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2011-01-16
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If you got more than 5 gadgets, you don't own them - they own you.
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2011-01-16
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If you got more than 5 gadgets, you don't own them - they own you.
I still haven't found anything close to a perfect combination of gadgets working in harmony, there's always something. I could use iGadgets, then the gadgets wouldn't own me, Steve would, so it is no good alternative.
Hell, the N900 can't even sync with Ovi. But Symbian and Ovi is getting increasingly better by the hour, with an N8 (or some other symbian^3) there is almost no need for a PC anymore.
So whatever the N9 will be, if it can't operate properly with Ovi, forget it. I have tried so many different stuff lately, and we can discuss Symbian and MeeGo and Android and Bada and WP7 all we want, it doesn't matter. Ovi and all the services there is what it is all about, it is what Nokia will be all about. With proper Ovi integration I could have all the gadgets in the world, and they wouldn't own me, I would own them. I am not talking apps here, I am talking the whole package of Ovi services. It is what makes all the difference between Nokia and the rest.
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2011-01-16
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#54
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If you got more than 5 gadgets, you don't own them - they own you.
I still haven't found anything close to a perfect combination of gadgets working in harmony, there's always something. I could use iGadgets, then the gadgets wouldn't own me, Steve would, so it is no good alternative.
Hell, the N900 can't even sync with Ovi. But Symbian and Ovi is getting increasingly better by the hour, with an N8 (or some other symbian^3) there is almost no need for a PC anymore.
So whatever the N9 will be, if it can't operate properly with Ovi, forget it. I have tried so many different stuff lately, and we can discuss Symbian and MeeGo and Android and Bada and WP7 all we want, it doesn't matter. Ovi and all the services there is what it is all about, it is what Nokia will be all about. With proper Ovi integration I could have all the gadgets in the world, and they wouldn't own me, I would own them. I am not talking apps here, I am talking the whole package of Ovi services. It is what makes all the difference between Nokia and the rest.
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2011-01-16
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With the N900, I don't have 5 gadgets anymore.. It has replaced, Mp3 player, fm radio, internet radio, portable video player, phone, digital camera, SatNav, bicycle computer, and nearly a laptop!
I installed Ovi Suite 3 on my windows 7 work laptop, and it syncs perfectly with the N900, and with Outlook on the desktop for my calendar appointments as well. The only thing it does not sync for me are the favourites in Maps, but I do not use Ovi Maps on the N900 anyway.
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2011-01-16
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2011-01-16
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2011-01-16
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Yes, but it does not sync with Ovi, the online service (mail, calender, contacts, music, pics, videos, maps (not properly at least) and so on). With Ovi Suite you need a PC running MS-Windows, syncing directly with Ovi is better. With the N900 you cannot even connect with Ovi through Ovi Suite, only MS Outlook.
Symbian devices are OK regarding Ovi, but not more. They are getting better and better at it every other week though, through updates. The N900 is left out in the cold. Ovi is getting really good, and by not being connected, we are missing half of what constitutes a Nokia device.
For instance, if you have purchased a song or an album, you can download that music on the fly wherever you are. Technically you can do that also on the N900, but the "steam engine way" compared to the 2011-way.
With Ovi services and proper integration you really can through away your desktop, or not, it doesn't matter. Everything is there in Ovi no matter what.
Open source, closed source, MeeGo, Android, Bada, touch screen, twin processors and whatnot, it is all becoming close to irrelevant unless you have proper online services - like Ovi.
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2011-01-16
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Bicycle computer? Isn't it a bit overkill to use a N900 to replace that. I'd certainly worry about it getting damaged if I mounted it to my bike handlebar. Also is there a way for the N900 to interface with a heart rate monitor like my bike computer does?
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2011-01-16
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I still haven't found anything close to a perfect combination of gadgets working in harmony, there's always something. I could use iGadgets, then the gadgets wouldn't own me, Steve would, so it is no good alternative.
Hell, the N900 can't even sync with Ovi. But Symbian and Ovi is getting increasingly better by the hour, with an N8 (or some other symbian^3) there is almost no need for a PC anymore.
So whatever the N9 will be, if it can't operate properly with Ovi, forget it. I have tried so many different stuff lately, and we can discuss Symbian and MeeGo and Android and Bada and WP7 all we want, it doesn't matter. Ovi and all the services there is what it is all about, it is what Nokia will be all about. With proper Ovi integration I could have all the gadgets in the world, and they wouldn't own me, I would own them. I am not talking apps here, I am talking the whole package of Ovi services. It is what makes all the difference between Nokia and the rest.