Neo? http://www.gizchina.com/2013/09/02/neo-n003-review/
Is this the same company, or just a coincidence?
Introducing Neo900
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
The resistive screen on the N900 is excellent . Better than some capacitives I've used.
I on the other hand hated that screen. My N900 was a great device but every time I had to scroll I cursed the screen.
Are you sure it was the screen? The early Maemo 5 builds were pretty bad at scrolling without freezing, then popping forward quickly. The later updates and CSSU are smooth as silk.
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#23I stopped reading at "3.5" TFT, 800x480, resistive"
Why?
Resistive touch screens is why smart phones never really took off in the main stream before the iPhone (which for some reason introduced capacitive touch screens on smart phones).
Basically it is a terrible technology for small devices and barely usable without a pen. The only advantage is with a pen it is actually way more accurate than a capacitive screen allowing for for example handwriting recognition.
On my orange m500 (which was a rebranded htc) I could write text messages so fast, I think faster than I do on touch screen keyboards now. But yeah, wouldn't trade a cap screen for a resistive screen for the world.
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#24Neo? http://www.gizchina.com/2013/09/02/neo-n003-review/ Is this the same company, or just a coincidence?
Most likely just a coincidence. "Neo" is quite common nomenclature. OpenMoko has been using Neo name for quite a while, Neo1973 was released in 2007.
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#25The Open Pandora 1Ghz has the same hardware, and is already very much open as well, and has a better keyboard and a lot of software already available. It can run Android and Slackware, Bodhi linux, Debian and so on, in a pocket size format. The only difference with the Neo900 is that it's not a phone.
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#26Likely relevant for people who are thinking about investing/buying: The (resistive) touchscreen of the N900 is not capable of multitouch.
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#27It looks thick. I don't know why, but it makes me not at all interested. Also, what was so special about the N900 and is that relevant in the market today? I'm genuinely curious, I don't know much about the N900.
Both me and my brother had one when it came out and I can honestly say it's the shittiest phone I've had. But this is a matter of ideology.
Care to develop why it was shitty?
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why?
My current phone is 4.7", capacitive, with 1280x720. My next phone will likely be 5" or more, with 1920x1080. The perceived improvement in readability etc. in going up my current phone was fantastic - I've pretty much stopped using my tablets because I can now comfortably do so much more on my phone. Using a phone that small with a resolution that horrible would be like being forced to wear glasses with mud smeared a…
What an exaggeration. I have a device with the same resolution 800*480 as well as a Galaxy S3 with much higher pixel per inch resolution, and honestly I don't see much difference and both are very comfortable to use. That's marketing effect at work.
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#29It looks thick. I don't know why, but it makes me not at all interested. Also, what was so special about the N900 and is that relevant in the market today? I'm genuinely curious, I don't know much about the N900.
> Also, what was so special about the N900 and is that relevant in the market today? N900 had: - HW keyboard - Pixel-accurate touchscreen (with stylus) - Desktop-ish hacker/FOSS friendly Linux OS Essentially N900 was the embodiment of the dreams of what Nokia could have been if it weren't for EVIL Elop and MS ruining everything, and that is why the device has small cult following. There has been occasional HW keyboar…
I don't think the N900 was the embodiment of the dream of what Nokia could have been without Elop, the N9/N950 were.
Both were beautifully designed phones, with a unique and powerful operating system: swipe-based interaction, social feed screen, multitask, beautiful applications, good development environment (Qt).. This was the direction Nokia should have gone toward..
Edit: typos.
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#30nokia announced the n920 before they release the n900. Who does that?