Christine Lemmer-WebberThe Nokia n900 was SO ahead of its time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2LL6nVzTp8
Linux based smartphone! That felt great! Fold out keyboard! With GTK! Based on Debian!
I've still NEVER used a phone that felt as good as the n900 did
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Fabrice Desré@cwebber The N9 that came after the N900 was also incredible (no physical keyboard though). Such a missed opportunity.
Korkeala | migrating away@fabrice @cwebber I had also the N9 and really liked it. There was also keyboard version aimed at developers, the N950 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N950). Shame Nokia didn't put more resources for the maemo/meego platforms.
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unsponsor@cwebber my gf worked on this! it has component video out from the headphone jack
@cwebber and an fm transmitter
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VA7XF CN89We got a development version of the N810 display when I worked at Seiko Epson, and it was just incredible. An 800 x 480 display in that small form factor was amazing.
Jonathan Frederickson@amsomniac @cwebber And a built-in FM transmitter! So many cool features back in the day. I wish I could still use it on modern networks
mark@cwebber absolutely one of my favorites
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ilmari@cwebber I really miss mine. The integration of all the different calling and messaging protocols in one coherent UI was second to none, but of course the walled garden operators like Skype, Google and Facebook don't want that.
Chris Ellis@ilmari I still miss that from the Palm Pre, fully unified messaging, a feature ahead of it's time.
Alyn@cwebber I think it was probably ONE OF the last phones where communication (of all types) was still the absolute priority, just when "ah, but how many apps does it have," was being pushed by the other software makers.
It was my first intro to QT programming too.
After mine was no longer useful as a unified communicator, I used it for several years as the media player in my car, making use of the FM transmitter.
It must still be around somewhere, but I imagine the battery is unchargable now.
It was my first intro to QT programming too.
After mine was no longer useful as a unified communicator, I used it for several years as the media player in my car, making use of the FM transmitter.
It must still be around somewhere, but I imagine the battery is unchargable now.
@cwebber It was also the last phone I bought on contract, because I went Windows phone after this for two iterations, then finally joined Android with the Planet Gemini. I've NEVER really got on with mainstream phones!
David Revoy@cwebber Oh yes, I remember back in day (2010 or a bit later) sketching something on it with Mypaint. Not on mine, but while testing the n900 of Bassam Kurdali who joined the Blender Foundation during the Blender Conference. It had a built-in stylus and you could keyboard shortcut while sketching with it. That was great.
helpsterTee@davidrevoy @cwebber yeah, pressure sensitive resistive touch screen was great with Mypaint!
Matt Panhans@cwebber I was recently reading a history of the Maemo/MeeGo project at Nokia. https://web.archive.org/web/20121016192931/http://taskumuro.com/artikkelit/the-story-of-nokia-meego
The story of Nokia MeeGo
On February 11th, 2011, Nokia published its new strategy and made a co-operation agreement with Microsoft. Windows Phone operating system was chosen as the new platform for Nokia smartphones. MeeGo became an open source mobile operating system project, which, in the long term, would be used for market research on next generation devices, platforms, and user experiences.
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pettter@cwebber Truly peak mobile phone!
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I had one of the PDAs before they put in the phone part[1], and it was such a great device. I'm so miffed that the symbian faction won out there for the "future" of nokia phones. Heard such horror stories about how it was attacked and mismanaged.
1) Nokia had focusgrouped that customers wanted two devices, one tiny phone to always carry, and one optional bigger one for things that needed screen and typing that could be left in your bag.
John Kristoff@cwebber I had and liked that phone a lot, but as cool as it was, I liked the last one in the series, the N9, even more.
I bought the N9 knowing it was a dead end, but I've never had a phone before or since that seemed so perfectly crafted to be held and manipulated. And it needed no case. It was a little under-powered for the Linux-based MeeGo and lackluster app choices as I recall. What might have been...? Wish we got to find out.
CMDR Yojimbosan 🅅⁂@cwebber I still have my old one; but the OS doesn't boot any more and I don't know what to do with it.
I tried re-creating the experience with the Astro Slide but the N900 was still better ...
I tried re-creating the experience with the Astro Slide but the N900 was still better ...
marinheiro@cwebber Great phone that lasted me for years, but the keys were too little to ever be really comfortable for my stubby fingers.. The N9 was a relief that way.
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🍁@cwebber Agreed, this was a cool phone. 😊
AMS@cwebber And a rather nice camera for the time, FM radio and transmitter (bluetooth was not common in cars yet), composite video out through the headset port, and was one of the original launch platforms for angry birds.
Leo Gaggl@cwebber You're 💯 right on that. I am still salty with Nokia for the capitulation and sellout. Both Maemo and Symbian were far superior (other than some UI shortcomings) to all the other stuff out there.
FreeJohn🔰@cwebber, this is proof that innovation can go backwards.
I've been looking for phones like this, even a keyboard CASE and it just doesn't exist anymore.
Enron Hubbard@cwebber this is the one that is most deserving of HMD's recent Nokia nostalgia reboots
use the N950 body, 5g+wifi/bluetooth+LoRaWAN, replaceable battery, all components mainline, running postmarketOS+hyprland
(do it you cowards)
Robin H. Hansen@cwebber same here! I still think about it on occasion. If someone would make something similar today I’d buy it in a heartbeat.
LiquidParasyte@cwebber man, if Nokia could have held out for a decade longer, we might have had PMOS N900...