Hissings on the N900 - (plus a few Purrs) - Our initial thoughts

Rodney

I am not sure whether to start with the Purrs or the Hisses, or maybe just mix them up so I hisspurr throughout.

Now I am quite a large cat (not as large as my brother but then he is a pig!) - we Maine Coons are amongst the largest cats - as daddy will testify when he picks me up (much to our disgust). So even with our size and obvious strength that brings (great for bashing mummy and daddy in the face when I want my breakfast) I struggled with the weight of the N900. Consequently my two paw test failed miserably (btw I have opposable paws). Its just way too heavy for even me. So both mine and my bro's tests are done with the N900 firmly placed on the ground.

Whilst on the subject of size etc I feel the keyboard needs a mention - do the Nokia designers hate us pussy cats - they must do. The keyboard is unusable, especially the top row. I can't get my pads in there to hit any of the keys and even daddy struggles to use it. I heard him the other day saying some things I don't quite understand but normally says to me when I have done something wrong. However it must be said that the virtual keyboard is by far the best Nokia have ever produced and better than any we have tried. Purrrrrr. Big Purr there. But I still wish I could use T9 one pawed too. Its a shame Nokia got stuck with it being a tablet and hence ignored portrait mode completely. Oh well such is a cats life.

Whilst I am still purring I should mention the kickstand. Great for watching our favourite kitty shows whilst the jailers sleep. Here is me chilling to The Big Bang Theory. Courtesy of daddy and "his precious".







Del (A happy-ish paw gamer)

Well what can I say about the N900 and gaming - purrfect, purrplexing. Both really. Why purrplexing you ask? Well I shall tell. I am purrplexed by the lack of games for what is an incredible gaming machine. I believe Nokia should have done more to encourage companies to develop for this platform. Look at Bounce Evolution and Angry Birds. Both by Rovio. Stunning!! Rovio themselves said they prefer the N900 to the iphone for developing games. So what is stopping developers. I have ideas (yes cats can have ideas you know) but no evidence. It is my belief the main cause is the lack of a decent app store for the platform that is putting companies off. Daddy to this day has still not managed to purchase the extra levels for angry birds. Well I believe that is part of the cause. Maybe companies just didn't think Maemo 5 would be around for long and well they were right. Whatever the cause is its a damn right shame. Why can't Nokia get this stuff right before a device is released. I was so looking forward to some serious gaming on this device. Instead a few 3rd party guys have done some ports of games which are ok but which lack the polish a company like Rovio brings. Hopefully with the advent of Meego and the weight of Intel and Nokia some more Developers will get involved. Time will tell. I guess I will be getting a lot of sleeps in before I see any more serious games. Time to rest those paws.