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Re: [News] Nokia's Linux-based N900 a "resounding success"; Dell's Linux Phone is Reviewed, Coming Soon

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____/ 7 on Saturday 21 Nov 2009 08:18 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Nokia N900 Review Roundup
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>> | You only have to read a few reviews of the
>> | Nokia N900 to realise that it is a
>> | resounding success â people like the
>> | functionality, the open source nature of
>> | its OS, the memory, the possibilities for
>> | development, and the little features on it.
>> | Techradar disagreed with Nokia on one
>> | thing: they donât believe that the Nokia
>> | N900 is a computer. Instead, they said,
>> | âitâs a smartphone and a very good one at
>> | that.â In addition, they were also
>> | impressed with the overall performance of
>> | the OS.
>> | 
>> | Similarly, T3 were highly impressed with
>> | the overall functionality of the Nokia
>> | N900, saying it was âbetter than any Nokia
>> | handset weâve seen in along time.â
>> | 
>> | They added: âIn terms of browsing and sheer
>> | multitasking capability, itâs also superior
>> | to other smartphone rivals.â
>> `----
>> 
>> http://noknok.tv/2009/11/20/nokia-n900-review-roundup/
> 
> 
> Thats why a lot of phone developer dummies with competing
> OSes were moaning Linux was not ready for the smart phones?
> 
> Sheesh!
> 
> Whenever someone moans Linux is not ready for x
> and repeats it like it was their mantra for the
> day, it means it is ready and you are missing the
> boat if you didn't check on it.

Speaking of x, Maemo can do SSH with x forwarding (both directions), AFAIK.
It's like a second computer. You can probably run your desktop applications
remotely from your phone.

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