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Nokia N900 Necromancy

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366 points yaky | 3 comments | 12 Dec 25 00:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.735s | source
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sollewitt ◴[12 Dec 25 04:38 UTC] No.46240916[source]▶
The N900 was my peak “mobile computing is awesome” device.

I went to see District 9 in the cinema in Helsinki. Uh oh, the alien parts are only subtitled in Finnish and Swedish and my Finnish is not up to that.

I installed a BitTorrent client, found the release on Pirate Bay, successfully torrented just the subtitle file, and used an editor to read the subtitles for scenes with a lot of alien.

The N9 had much better UI, but there was something of the cyberpunk “deck” idea in that thing, it was great.

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girvo ◴[12 Dec 25 06:00 UTC] No.46241284[source]▶
Gosh I loved my Nokia N9. Such an amazing little phone, and it's depressing a little that I can't use them anymore where I live
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1. Sharlin ◴[12 Dec 25 06:57 UTC] No.46241552[source]▶
It was such an incredible phone. Easily rivaled the iPhones of the time and was light-years beyond any Android.
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2. girvo ◴[12 Dec 25 11:19 UTC] No.46243047[source]▶
N9, not the N900! Meego Harmattan was so much nicer for day to day usage
3. carlosjobim ◴[12 Dec 25 12:44 UTC] No.46243599[source]▶
Not directed at you, but what kind of person would [flag] and [dead] the other reply to your comment? Talk about not having a life!

As for the N9, it still has the most modern and beautiful GUI of any smart device, 15 years after being discontinued. It will take at least 15 more years for iOS or Android to reach that level, if ever. The physical design was also very nice and refined.

For those who don't believe me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCFNXhiFnKY