Anyone have a Nokia N900?

[Tyler Aviss]

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> FYI,
>>
>> If you're still considering options and don't mind something more
>> pricey, I believe that google's new "Nexus S" (with AndroidOS 2.3) is
>> now out as well....
>
> It's not clear if it'll be sold over-the-counter in Canada - the
> 'exclusive' seller in the US is BestBuy.  (And Christmas in Texas may
> involve one ;-).)
>
> It has two odd missing features:
> - While it has 16GB of storage, which is quite a lot, there's no slot
> for microSD
> - No LED notifications
> <http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/12/06/nexus-s-also-missing-led-notifications-of-any-kind/>
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Yeah, no SD card slot kinda sucks... and no LED's just seems dumb. The
article you mentioned did mention using an app called "noled" to show
notifications on the OLED screen, so I guess that somewhat of a cool
use for a no-backlight-required OLED screen.

16GB is a fair bit of storage for a phone, but it would be *really*
nice if more android phones had an easy-eject SD card like those
pre-smartphones, maybe with some sort of safe-eject (unmount) button
or something.

I don't understand why they wouldn't at least include the standard
under-the-battery style SD card. It seems more like an iPhone, and I
*hated* that about my iPhone.


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