Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread John B. Holmblad
Mark, re your point concerning the "locked" price point of $200 for a high end smartphone, I should point out that that price point has now been breached by Verizon Wireless in the U.S. with their current offer of the Motorola Droid (a quite worthy competitor to the iphone) for $199.00 with

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Peter Flynn
Mark wrote: > N900 $510 > http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n900-unlocked-maemo-internet-tablet-3g-phone-panoramic-desktop/q/loc/12435/212003401.html?adid=17582 If that's true then it might put me back in the market. But it would have to do *everything* my N800 does, without error. The fact that it's

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Peter Flynn
Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Am 09.12.09 23:19, schrieb Mark: >> You can complain about reality all you want, but that's not going to >> change it. The reality is that NO ONE is paying $900 for an unlocked >> iPhone, and the unlocked price for an iPhone is far, far below what it >> will be for an N900

Re: Contact imports

2009-12-09 Thread Luis Listas
David Greaves wrote: What about Fumabol? Have anyone tried that? http://www.funambol.com/opensource/ You're not alone :) Although we linux users are seen as a key community and development resource, we're sadly rather unsupported when it comes to contacts. Yep. I'm open to anything (

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Mark
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Andrew Flegg wrote: > > The price of an unlocked iPhone 3GS is $900: > > How can nearly half that price for similar hardware be "way too > expensive"?! What magic wand can you wave to reduce the price of > materials and R&D costs to make these devices palatably pric

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Mark
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Andrew Flegg wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 22:24, Mark wrote: >> >> Sarcasm noted, but I'm simply quoting iPhone territory. > > Indeed, which is why I mentioned their unlocked prices (the N900 is > free in the UK on contract, and that's cheaper than an iPhone. Do

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Mark
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Am 09.12.09 23:19, schrieb Mark: >> You can complain about reality all you want, but that's not going to >> change it. The reality is that NO ONE is paying $900 for an unlocked >> iPhone, and the unlocked price for an iPhone is far, far belo

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Am 09.12.09 23:24, schrieb Mark: > Sarcasm noted, but I'm simply quoting iPhone territory. > > There are only two possibilities: either the N900 is intended to > compete with the iPhone, which means it must come in at an equivalent > price point; Hey, it's cheaper than an iPhone. > or it isn't

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Am 09.12.09 23:19, schrieb Mark: > You can complain about reality all you want, but that's not going to > change it. The reality is that NO ONE is paying $900 for an unlocked > iPhone, and the unlocked price for an iPhone is far, far below what it > will be for an N900 if & when they make a deal wi

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Andre Klapper
Am Mittwoch, den 09.12.2009, 15:24 -0700 schrieb Mark: > There are only two possibilities: either the N900 is intended to > compete with the iPhone, which means it must come in at an equivalent > price point; or it isn't intended to compete with the iPhone, in which > case it must be cheaper than t

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Andrew Flegg
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 22:24, Mark wrote: > > Sarcasm noted, but I'm simply quoting iPhone territory. Indeed, which is why I mentioned their unlocked prices (the N900 is free in the UK on contract, and that's cheaper than an iPhone. Do I think the N900 will be a bigger success in the UK than the

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Mark
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:17 PM, David Greaves wrote: > Mark wrote: >> N900 $510 >> http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n900-unlocked-maemo-internet-tablet-3g-phone-panoramic-desktop/q/loc/12435/212003401.html?adid=17582 >> >> Note that there is no mention of the fact that 3.5G is network >> dependent an

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Mark
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Andrew Flegg wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 21:38, Mark wrote: >> N900 $510 >> http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n900-unlocked-maemo-internet-tablet-3g-phone-panoramic-desktop/q/loc/12435/212003401.html?adid=17582 >> >> Note that there is no mention of the fact that 3

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread David Greaves
Mark wrote: > N900 $510 > http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n900-unlocked-maemo-internet-tablet-3g-phone-panoramic-desktop/q/loc/12435/212003401.html?adid=17582 > > Note that there is no mention of the fact that 3.5G is network > dependent and NOT quadband. Hey, Mark, you mistyped https://ssl.buy.com

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Andrew Flegg
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 21:38, Mark wrote: > N900 $510 > http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n900-unlocked-maemo-internet-tablet-3g-phone-panoramic-desktop/q/loc/12435/212003401.html?adid=17582 > > Note that there is no mention of the fact that 3.5G is network > dependent and NOT quadband. Even at this v

new Fennec build for maemo?

2009-12-09 Thread Gary
nowhere in this CNet article or the mozilla project page does it mention when it will release or whether the new build will also run on N8X0 devices but I'll check their mailing list archives... -Gary http://mobile.cnet.com/site?t=gEVl8Ob9F2sYuFb-0-DK5w q.v. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec __

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Mark
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Erik Hovland wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Mark wrote: >> N900 $510 >> http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n900-unlocked-maemo-internet-tablet-3g-phone-panoramic-desktop/q/loc/12435/212003401.html?adid=17582 >> >> Note that there is no mention of the fact that

Re: N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Erik Hovland
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Mark wrote: > N900 $510 > http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n900-unlocked-maemo-internet-tablet-3g-phone-panoramic-desktop/q/loc/12435/212003401.html?adid=17582 > > Note that there is no mention of the fact that 3.5G is network > dependent and NOT quadband. Even at this

N900 $510

2009-12-09 Thread Mark
N900 $510 http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-n900-unlocked-maemo-internet-tablet-3g-phone-panoramic-desktop/q/loc/12435/212003401.html?adid=17582 Note that there is no mention of the fact that 3.5G is network dependent and NOT quadband. Even at this very discounted price, it's still way too expensive f

Re: stop media player when the headphones are pulled

2009-12-09 Thread Tim Ashman
On Wednesday 09 December 2009 02:45:58 am Andre Klapper wrote: > Hi, > > Am Dienstag, den 08.12.2009, 14:59 -0800 schrieb D M German: > > The default N900 Media Player does not stop music when the headphones > > are pulled. This would be a nice feature to add (as other phones/media > > players work

Re: stop media player when the headphones are pulled

2009-12-09 Thread Olivier Ricou
die 08/12/09, ad 23h59, D M German dixit : > The default N900 Media Player does not stop music when the headphones > are pulled. This would be a nice feature to add (as other phones/media > players work, such as those by apple). At least to make it optional. There is a package for N810 which does

Re: Can´t believe N900 doesn´t support 850/1900 UM TS...

