| I was in the exact situation about four month ago and i decided to go with the N900, my considerations were: 1. I wanted a phone that is not Completely closed 2. I don't care about the eye candy 3. I run Linux - Anything that is not 100% compatible is out of the question 4. I Wanted a real keyboard - i just can't get used to those on-screen keyboards 5. I wanted Skype support out of the box 6. REAL multitasking So I obviously ruled the IPhone out first. Other than eye-candy and hype i couldn't find any good reason to actually want to own one. I have to say - it is a beautiful phone, but I'm the kinda guy that want something practical. My two real contenders were the N1 (the best android phone at the time) and the N900.
The N900 won eventually since: 1. the keyboard is one of the best i had used. 2. It is a Nokia which in my opinion means a better build than HTC. 3. It's almost a Full Linux box - I could take almost any application i have on my box and recompile it with minimal effort for the N900 (it can use either GTK or QT) 4. For some odd reason i really like resistive screens (once you get used to pushing a little ,it feels a lot more accurate than capacitives) With all that said, for anyone thats not a total Linux geek like me - an android phone will be the phone i recommend to anyone who asks. its obviously the place to go now. The community behind android is growing rapidly, which means it will progress faster and become more polished with every release. |
It really is the ultimate geek phone.