Did Nokia just tell us why *not* to buy the N900?
October 10th, 2009 by Annkur
Having the Maemo 5 platform being available on mobile devices is adequate hype for the Nokia N900 to sell. My friends and family have already started asking about the pricing and availability for the handset.
However, the N900 hasn’t exactly gotten me looking forward to its release. It has a resistive touchscreen and lacks multitouch support. On the other hand, next-gen Maemo devices shall be loaded with Maemo 6, which will have multitouch support and will allow for switching between landscape and portrait modes. These details were recently revealed by Nokia itself.
So with the capacitive love coming soon, would you like to invest in the N900 right now?
[via Unwiredview]
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Categories: nokia, smartphones | Tags: capacitive touch, maemo 6, maemo5, multi touch, n900, n900 review, nokia multitouch, Nokia touch
Yes. It is worth it. Capacitive display will make it impossible to use your device with stylus (i am not a fan of “fingerish” ui), as for the portrait/landscape thing it’s a software thing. Who forbids to put new UI on the n900?
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