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[Erez D]

A friend of mine, bought an n900 abroad. and the usb broke down. he fixed it
in israel, actually in rishon. in a store near "kenyon hazahav" for around
150 NIS.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld at gmail.com>wrote:

> My n900 died on me! Or rather, the infamous surface mounted USB connection
> broke loose so I can't charge the phone! And since I bought it in Israel
> more than one year ago, there is no waranty left. :-( Meanwhile I'll order
> an external charger for the battery but that is not convenient in the long
> term.
>
> :-(
>
> Dov
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 15:33, Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Regarding fonts, see:
>>
>> http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=38541
>>
>> Generally about the n900, I can only say me too. I love the phone and its
>> posix/X11 environment, but I also realize that it is getting rusty. The two
>> major things that are bothering me is that it is sometimes too busy swapping
>> or whatever so that it cannot prioritize an incoming phone conversation, and
>> I therefore miss the call. The second problem is the battery life that makes
>> the battery go dead during a day if you do anything more advanced with it
>> than you can do with a 150 NIS Nokia phone.
>>
>> I too, have no idea where to go next. My wife just got a Galaxy S2 which
>> is beautiful as far as hardware is concerned (though it lacks a keyboard). I
>> played with the android SDK, which I didn't like very much. I wish I could
>> get a shell and an X-server on it! I thought about getting the N9 but of
>> course it is a dead horse already before it left its tracks. Still, it might
>> be the strongest hardware for free development in the foreseeable future.
>>
>> Dov
>>
>> 2011/8/28 Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Udi Finkelstein <Linux-IL at udif.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Michael Vasiliev <mycroft at yandex.ru>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 08/26/2011 02:10 PM, Erez D wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> > 5. meego (N9) - though about it, but once bitten from nokia - twice
>>>>> > shy. nokia does not even say they expect to continue with meego
>>>>> Not on the market yet.^W^W^W^W^WJust announced, ergo buggy. NO
>>>>> KEYBOARD.
>>>>> Say you've bricked your phone or locked it down. How are you going to
>>>>> bring it back without a keyboard? Personally, I don't like either
>>>>> wiping
>>>>>
>>>> I don't see how having or not having a keyboard has anything to do with
>>>> being able to revive a bricked unit.
>>>> The SheevaPlug has no keyboard, yet it's mini-USB connection that can
>>>> drive a JTAG chain to reprogram the internal flash regardless of the unit
>>>> state.
>>>>
>>>> off fingerprints or when a on-screen keyboard obscures the most of,
>>>>> already scarce, available surface. So, it's an option, as long as the
>>>>> company would like to open its chest of secrets. However, I would
>>>>> strongly consider the silently announced "brother phone" N950 instead
>>>>> if
>>>>> I were you.
>>>>
>>>> The N950 is not available for sale.
>>>> There were 250 units available on a long-term loan to qualified
>>>> developers, and then 100 more were made available on the same requirements
>>>> via maemo.org or meego.org or something like that.
>>>> You just can't buy it.
>>>> And even if you could, it's software would probably be in a worse state
>>>> than the N900's.
>>>>
>>>> Personally, I have an N900 and I don't see anything that can replace it
>>>> at the moment.
>>>> I just hope that eventually we would see Meego on someone's phone.
>>>> If it would break down I would look for a 2nd hand one.
>>>>
>>>> I love my N900, i am not replacing it yet, as i see no candidate yet.
>>> however, The screen is too small for me. I guess i can find a way to make
>>> the font bigger, but currently the numbers in the addressbook  are in a too
>>> small of a font so i can't see them. I am in the denial stage so i do not
>>> carry reading glasses with me yet.
>>>
>>> Other issues with the N900 - i am missing new simple applications like a
>>> good roadmap gps app, PTT app, and other, which i installed in my wife's
>>> android. i saw xmltvm and alian-dalvik which i thought would give me the
>>> option of running android apps on the N900 (or any other linux), i even gave
>>> a try of trying to help in development. but i guess it is too far from being
>>> workable so i would need to practically do most of it myself.
>>>
>>> and the N900 is getting older technology wise - no multitouch, small
>>> display, old processor, no hdmi etc...
>>> sooner or later i will probably use my n900 as a server for somtehing
>>> (DMZ server, webcam, etc...). and need to get something new
>>>
>>> so if not now, the same question will pop up later ...
>>>
>>> Udi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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