@N900-users: missed features from N900/N9(50)?

asked 2015-02-03 15:19:50 +0300

M.Bln.
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updated 2015-02-08 23:13:12 +0300

I personally did not have a MeeGo N900-series phone. But I've heard that people love(d) that phone and its functions.

Because MeeGo and Sailfish are "OS-sisters" it should not be too difficult to port functions or apps from N900. So here are my questions to YOU and maybe requests to Jolla...

What function did the N900 have that isn't implemented in Sailfish yet?
What function do you miss most? ...even if not fully functional in N900 phone.
What connection possibilities do you miss? e.g. sync-tools.

Beside my curiousity my hope is to help Jolla developing faster/easier by forking beloved N900-functions. Therefore we need to know from you N900-users what IS missed. :-)

(State only one function per answer so voting is easier)

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N900 run Maemo, not MeeGo, Jolla is SailFishOS, there are many s/w and h/w differences, for example different screen technologies almost dictate different type of apps, etc.

pmelas ( 2015-02-03 16:05:09 +0300 )edit

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Python, in the default distribution.

rdmo ( 2015-02-03 16:13:52 +0300 )edit

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SWYPE.

'nuff said.

Lutwolf ( 2015-02-03 16:15:21 +0300 )edit

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IMO, this is a very subjective question and its been already covered in separate threads. I feel, its not like Jolla team doesn't know what needs to be implemented. The constraint is time and limited resources.

anandrkris ( 2015-02-03 16:18:24 +0300 )edit

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SailfishOS is not meego/maemo brother/sister. It contains some legacy meego/maemo mw stuff, but not too much.

@rdmo python is already here for ages

coderus ( 2015-02-03 17:14:55 +0300 )edit

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answered 2015-02-04 00:45:24 +0300

SaimenSays

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Hard cover for camera lens! The loose coating on Jolla is very foggy after few month wearing in jeans pocket..

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Both cameras.

rdmo ( 2015-02-04 00:51:15 +0300 )edit

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my lens is so scratched, that it is almost impossible to get autofocus properly workimg

ortylp ( 2015-02-19 19:00:30 +0300 )edit

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answered 2015-02-04 05:22:54 +0300

droll
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Hw - thethe awesome readability of the n900's screen under direct bright sunlight
Hw - the irda port. i could use pierogi (app on n900) to control my home appliances.
The way smses to each person is opened as a separate window. i could draft a message and switch over to another conversation and then come back and finish the draft quickly.
the tv output capability - easily project debian on the n900 to a tv and use it to do presentations or work
bluetooth mouse support. and it even shows the pointer.
the kickstand. great for consuming media

the above are for the n900 features that i miss so much. i also miss the keyboard and a few other things but they have been covered by other posters. i should probably get my n900 usb port repaired and bring it back to life!

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On #2: the nice thing is that Pierogi is written in Qt, so it shouldn't be too hard to port the app if the hardware ever becomes available. (I've got it halfway-running on Qt for Android, just need to clean up the UI...)

Copernicus ( 2015-02-05 04:11:46 +0300 )edit

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answered 2015-02-04 07:51:57 +0300

jcoder
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updated 2015-02-04 07:53:54 +0300

Hardware: The IrDA port. I wish it would be provided by a TOH or nextgen Jolla devices would implement it as a standard feature. So I could use my Jolla as a remote control.

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Just to be pedantic, the N900 only has commercial IR, not IrDA (and only transmits CIR, it can't receive signals). But yeah, I'd love to see an IR port on a Sailfish device. I started a Sailfish version of Pierogi, but stopped work when I realized that the hardware isn't out there, and won't be for some time to come... (Nobody's done a CIR OH yet either.)

Copernicus ( 2015-02-05 04:09:35 +0300 )edit

That would be very nice indeed. So my idea for the-other-half-of-your-dreams is this:
keyboard + e-paper backside + IR-sender

https://together.jolla.com/question/17129/poll-the-other-half-of-your-dreams/?answer=76575#post-id-76575

M.Bln. ( 2015-02-05 23:26:30 +0300 )edit

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answered 2015-02-05 00:36:55 +0300

JollamboRDD
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HI,

I'm still using N900, N9 and jolla

basically I missed the second slide and third slice of N9, The second slide mean all the active Apps are in one place and the third slide where we can scroll through all active event and notification. if Jolla bring to current Jolla (Via software update) or next gen Jolla would be more great

On N9 I used to use RSS feeder. but in Jolla we has to have separate RSS app in order to check news. One more thing is the home screen on N9 is very fluid and it doesn't go slide by slide as Jolla do. It will scroll freely and it was very convenient to select app where your thumb is, needn't to stretch all the way up to and to the bottom as we do on Jolla now.

On N900 we able to edit Connection's APN where Jolla doesn't allow us to do that.

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You can edit the APN on the Jolla too, it's just that the option is invisible. See this question (and vote for it so that the feature stops being invisible!): https://together.jolla.com/question/25434/indication-to-hint-that-a-context-menu-is-available/

00prometheus ( 2015-02-22 18:16:47 +0300 )edit

Yes, I found that. Wow yahoo !!! Thank you so much. N900 , N9 and Jolla (they are the best of the best). Glad I own three of them.

JollamboRDD ( 2015-04-07 23:01:07 +0300 )edit

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answered 2015-02-19 02:04:40 +0300

dmnk

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from N9 (E72 and so on...): the systemwide search.

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answered 2015-02-19 10:37:40 +0300

reinouts
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The email app on my N900 let me listen to voicemails in mp3 attachments. My Jolla still doesn't. :-|

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answered 2015-02-19 14:15:33 +0300

tad
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updated 2015-02-19 14:17:36 +0300

not that important, but I miss the geolocation info within the instant messaging presence status, see: https://together.jolla.com/question/14211/option-show-geolocation-within-instant-messaging-status-like-n900/

EDIT: and also the ability to automatically sort apps into folders according to app store categories ("catorise" for N900: https://together.jolla.com/question/47686/option-sort-apps-into-folders-according-to-how-they-are-categorized-in-jollastore/)

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answered 2015-02-19 14:56:03 +0300

shellkr
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Surprised no one mentioned it yet.. but I miss the Desktop Command Execution Widget(http://wiki.maemo.org/Desktop_Command_Execution_Widget_scripts) as it made it easy to show whatever I wanted on the homescreen. I also miss the custom kernels which offered an easy way to overclock the n900 to perform better.

Desktop Command Execution Widget
Overclockable kernels

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A request for something similar to the desktop command execution widget was made earlier (http://together.jolla.com/question/29226/app-request-command-line-outputs-on-a-customizable-cover/). Unfortunately it didn't generate enough interest. However, ShellEx app by @Acce comes closer.

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answered 2015-02-19 17:17:39 +0300

gilou3000
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If I remember correctly from my N900:

Bluetooth file transfer (of every file type)
keyboard
widgets
skype integration
lens cover
multiple desktop screen
- basic applications (from nokia) were much better. This one make me angry: Jolla YOU HAVE to make your APPS less basic!!!

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answered 2015-02-22 10:50:55 +0300

gnuheidix

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The N900 has had a calendar widget which showed all entries of the next x days. Jolla only shows me today which makes buying birthday presents very stressful. :-(

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for N9 there was a pretty useful and configurable plugin for the events view.

dmnk ( 2015-02-22 11:19:28 +0300 )edit

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The calendar widget together with a real task list as part of the calendar is definitely what I miss most right now. Keeping an eye on the agenda is so much more complex on the Jolla compared to the N900... :-(

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