2009/3/6 Ognen Duzlevski <ognen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: >> 2009/3/6 Matt Emson <memsom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> >>> Mark wrote: >>> >>>> Sure, they "say" it, after you've already bought the thing and are on >>>> a mailing list and a discussion such as this comes up, but NOWHERE in >>>> the sales literature or at any sales point that I've seen does it say >>>> that. That little morsel is *not* freely disseminated. >>>> >>> I'm trying to stay out of this discussion, because it is a circular >>> argument - no one will win because there is no simple correct stance. >>> However, I got my N800 in a PC World store in the UK. PC World is a >>> large retail chain aimed primarily at consumers. They sell Microsoft >>> products to Ma and Pa types. They also sell some more specialized parts >>> - at highly inflated prices, and just because an Apple dealer. Having >>> acknowledged that point, on the whole, you go to PC World to buy >>> consumer electronics, not bleeding edged hacker tools. Make of that what >>> you want, but also notice that not all territories that sell Nokia >>> products treat them in the same way - this is the reason the argument is >>> circular. The N800 was never sold as anything *but* a consumer product >>> in PC World - which may well speak volumes for PC World's stupidity, but >>> also supports what Mark is saying. >>> >>> >> >> So what are you guys saying ? >> The ADs are not true for this particular device? >> But is there any ADs that is true for device ? >> >> Is Windows fulfilling what's said in its ADs? >> Was Mac OS X 10.0 doing the same? >> Was it buggy and slow as hell? >> >> I don't get it. >> And, as I said earlier, I think you guys are pretending too much out of it. >> It does what it is supposed to do (browsing, im, email). >> It may not do it perfectly, but it does it and I think that's also >> what is in its ADs. >> >> > > Aniello, > > :) I guess I am now going to invoke someone's bicycle analogy: the > bicycle you just bought can go in a straight line (maybe turn if you > have 20 years of cycling experience under your belt and tons of time to > spend practicing) except that it is only at speeds of 1km/h. When you > sit on the bicycle it will take some time to actually start moving even > though you have been working the pedals for a few minutes. Now, when you > buy a mirror for your bike (or a horn), it might or might not work, > depending on how good you are with mirrors or horns and how much time > you have to spend playing with them. Finally, the GPS that you can > attach to the bike comes with a poorly written map software that > sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Would you buy this bike? > > Ognen > I don't need it :) So I won't buy it. If it would be cheap and do what I need, I might buy it. I perfectly understand what you are saying, but I don't think it's entirely the n8x0's fault. It may not have been your device. -- anidel _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
