Originally Posted by
kalel17
lol I read this and it was like reading the script from a comedy film that never made it.
This guy surely have no idea what the nokia N900 is, he keeps referring to 'nokia', nothing but nokia, without taking the time out to know that they cover from low end to high end. A blackberry is the only phone I would NEVER EVER in my wildest dream buy, it just does not match what I expect from a smartphone. Smartphones are no longer just about email and IM, it should fullfill a role that will enable you to stay productive and entertained away from your pc. The N900 is not a smartphone but more of a MID with a phone radio built in.
Maemo is original linux, that is; it was built from a linux kernel without any customization or modifications, it is basically an OS with pc potentials on a handheld.
The device is also purely native which unlike BB and Android(Both java Virtual Machine based) can actively run native code without much consulting with the manufacturer(Android does this with the NDK). This along with it sharing 90% of it's frontline code with DESKTOP debian allows it to run just about any code a linux debian desktop can, all need to do is recompile to allow the app to run on the ARM architecture.
That alone shows that BBs code base and system is TOTALLY and without doubt inferior to Maemo on the N900, there is just no competition; one is based on a java runtime while the other is pure native desktop operating system.
Now the N900 is the most flexible mobile device there is to date; you can run macOS, windows(up to 98 I think), android(quite useable) as well as being able to do a plethora of other things that I neither have the time or memory to to write. The N900 also have the best browser EVER to grace a mobile handset.
So comparing a java based restrictive OS(if it can truly be classified as a proper OS) to one that is entirely based on full desktop code is a no brainer, no comparison.
I have an N97 mini and the only problem I have with the email app is the lack of kinetic scrolling, it organizes my emails properly and switching between them is easy and simple, I receive emails instantaenously( less than 5 seconds after being sent). LOL @ physical keyboard, I dont know if you realised but most of nokia's corporate devices have a physical keyboard, plus they have alot of metal and is not built out of plastic recycled from chinese toys(thats what BBs feel like to me).
I believe we are wasting our time, their eyes are blocked and so they are unwilling to try anything new. I have been to iOS, Android, windows mobile and I am back with an N97 mini now... it does cause me alot of swearing but nothing is better than the customization and familiarity of symbian, waiting for the UI modifications to come before I buy an E7.