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When I got my Nokia E90 in 2007ish, it's hard to describe the power and potential in that device. It was multitasking, 3G, GPS, camera, video, email, web, app

by dm319 4y ago

When I got my Nokia E90 in 2007ish, it's hard to describe the power and potential in that device. It was multitasking, 3G, GPS, camera, video, email, web, app store etc. The big downfall of these devices was that consumers weren't familiar with the types of mobile contracts, and specifically data. The iphone got it right by only selling the iphone with a data package, whereas people bought these symbian smartphone and later found they couldn't make full use of them. Not to mention back then we had to set up the internet connection ourselves. I moved onto the N900 when my E90 slipped out my linen trousers in a taxi in Morocco.

thriftwy 4y ago
N900 was a mighty beast, I only moved off it when its power port tore away. Too bad Nokia did not have the focus to stick to one platform (Maemo vs. MeeGo vs. Windows Phone)
- seba_dos1 4y ago
  It took me about a decade to move from N900, and even then it's still handling one of my SIMs.
  - ploum 4y ago
    The N900 was running a modified Debian Linux version call Maemo. Not related to Symbian at all.
    - seba_dos1 4y ago
      Your GP already noted that in a way.
nikanj 4y ago
The software quality was also absolute dogshit. Your phone would ring, you would click on the button to answer, and the phone app would just crash. It was nice having irc and a good ssh client on my phone, but the phone was simply not stable enough for a daily driver.
- dm319 4y ago
  That's weird, the E90 was the last phone I had with reliable phone features. The N900 could be buggy, but I've had iphones and pixels since then and I give answering a phone that is ringing in my pocket to be very often a miss, even now. More an issue with a touchscreen I think.
- blub 4y ago
  Didn’t own the E90, but I’ve had several Symbian smartphones and don’t think I’ve ever seen the “phone” app crash. In fact I remember that they were generally stable compared to computers. Only the browsers would run out of memory and crash, hence why Opera mini (which compressed and slimmed down websites) was so popular at that time.

by dm319 4y ago

thriftwy 4y ago

N900 was a mighty beast, I only moved off it when its power port tore away. Too bad Nokia did not have the focus to stick to one platform (Maemo vs. MeeGo vs. Windows Phone)

seba_dos1 4y ago
It took me about a decade to move from N900, and even then it's still handling one of my SIMs.
- ploum 4y ago
  The N900 was running a modified Debian Linux version call Maemo. Not related to Symbian at all.
  - seba_dos1 4y ago
    Your GP already noted that in a way.

nikanj 4y ago

The software quality was also absolute dogshit. Your phone would ring, you would click on the button to answer, and the phone app would just crash. It was nice having irc and a good ssh client on my phone, but the phone was simply not stable enough for a daily driver.

dm319 4y ago
That's weird, the E90 was the last phone I had with reliable phone features. The N900 could be buggy, but I've had iphones and pixels since then and I give answering a phone that is ringing in my pocket to be very often a miss, even now. More an issue with a touchscreen I think.
blub 4y ago
Didn’t own the E90, but I’ve had several Symbian smartphones and don’t think I’ve ever seen the “phone” app crash. In fact I remember that they were generally stable compared to computers. Only the browsers would run out of memory and crash, hence why Opera mini (which compressed and slimmed down websites) was so popular at that time.