On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 19:31 +0000, Al Sutton wrote: > I read it, to me it sounds like its' written by someone who doesn't > understand the complexities of mobile 'phone development.
As it happens this was mentioned by people who have done mobile development in the past ;) > > Flexibility costs. It costs in terms of storage, processing > requirements, and battery life. I've yet to see a full Linux/GNU > installation on a phone sized device that can run for 24 hours without > a charge, and I doubt that it would be possible, but hey, I'm always > willing to be proven wrong if you can provide me with an example.... Well, it's news to me that my G1 can go for 24 hours without a charge. Guess if I go to GSM, deactivate anything in the background, and don't touch the phone it might manage that. But then, all my cars have an USB charger. I've got a mobile USB charger that works from batteries. Hmm, interesting, for my former smartphone I had to buy the car-charger when I needed it, because between uses it got just lost. With the G1 I continuously keep in mind where the next power-up opportunity is. > > (and before anyone says N900, even Nokia don't try to call it a > smartphone, they call it a Mobile Computer). Well, actually the hardware seems quite similar to the N97 Symbian device. It's probably being called a "mobile computer", because it came from the department that has been doing the internet tablet stuff. Actually Symbian devices are the smartphone offering of Nokia. And so what if it's a "mobile computer", if that subsumes the functionality of a mobile phone, which it seems for the N900. The size of the N900 seems quite like mobile phone. Just for a comparison: G1 => 117x55.7x17.1mm == 111.42 cm^3 volume and 158g weight N900 => 110.9x59.8x18mm == 119.35 cm^3 volume and 181g weight the battery life time that is officially claimed (up to 5 hours talk with UMTS and 9 hours with GSM) sounds similar to my G1 too, and it's quite possible that they are utter irrelevant projections as for the G1 too. So what if Nokia claims it's a mobile computer. Actually my favorite price comparison site lists it under UMTS mobile. It has the size, the battery life, the weight and usability of a mobile. Andreas
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