Re: So what did you expect?
 

But the N900 is all you need for entertainment and communication. Who needs those other people?

:rolleyes: ;)

Re: So what did you expect?
 

I think its a valid concern that the device that any one of us may receive may have this fault, going off the amount of people it has happened to already. And YES there are X thousand in circulation, therefore statistically blah, blah... Thats not the point, it IS happening, to a LOT of people, so anyone else concerned tha after all this ****ing waiting and waiting, they may still end up waaaaitiing more for an RMA of the device.

Re: So what did you expect?
 

Someone in this thread said, that the N900 doesn't so, what it was advertised to do. And doesn't do what it was expected to do. Sure, there seem to be broken N900s out there, but that is neither "doesn't work as advertised", or "doesn't live up to the expectations with what nokia showed". This is just "plain broken", as bad as it is.

Re: So what did you expect?
 

people who are familiar with maemo will most likely like it, thoses who are not familair with maemo will most likely hate it.

power user vs everyday user.......most just wants a phone to work out of the box

Re: So what did you expect?
 

I expected to have the N900 to do 2 things quite well. Browse the web, and check email. I'm still holding off my judgement on the web, but as an email device, its HORRIBLE. I can't get it to sync with my gmail very well. Using exchange, its impossible, using IMAP, its buggy, slow, and crashing constantly. This is something a mobile device, especially one that touts itself as a mobile computer, should do very well. Whoever let this one slipped through the QA crack should be reprimanded.

Re: So what did you expect?
 

Poor email functionality is inexcusable, but a small share of broken devices that can simply be returned for a new one is something you simply need to accept, be it a N900 or a HD2.

But yeah, I wont pass judgement on the email functionality yet as I wont be getting the device until next week, but I really hope its good enough..

Re: So what did you expect?
 

I think the point of "work out of the box" should count for everything in life. You dont buy a car & get it the next day without a motor, do you?

Are you trying to say that the N900 is a puzzle that you first have to put together before it works? :/ WTF

It should work perfectly fine OUT-OF-THE-BOX, the fact that it's running Maemo/Linux & it's not a regular OS like others is something else. But the N900 is newb-friendly & it's being advertised as a "normal" device that can behave like a PC. If it would be that mysterious & complicated, it wouldn't be commercialized like that.

Re: So what did you expect?
 

I bought a new laptop from a shop, which worked fine in the shop, and then wouldn't boot at all when I got it home. Not even BIOS.

Back to shop, replace as "DOA".

It happens.

Yes there have been a number of reports of N900 faults. There's some similar faults, implying a design or manufacturing issue. But among how many delivered N900s total? We don't know. So we don't know if it's 1 in 100, 1 in 1000, or 1 in 50000.

Take heart in what people have said to me several times: Electronic goods tend to either work for a long time, or fail in the first few weeks. If you get past the first few weeks it's probably going to be fine.

Still, we could really do with a "How should I systematically test my new N900 does not have any hardware faults" list. Anyone want to start a thread? (I won't because I don't have one yet)

Re: So what did you expect?
 

no..no..no..should be fired :mad:

love the device though but i need email and I am willing to pay for Exchange if this will make my n900 work efficiently

Re: So what did you expect?
 

With the benefit of 3G data, keyboard and good screen, I intended to read my mail by SSHing into my server and using Mutt :p