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I think they real problem with these devices is that for the same price you could just buy a netbook and call it a day. Except then you'd have to carry a netbo
by randallsquared 17y ago
I think they real problem with these devices is that for the same price you could just buy a netbook and call it a day.
Except then you'd have to carry a netbook around, and you'd still have to carry a phone. I want to carry as little as possible, but I still want to have a computer handy when I need one while out and about. My G1 filled this need just adequately, and it sounds like the N900 might be considerably better at it.
- wwkeyboard 17y agoOne of the downsides to carrying just a small device is screen size, reading PDFs on a tiny screen is tedious. You also have to deal with the limited keyboard, luckly you can remap some of the meta keys to include []{}<> and the all mighty pipe. For everyone else, here is a picture of the N900 running xterm http://www.flickr.com/photos/clankennedy/3868820466/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/clankennedy/3868820466/
- randallsquared 17y agoInteresting, thanks. One of the things I liked about my G1 (sadly, stolen) was a terminal app that used all of the space on the screen; that picture makes the xterm look a little cramped.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoThe n800 is great for reading most pdf's. The resolution is more than sufficient, and it has zoom buttons just above the screen. The only exception are the occasional pdf's which have a smaller than normal amount of whitespace on the sides. PDFs generated from scanned images were also unpleasant (due mainly to the weak processor/memory of the n800). I'm really looking forward to the n900. I'll probably switch to T-Mobile to get it.