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[-] Obin@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm relatively happy with my FP5 at the moment, but the Nokia N900 was the best phone (i.e. the one I was happiest with at the time) I ever had. I might still be using it if the Javascript-infested modern web hadn't tanked its performance. It's also probably the most successful Linux phone of all time.

What I wouldn't give for an N900 with a modern SoC, AMOLED display and 50% larger in exchange for 50% slimmer... I'd even keep the resistive touch plus stylus, screw multi-touch if I could have that back! Desktop apps and desktop versions of websites were entirely usable with the stylus, even on a tiny screen like that. No comparison to my current fat-fingering links even on mobile layouts on huge 5"+ screens. 🤷 Thanks, Steve Jobs.

And the window-management was also brilliant and unsurpassed on any mobile device ever since... And this was at a time when Android didn't have copy-paste yet and could open only one app at a time.

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