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If I Was Like You (short film) « Film Beats (from the East) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:08:41 +0000

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Comment on Nokia N900 vs. Motorola Droid (Milestone):2 Linux Smartphones Comparison Chart by Sean Crago

Sean Crago — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:44:46 +0000

http://tuomas.kulve.fi/blog/2009/09/03/wishlist-for-n900-ogg-support/

Ogg’s supported: It’s just not installed by default. Maemo’s Debian base means a far greater percentage of basic system-level software such as codec support is going to be left out of the stock install, if for no better reason than that so much more is available for it.

@Kelvin: Can’t speak for Maemo5, but Maemo 4 and below all kind of sucked at handling office documents. PDFs were fine, but not awe-inspiringly simple to manage. Android seems to have a number of available commercially produced office suites, but sadly doesn’t seem to be tightly integrated with Google Docs et al. Given that you’re just accessing them through the browser (albeit in a customized way: http://androidforums.com/android-news-talk/3686-google-docs-new-features-android.html ), it probably isn’t any better or worse than the N900.

Comment on Nokia N900 vs. Motorola Droid (Milestone):2 Linux Smartphones Comparison Chart by Kelvin Ang

Kelvin Ang — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:16:36 +0000

Nice review page!

Call me a technological dinosaur if you’d like. But this is my first time in the market looking for a smartphone (I’ve sat out through the Symbian and Windows Mobile “eras” after negative trying-out experiences with both). Would any of the two platforms shown here be good for general productivity work (i.e. the usual pdf, powerpoint, word document, etc.)? Also, have had any chance in physically trying them out yet? If so, how is the build quality like on each of them?

Comment on Nokia N900 vs. Motorola Droid (Milestone):2 Linux Smartphones Comparison Chart by em8chel

em8chel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:29:25 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Jon. The specs were lifted directly from Nokia’s website, but I did some googling and found this datasheet:

http://www.areamobile.de/handys/1679-nokia-n900/datenblatt/datentransfer

Bluetooth-Profile (Y means feature is supported)

Y Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP)
Y AV Remote Control (AVRCP)
* BIP (Basic Imaging)
* BPP (Basic Printing)
* DUN (Dial-Up Network)
Y FT (File Transfer)
Y Headset
Y HFP (Handsfree Car-Kit)
* HID (Human Interface Devices)
Y OPP (Object Push)
* PAN (Private Area Network)
* SAP (SIM Access)
* SPP (Serial Port)
Y Sync

Seems HID support is disabled by default, but can be enabled by tweaking the /etc/bluetooth/main.conf file:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Fremantle_Unsupported_Bluetooth_profiles

Many discussion forums have confirmed that USB Host/OTG mode is not supported by N900 at the hardware level (although it is supported by N810?)

I have to admit that I’m partial to N900 from the start!:) Will miss the OGG support though!

Comment on Nokia N900 vs. Motorola Droid (Milestone):2 Linux Smartphones Comparison Chart by Jon

Jon — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:15:05 +0000

I’m not 100% on this but i’d be very suprised if the n900 doesnt feature the HID bluetooth profile allowing you to use external bluetooth keyboards (all previous Maemo devices have, as well as most nokia symbian). Android doesn’t have this yet though they will apparently get round to it sooner or later. Not a game changer for most, but I type up lecture notes on my phone and need a full size keyboard option. Other internet tablets also allow USB host/otg modes, not sure if either of these contenders will though. Just some feedback, because you asked :-) didnt mean to rant, its a nice and very useful page :-) Thanks very much, keep up the good work, and post to let us know which way you go and how you find your choice works out! All the best