Re: Now it's official: Maemo 5 and the N900 launch!
 

Yodude, I definitely agree on disabling the auto-launching of the phone. Im pretty sure I seen a phone icon in a screenshot somewhere.

Re: Now it's official: Maemo 5 and the N900 launch!
 

I suspect that "instant" is only activated from the desktop.

Re: Now it's official: Maemo 5 and the N900 launch!
 

I am disappointed, the keyboard is not backlit. :(

Re: Now it's official: Maemo 5 and the N900 launch!
 

It isnt? Does anyone else know if this is true?

Re: Now it's official: Maemo 5 and the N900 launch!
 

Quite useful actually. I use my N95 and N97 with TV-Out all the time to my TV with an *gasp* Apple Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard.

At a presentation in Seattle this past March, I ran the entire thing from my N95 while it was plugged into the projector in the middle of the room. It shocked a few folks.

I plan to do the same thing with my N97 at a presentation next month.

Useful, and totally mobile on a level people need to see more of.

Re: Now it's official: Maemo 5 and the N900 launch!
 

Congratulations to Nokia and the Maemo team! I really enjoyed the presentation of the N900 on the maemo.nokia.com website and it will pale in comparison to using the actual device. Kudos to the marketing/ad folks for putting together something that oozes intensity and energy. Excellent work.

Features I will appreciate the most:

Mail for Exchange connectivity - I was silently wishing for this and crossing my fingers Killer feature for me- I can dump my company-provided BB, finally converge my voice+data services and carry one device. Excellent decision to include this right out of the box considering it could help to convert folks from competing platforms to jump over to Maemo. I do wonder though - how secure of a platform/device will this N900 be? I realize no remote management options will exist for the platform as a whole (yes, Activesync has its Mobileadmin wipe/kill option) but will there be a means to auto-wipe the N900 if you set a # of incorrect passwords threshold?

Mozilla-based browser- I'm sure it will get some community TLC and toys to enhance the behavior. Zoom looks simple and effective, navigation smooth and effortless.

Full Adobe Flash 9.4 support- Yes yes we all know 10 is out, but I trust Nokia to ensure upward compatibility in time as the platform gets massaged and sites embrace the new version little by little.

Personalization of the Maemo desktop - Very slick and fluid, and more appealing than what we saw in mere screenshots prior to the official release.

Slider form factor with hardware keyboard- This is what a modern phone is all about. People want to type for one reason or another and touchscreens just don't equate to true tactile feedback that a keypad can bring. I'm a stickler for the feel under my fingers. I actually welcome the offset spacebar- surely there's no good reason to have to reach across for possibly the most commonly used key. How my fingers will embrace it is another matter, but I don't expect problems. And no, I don't do SMS nor MMS and don't plan on it/have it blocked. That's what email is for, and it's already paid for with a data plan (or possibly free via wifi). I've wanted to get back into a slider form factor for awhile, this is the ticket.

I expect to acquire one of these, probably not on day one of it's availability (only do that when buying new tech for loved ones), but likely after the holidays and taxes. I paid nearly full for my 770, got a killer deal on my N800 a year after release, willing to pony up for this- I will no longer have N9x-envy.

Re: Now it's official: Maemo 5 and the N900 launch!
 

That's a lot of doe. I can get a new 770 for $100.

Re: Now it's official: Maemo 5 and the N900 launch!
 

I've helped users connect laptop equipment to projectors for years and pretty much all of them have had RCA-style inputs for straight NTSC video. (I can't recall any not having them) I believe newer mini-sized projectors do or will cut out older video input formats in favor of newer ones as space tends to be at a premium. The output resolution will be OK for many things, not sure how great it would be for smaller text. Here's a link to the cable referenced that's supposed to be included in the package:

http://europe.nokia.com/find-product...a-cable-ca-75u

Looks like the ancient standard of composite video to me, but it should suffice for most duties. I imagine we'll have to wait for Beagleboard or similar for solid HD/near-HD output, but once we get that, we'll want our pico projectors, which will be another generation later, then we'll want "mifi"-style APs built-in, so we'll wait another gen, then HD over BT3.0 or wifi, then holo projectors, then...

Re: Now it's official: Maemo 5 and the N900 launch!
 

Can anyone confirm a comment that I read about the keyboard not being backlit?

Re: Now it's official: Maemo 5 and the N900 launch!
 

No, THIS is a lot of doe:

http://www.buckmanager.com/media/ima...rabundance.jpg

:D