2009-12-09 Thread Timo Pelkonen
ok, answer to first question: yes it was. end of discussion. Ossipena 2009/12/9 Alejandro López > > > Timo Pelkonen wrote: > > that's why people must know what they are buying *before* really buying > > the product. if no 3g is dealbreaker, then it is. > > That's how this discussion started. >

Re: Can´t believe N900 doesn´t suppor t 850/1900 UMTS...

2009-12-09 Thread Alejandro López
Timo Pelkonen wrote: > that's why people must know what they are buying *before* really buying > the product. if no 3g is dealbreaker, then it is. That's how this discussion started. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.ma

Re: Can´t believe N900 doesn´t support 850/1900 UM TS...

2009-12-09 Thread Timo Pelkonen
that's why people must know what they are buying *before* really buying the product. if no 3g is dealbreaker, then it is. Ossipena 2009/12/9 Alejandro López > > > Attila Csipa wrote: > > On Wednesday 09 December 2009 11:18:38 Alejandro López wrote: > > Let's not get carried away. As I underst

Re: Can´t believe N900 doesn´t suppor t 850/1900 UMTS...

2009-12-09 Thread Alejandro López
Attila Csipa wrote: > On Wednesday 09 December 2009 11:18:38 Alejandro López wrote: > Let's not get carried away. As I understood the situation, the N900 works on > all providers in the USA, the question being the tech level (=speed) > supported on a particular provider. Yes, we'd certainly all

Re: Can´t believe N900 doesn´t support 850/1900 UMTS...

2009-12-09 Thread Attila Csipa
On Wednesday 09 December 2009 11:18:38 Alejandro López wrote: > Timo Pelkonen wrote: > > N900 works in the USA I presume because the device is sold there. > > Maybe for a particular carrier, but the official frequencies in the USA are > those that are not supported by the N900. So, useless device.

Brainstorm for feature requests (was Re: stop media player when ...)

2009-12-09 Thread Quim Gil
Hi, ext D M German wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I am not sure if this is the place to make this request... See http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/ & http://wiki.maemo.org/Brainstorm -- Quim Gil ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org http

Re: stop media player when the headphones are pulled

2009-12-09 Thread Andre Klapper
Hi, Am Dienstag, den 08.12.2009, 14:59 -0800 schrieb D M German: > The default N900 Media Player does not stop music when the headphones > are pulled. This would be a nice feature to add (as other phones/media > players work, such as those by apple). At least to make it optional. See https://bugs

Re: Can´t believe N900 doesn´t suppor t 850/1900 UMTS...

2009-12-09 Thread Alejandro López
Timo Pelkonen wrote: > > N900 works in the USA I presume because the device is sold there. Maybe for a particular carrier, but the official frequencies in the USA are those that are not supported by the N900. So, useless device. ___ maemo-users ma

Re: Can´t believe N900 doesn´t suppor t 850/1900 UMTS...

2009-12-09 Thread Alejandro López
Timo Pelkonen wrote: > I bet quad band were left out because there was no time to get it > working at the first place and it probably will be added to > successors..(atleast if there are good experiences from n97 minis > implementation) A choice that will make the device less successful than it

Re: Can´t believe N900 doesn´t support 850/1900 UM TS...

2009-12-09 Thread Timo Pelkonen
2009/12/9 Alejandro López > > Do you mean that people in the USA cannot use a N900 and will have to wait > for a successor??? I think the marketing guy who allowed that must have been > drunk... > > > N900 works in the USA I presume because the device is sold there. I have no interest keeping tr

Re: Can´t believe N900 doesn´t suppor t 850/1900 UMTS...

2009-12-09 Thread Alejandro López
Timo Pelkonen wrote: > Wait for something to happend to the situation. Aka hope for the best > from n900's successor or frequency changes to 3g network. There is > nothing more to do. This is unfortunate but everybody in the world can't > be pleased because there are so many standards etc. Do yo

Re: Contact imports

2009-12-09 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, l...@soeiro.com.br wrote: > Another question: what kind of issues do you expect when mass exporting > /importing contacts? Lost things? Duplicates? I had issues with detecting & eliminating duplicates. I had more issues with performance when I had over 3000 email contacts imported. Performanc

Re: Contact imports

2009-12-09 Thread David Greaves
On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 22:05 +0100, Mustali Dalal wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, wrote: > >This will be difficult for me because I don't have any Windows > computer to > >play with (I use Debian and Kubuntu on all my personal and work > >computers). > > So you own a Windows p

Re: Contact imports

2009-12-09 Thread David Greaves
On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 07:50 -0800, l...@soeiro.com.br wrote: > Hello y'all. Thanks for the hints so far > > >I guess you have M$ Outlook delivered with your Windows Mobile Phone. Just > >sync WM with Outlook on PC, and then use Nokia PC Suite to transfer it to > >N900. It worked and I have all the