Comments on: Video: Hands on with the Nokia N900

By: andre

andre — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:45:58 +0000

cool review thanks! just watched it on an n900 what a resolution!!

By: TubeGuy

TubeGuy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:30:28 +0000

hahahahha :D thanks i love it!

By: Source

Source — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:16:13 +0000

@ Tarex

Your judgement is a huge let down.
You don’t even own an N900 and you’re already assuming and stating things you have no idea about.
Feedback from loads of people say that the screen is good & just as responsive as a capacitive screen. It’s not always the screen, it’s also the OS & Hardware.

By: Source

Source — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:14:04 +0000

I think you mean 2GB* Application Memory.

By: Ihmemies

Ihmemies — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:04:51 +0000

Got my N900 few days ago! This thing rocks!
Installed gPodder and now I can download Geekbrief podcast straight to my N900 and watch on the road.

Cali, keep up the good work, I love watching Geekbrief! :)

By: Buikhu

Buikhu — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:39:32 +0000

@moylan:

2) You don’t need Windows to update the firmware. In fact, you don’t need a computer at all. “Rather than requiring a reflash, Seamless Software Updates are pushed over-the-air and installed onto your live system. When Nokia pushes an update over SSU, you will see an update notification and be given the option to install the update—just like with your computer.”

By: J Henderson

J Henderson — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:05:32 +0000

Cali,

I absolutely love your idea, and would like to attend a filming!! I am attending the Art Institute of Dallas, and what your doing is basically the field in which I would like to go into, video for the web, as well as mobile devices!! I came across your site via researching video and web. I was trying to find how I could make my blog a little bit better! I love UStream and I am learning all that I can about web and video!! Your video came up on google about how you guys produce the show! I love that video, i’m writing a post about it as we speak!! If you guys are located in Dallas, I would love to be able to come and film my experience of visiting for my own blog!! I also have alot of questions as a student that I would like to ask you guys!! I hope to hear from you soon!!

By: moylan

moylan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:10:21 +0000

3 questions.

1) does it make an irritating click noise when i take a picture? is there a way to turn that silliness off? i gave away all my nokias barring an old cameraless e61 because of this stupidity. the amount of time i wasted trying to fix it after they broke my e71 really annoyed me and a few others who thought they could quickly fix it. turned a few people of nokia that did.

2) does it require windows software to update the firmware like the symbian devices that i have owned? at the start of this year i was dependent on windows for 2 pieces of software. itunes (ipod classic is better as a windows format than mac) and nokia software to update software. now it looks like i’ll be getting rid of the iphone and macosx and moving to android/ubuntu i don’t want to have to depend on wine or a vm with windows just for a silly single task. haven’t checked to see if i can update my hero using ubuntu yet.

3) what guarantee do we have that nokia have released a working os? the last few nokias from them n70, e61, e61i and e71 needed firmware upgrades before they became useable. they crashed a lot before they were updated. as it was a firmware ‘upgrade’ that added the unremoveable camera click i don’t trust them anymore.

/rant

By: Moreno

Moreno — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:42:04 +0000

Prepare for something Else:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn1uPQ3zXMw

By: TareX

TareX — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:10:16 +0000

The resistive screen is a huge let down, but then again Nokia must cater to the Asian customers… it comes with a stylus right?

By: Cali Lewis

Cali Lewis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:35:57 +0000

It’s a table from IKEA but we have blue lights shining up at it. :)

By: TTY Guy (aka Robert Bigelow)

TTY Guy (aka Robert Bigelow) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:30:11 +0000

@Darvin, that was my impression of the iPhone, too. Until now, I was hesitant to write so, out of fear of offending people.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:10:01 +0000

Hey, I love that background you used on this Brief..do you have a site where it came from?

I am a TMobile user and I have been waiting for the Nokia…can’t wait..

Thanks Cali! Good Work.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:32:59 +0000

What kind of table are you using? i love the blue glow….looks very cool.

By: Hemo

Hemo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:12 +0000

You can increase the FM transmitter’s reach by putting the phone next to your power cables in your house.

By: WillyDavidK

WillyDavidK — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:33:39 +0000

I was honestly a little shocked you could actually say the words ‘resistive touchscreen’ with a smile on your face! I suppose it’s a cost-cutting measure, since having a capacitative screen would likely add a good bit of cost to the phone, but still a bit dissapointing (just a bit tho!).

Oh, and one more thing Cali – ‘an open source version of linux’?? That’s like saying ‘an edible version of the hamburger’ o.0

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:19:40 +0000

Very concise review. Thank you.

P.S. Your hair is getting longer again. Looks great.

By: Darvin

Darvin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:12:25 +0000

since im more of a power user, this would be my kind of phone. iphone disappointed me so bad. iphone felt more like a toy than a smartphone.

By: Sanjeev

Sanjeev — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:15:37 +0000

It has to be good. Nokia has to step into the high end smartphone market. Nokia realized that only linux can only bring then change. Lets see how this will go. S60 based N97 disappointed me very badly.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:36:25 +0000

Sold, goodbye iPhone and hello N900

By: Buikhu

Buikhu — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:43:43 +0000

How is the touch screen? I have an N810 and I’m not completely happy with it. It’s always full of fingerprints and it’s not as accurate and responsive as the iPhone for example. Does the N900 have any kind of lipophobic coating?

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:38:19 +0000

You mentioned an ir-remote for the n900. It’s already been done! It’s called irreco. (see: http://tiny.cc/2HKqK) Thanks for the show, I really enjoy it!