Re: [Staffslug] Nokia N900 Review -- was: Re: Monday's Meeting (05-July-2010)
Nokia won't release any more phones based on Maemo.
Which means any new phone due will have to be based on MeeGo... which
changes the whole game really... the base system is totally different,
main toolkit is changed to Qt (but you can still use Gtk+ based stuff),
the graphical interface is different, rpm based not deb which has me
thoroughly pissed off.
However there's lots of bleeding edge stuff in MeeGo like how it uses
Btrfs which is no where near ready in my opinion. So I hope we don't
see MeeGo until the middle of next year if not later and let the N900
and Maemo rule the roost for a bit.
If it is that another one is ready middle of next year (only a guess)
then that is good for me as my 18 months finish then and I can sell my
soul to another phone company for the next model :)
I certainly don't think any new Linux Nokia phone will be released by
the end of September.
Steven
On 07/07/10 11:32, Adam Egan wrote:
Oh dear :P whatever have I started!
It's certainly made my mind up though. If there are no announcements
of a successor between now and September, I'll be going for it as a
business phone. Going to get it on Vodafone as Orange don't do it. Not
so bad to have business and personal with different companies anyhow.
Adam
On 7 July 2010 11:28, Dave R<dave(a)staffslug.org.uk> wrote:
> Steven,
>
> Would you consider putting the review on the site?
>
> Dave
>
> - Nah I don't Blog... seems too addictive :S
> -
> - Might start one day when I've got too much time.
> -
> - N900 has Terminal out of the box, either dropbear or openssh is easy to
> - install from the built in Application Manager, emacs is also available
> - as well as other usual terminal suspects like irssi and vim.
> -
> - If I ever re-install my N900 I find it easier to use apt-get to install
> - all my applications again, saves all the clicking around... the only
> - thing you can't do this for (any more anyway) is Ovi stuff which has a
> - specially secured APT repository of some kind so you can to use the web
> - site.
> -
> - Steven
> -
> - On 07/07/10 10:12, Richard Smedley wrote:
> -> Steven Maddox wrote:
> ->> That was just a response to an article :)
> ->>
> ->> A review would be at least be another 16 times that length haha!
> ->
> -> Write it, blog it, link it. It'll help others make
> -> a decision.
> ->
> -> I've had my current phone for 5 years, and am thinking
> -> of getting a replacement. It has to have terminal,
> -> ssh and Emacs. I guess the N900 and HTC Desire are
> -> the top of my shortlist (Palm Pre seems less flexible,
> -> and the more portable Sony X10 Pro mini comes from a
> -> company that removes your access to Linux at a later date
> -> - see PS3).
> ->
> -> I'm willing to hear arguments in favour of others (still
> -> tempted to put GNU/Linux on my Psion 5MX, and link it
> -> to current phone through IR, though :)
> ->
> -> - Richard
> ->
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