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Forum: General 2010-10-31, 18:17
Replies: 54
Views: 14,215
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: Next phone after N900?

I have completely lost faith in Nokia phones after having the N900. I work for Nokia Siemens Networks, and a surprising number of us have iphones. Too funny. I have no enthusiasm or interest in...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-10-31, 17:32
Replies: 23
Views: 17,983
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: tablets-dev.nokia.com is down. Is this still the place to get the images?

More than just the thanks button, Bzzz, thank you very much. That link worked, was really fast, and now I was able to flash my N900 and get it working again. May your boss give you a raise and your...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-10-31, 11:00
Replies: 23
Views: 17,983
Posted By sirflyalot
tablets-dev.nokia.com is down. Is this still the place to get the images?

http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/ is down, and my hell spawn N900 is in an endless reboot loop. I wanted to make sure that this is still the correct URL to download images. I guess that I am screwed...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-30, 23:46
Replies: 6
Views: 8,805
Posted By sirflyalot
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Forum: Buy & Sell 2009-11-30, 20:20
Replies: 1,215
Views: 155,076
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: Amazon?

Sep. 29, I ordered for one day shipping and ultimately haggled the price down to $529.
Nov. 26 my status changed to shipping soon.
Nov. 29, I received notice that it had shipped.
Nov. 30, I...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2009-11-29, 04:48
Replies: 66
Views: 41,601
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: ow to take the Red-Pill and install more apps on the N900

I remember that with the N800/810, the red pill would make a bunch of new applications available, like the apache webserver and the postgresql database. Do you think these will be available without...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-29, 00:35
Replies: 55
Views: 41,507
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: N900 Car Charger problems

@amorek13. Thanks for the photo. Yeah, I have one almost exactly the same as that. It doesn't work when using the N900 usb cable. Very odd that this has not been mentioned by anyone. The N900 is...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-28, 21:50
Replies: 55
Views: 41,507
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: N900 Car Charger problems

@amorek13. Would you please describe the one that works? If there is a brand on it, that would also help. Thanks.
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-28, 21:27
Replies: 55
Views: 41,507
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: N900 Car Charger problems

Ads. Thanks.
I have one of the prototypes, and must not have gotten the car chager, but I do have the correct usb cable, and audio and tv out cables. I have several of these car adapter things...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-28, 20:40
Replies: 55
Views: 41,507
Posted By sirflyalot
N900 Car Charger problems

I have several car charger to usb adapters. For apple devices, for nokia phones, etc. None of these work with the usb charger cable that comes with the N900. The N900 charges just fine when the...
Forum: Buy & Sell 2009-11-27, 04:17
Replies: 1,215
Views: 155,076
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: Amazon?

Today (Nov. 26) my status changed to shipping soon, and restricts changes to my order. I ordered for one day shipping on Sep. 29, and haggled the price down to $529. Will post again when it ships.
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-26, 20:31
Replies: 16
Views: 5,636
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: N900, "Do I look Fat next to them?"...Nokia N900 with the Apple iPhone, BlackBerry Bold/Storm 2, Nokia N97 Mini/N86/5800/E71, Palm Pre, Samsung i8910/Omnia II, Sony Ericsson Satio/Aino and Toshiba TG01

Actually, it's really freakin small. The thickness doesn't bother me at all. I wish it was bigger. Cell phones are too small these days anyway, and their purpose has changed. They should be...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-26, 20:22
Replies: 265
Views: 56,078
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: N900 is not a phone ! Why people still don't get it?

After two weeks of use, I do agree that this is a computer that has a lot of features, one amongst them being a phone. The phone is not any more important than any other part of the device. It's...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-26, 19:49
Replies: 23
Views: 12,579
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: What to do first with your new N900?

@nirave. There is a short animated tutorial on the desktop, that gives you the basics about using the N900. Perfect for noobs. (all of us, that is)
Forum: General 2009-11-26, 01:50
Replies: 110
Views: 16,851
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: Poll: What device platform are you coming from? Please note only for non Maemo platforms

Symbian Series 60, Nokia e61i.
However, I have had an N800 and an N810 for the last (almost) 3 years.
Funny, I have carried both my e61i and the Maemo device since Jan. 2007, and throughout that...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-26, 01:45
Replies: 23
Views: 12,579
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: What to do first with your new N900?

Do the tutorial on the desktop and familiarize yourself with the interface. -Play around a while.
-Connect to a wifi router.
-log in to your skype/google talk/etc accounts.
-logging in to the...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-26, 01:33
Replies: 23
Views: 12,579
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: What to do first with your new N900?

Fap, fap, fap, fap, fap, fap.
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-25, 20:41
Replies: 11
Views: 4,616
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: Nokia N900 aka The Best Device I've Ever Owned

And be sure to install the wiicontrol package, and then disable the extras-devel repo. That is, if you have a wiimote....
Forum: Buy & Sell 2009-11-25, 17:13
Replies: 14
Views: 5,559
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Nokia N900 delayed until 4th December

It would be nice if people would mention which part of the world the post or thread applies.
This would be a better title for this thread.
EXCLUSIVE: Nokia N900 delayed in UK until 4th December
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2009-11-25, 15:51
Replies: 7
Views: 2,034
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: My N900 Just Arrived!!

You created a new thread for this?
At least to make it useful, tell us who did you order it from, on which day, what shipping service and speed.
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-25, 00:54
Replies: 14
Views: 11,208
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: Koffice on N900 - WIN!

Cool. The N900 will be the first phone with a full office suite.
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-22, 07:03
Replies: 9
Views: 5,783
Posted By sirflyalot
N900 faq

Is this the main FAQ for the N900?
https://wiki.maemo.org/FAQ

It is really quite pitiful, but I would be happy to help it.
I have a few comments about the N900 that might possibly help other...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2009-11-18, 06:40
Replies: 35
Views: 20,320
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: Portrait Mode Enabled By FW Update (pic)

The browser takes around 2 -3 seconds to rotate the web page to portrait or back to landscape. Some pages work really well as portrait, but most need to be landscape. I am using version...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-17, 16:54
Replies: 3,173
Views: 684,421
Posted By sirflyalot
Re: OPK: N900 deliveries have now started!!

I know that this is the anger thread, but I have been able to use a pre-production N900 for a few days now, and no matter how you feel right now, it is worth the wait. It's seriously the coolest...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-14, 04:09
Replies: 784
Views: 274,951
Posted By sirflyalot
N900: The First Impressions Thread

Please post in this thread based upon your experiences with an N900. Also, please post the Version of the software, so we can honestly compare.
I'll start: Version: 2.2009.46-9
This is a...
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