Was this the peak of smartphone technology? What timeline could have been if Nokia wouldn't rush it?
Was this the peak of smartphone technology? What timeline could have been if Nokia wouldn't rush it?
Blake Sanders
Tyler Bell
>QWERTY keyboard
>Hot-swap battery
>Hot-swap SD card
>a standoff
>Camera shutter
>Unlocked bootloader
>Desktop-tier Linux distribution
>OTG long before it became the norm
>Great design
>Fits into pocket
>Stylus
>Strong and dedicated community
>Multitasking
>Integration of apps into the core system
Jordan Torres
Would Nokia have the balls to make a new phone like this now when their deal with MS is finished?
Alexander Phillips
>if Nokia wouldn't rush it
it wasn't nokia's fault. Microsoft forced them to use WP. N9 was a great phone but died instantly because of MS
Brody Morgan
Also
>Battery doesnt even last a day with IM running
>Crappy keyboard compared to older E90
>No multi touch
It still remains unmatched by any other phone in many ways, though. For example the camera (with shutter and two stage trigger button) was god tier.
Ryan James
Truly. Like a mad scientist experiment.
Backlit QWERTY keyboard*
Not to forget FM transmitter
IrDA to control your TV
Fucking 32GB of internal storage by default in 2009
Option to run several desktop Linux distributions and Android in multiple boot configuration
Christian Brown
God I miss Symbian
Nathan Powell
Front facing camera
STEREO speakers
Headphone jack that could also output composite video
Dual flash
Tyler Campbell
N9/N9XX ran Maemo and MeeGo.
Dominic Fisher
Photon Q runs lineage 14.1. Pretty great these days.
Nathaniel Jones
I came only thinking about what the n900 equivalent would have been in 2018.
Michael Howard
How can I move to the timeline where Nokia told MS to go fuck them self?
Jace Thomas
bluetooth and wifi too
Michael Green
>Headphone jack that could also output composite video
>connect N900 to TV
>hook up a DS3 over bluetooth
>fire up emulator
Connor Wright
I still cry every time.
Hunter Scott
>resistive touchscreen
Nicholas Hernandez
>two stage trigger button
WHY DONT THEY ALL DO THIS
Asher Morris
Yes, you know, actual pointer precision with a stylus.
Adam King
>stylus
Lincoln Wilson
any chance nu-kia could try to do something like this?
most phones don't even have a camera button anymore tho
Grayson Cooper
Because now when the smartphone manufacturers reached the peak design that ought to be enough to anybody the biggest phone body construction dilemma is whether to make a display with notch or not.
Phone case design stopped progressing when the iPhone came out.
Luis Moore
thats not how you use the term hot-swap, but okay.
otg isnt, you know what, nevermind.
Ryan Cruz
And the stock micro-usb cable has a built in clip that makes it my go to cable for everything still today.
Ethan Morris
Many allow the volume buttons to be used.
Jackson King
>almost no one knows that the N900 has pressure sensitivity and that MyPaint runs incredibly well on it
>you can use the stylus or literally ANYTHING to draw on it with the sensitivity working just fine
>you can be the most autistic artist around, drawing and painting on a fucking smartphone from 2010
It was probably too autistic for 2010 and for this world in general
Brandon Wilson
>hurrdurr my fat sausage fingers are perfectly fine to start my animu on my fone xDD
Michael Jones
>resistive screen
Disgusting. Died for a reason and is NEVER coming back.
Caleb Cooper
this was the peak
Levi Rogers
STOP IT Jow Forums IT"S DEAD
i ragequit mine with a sledge hammer after the microusb fucked right off
Andrew Rodriguez
Your own fault for not reinforcing the port with additional solder.
It was a well known problem.
Camden Adams
>reinforcing the port with additional solder
>It was a well known problem
lolwut
Levi Brooks
It's a well known problem for every autist who is still using one in fucking 2018.
Zachary Brown
I did it back in 2012 when I first got mine, everybody in autistic tech forums told me to do it
Lincoln Evans
Still using mine to this day and it's working fine without the reinforcement.
Either mine is an unicorn or most people fucking yank on the cable all the fucking time like apes. Will just solder it back on in case it breaks one day.
Oliver Kelly
Gemini PDA
>QWERTY keyboard
>SD card
>Dual USB-C
>Fits in pocket
>Linux/Android/Sailfish
>Ofono on Linux and Sailfish
Cons
>4GB RAM
>Clamshell
>No HW acceleration on Linux (for now, and for some time)
>Fucking MediaTek CPU
Christopher Edwards
those buttons look so damn juicy you want to fucking smash em all day
Jack Rodriguez
Utterly different formfactor and hence class of device though