player, or alternatively SOPCast so I can watch footie on the go.... oh and it would be nice if the built-in SatNav was usable.

I have to agree with you there the 'must have' apps all work very well along with koffice. My one gripe with the internet radio player is not being able to adjust the buffer. It's currently at 2seconds or there abouts. I hope we see a PR1.3 with a final few updates but then I think it's time to change OS.

corglass · 28-08-2010 9:41am

Hey there folks, just wanted tell anyone thatd listen that i moved away from my n900 yesterday to a slick galaxy s. I moved for the following reasons

1. Less bulk
2. The galaxy s has android whixh ultimately means better long term softwae supoet. (i got thw feeling nokia had abandoned the n90)
3. The screen on the galaxy is soo slick
4. I had a tiny annoying crack on the n900
5. better battery, or so ive been told-
6. The camera, good s my n95 and n900 camers were, the galaxy camera is super cool.

Ok things i miss
7. the qwerty real keyboard

any q's let me know

god's toy · 28-08-2010 11:04am

That Fcam app has killed the notification and keyboard lights.
Grrr I've read I'm not alone but also don't want to uninstall the app... it makes using the keyboard in the dark a right pain.

ChopShop · 29-08-2010 9:19am

corglass wrote: »

I moved for the following reasons

**LALALALALALALALALALA**

god's toy · 29-08-2010 10:51am

wernstrom! wrote: »

**LALALALALALALALALALA**

Lol yea I know how you feel, got to play with a Desire last night and was very impressed. Got me wondering how cool(er) the 900 would have been if it got the support it deserved from the start.

Damn you Nokia...

corglass · 29-08-2010 3:11pm

Hey guys, since selling my N900, I havn't been able to open the backup files to extract the contacts, sms stc from the backup file to my new android phone. Anyone got any suggestions?

Most inportant are the contacts. Can these be extacted from an N900 backup file into a CSV file or similar?

Thanks

ChopShop · 29-08-2010 7:36pm

god's toy wrote: »

Lol yea I know how you feel, got to play with a Desire last night and was very impressed. Got me wondering how cool(er) the 900 would have been if it got the support it deserved from the start.

Damn you Nokia...

Yup.

Haven't entirely ruled out a Desire HD rather than an N9.

god's toy · 29-08-2010 8:17pm

wernstrom! wrote: »

Yup.

Haven't entirely ruled out a Desire HD rather than an N9.

Yep indeed I'm also keeping my eyes on that.
Anything that can run 3.0 will have me drolling

vibe666 · 30-08-2010 8:06am

corglass wrote: »

Hey guys, since selling my N900, I havn't been able to open the backup files to extract the contacts, sms stc from the backup file to my new android phone. Anyone got any suggestions?

Most inportant are the contacts. Can these be extacted from an N900 backup file into a CSV file or similar?

Thanks

you can install the Nokia PC Suite (the one before the OVI suite came out, you can still download it from nokia) and set it up to sync your contacts (and calendar, if you use it) with outlook over usb or bluetooth and then export them as a csv file from there, or see if android do an outlook sync app for the new phone and sync everything back.

Owwmykneecap · 30-08-2010 9:02am

The N9 is one ugly looking phone.

Only the intel meego tablets look interesting at the mo.

ChopShop · 30-08-2010 11:44am

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

The N9 is one ugly looking phone.

The N900 is no looker either. :mad:

Sparks · 30-08-2010 11:47am

Haven't actually seen a confirmed shot of the N9, so withholding judgement on its looks.

But then again, I bought the N900 because of what it can do, not because of what it looked like...

Owwmykneecap · 30-08-2010 8:50pm

Dunno, I thought the n900 looks the tits.

god's toy · 30-08-2010 10:16pm

hmm odd email from ovi saying I get free apps came by my inbox today.
am I the only one?

ChopShop · 30-08-2010 10:16pm

Sparks wrote: »

But then again, I bought the N900 because of what it can do, not because of what it looked like...

My network gave me mine for free because the N97 is a buck of sh!t.

Whilst i like it, i need a pretty looking phone to dazzle the proverbial ignorant villagers who don't understand what a truly open phone is capable of.

Nephew · 01-09-2010 10:01am

I've been away for a while so I haven't kept up with this thread. Can anyone tell me if there is new firmware due soon and is there any word on the voice navigation for ovi maps?

On a side note what is a four month old n900 worth?

OneWayBet · 01-09-2010 10:18am

Nephew wrote: »

I've been away for a while so I haven't kept up with this thread. Can anyone tell me if there is new firmware due soon and is there any word on the voice navigation for ovi maps?

On a side note what is a four month old n900 worth?

No PR1.2 is still the latest firmware, no word on an upgrade for free satnav (sygic was upgraded but is far from free). I'd say it wouldn't be far off 300 euro.

Not sure a new firmware is really needed as I think the OS is excellent, especially when overclocked. They might release PR1.3 just to roll out the new Qt libraries (Qt Mobility etc.) so that developers dont need to worry about packaging these libraries but I wouldn't expect much else other than some minor tweaks.

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