Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

I think your next phone should be another n900.

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

There are always some devices (or cars) that are good, last long or "have everything" - the exceptions to above (sadly very true) rule.
I think N900 is one of such a things. Not made by marketers and accountants. Not made to throw out after a year. Not made to make huge profit. Some weird misconception, that is - but it's good.

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

HTC desire z is a good alternative. I use one everyday and it's very pleasant. Two drawback in my opinion:

android is not mature. too hard to put my mp3 as message ringtone!!
there is not enough mass memory included. on the desire Z you have only microsd. it's pity...

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

Yes, the lack of mass memory is a little puzzling. Having re-looked at the Desire Z, I don't really think I can justify it over my N900 (especially with the mixed reviews).

I'm currently considering just waiting for the Xperia Pro as that seems to fit the bill perfectly. The Atrix is quite interesting as well, although it may just be a better solution to buy a phone (with a keyboard) and a laptop? Also the dual cores on the horizon will make things more interesting (and definitely mean that my N900 will be feeling quite old and tired by then).

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

would be this one
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/sonys-p...lease-ck-85972

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

Well I'll give the OP a good hint : keep checking out the MWC. There was just another announcement, Motorola Pro.

Motorola Pro: the Droid Pro takes a European vacation

It's though portrait-QWERTY.

EDIT: Since I already mentioned the MWC I'll add this as well : look up for Intel in MWC. It's rumored, that they'd announce MeeGo-phone and I, for one, am very interested in that. If the schedule is keeping up to the expectations then you could be using the MeeGo-phone at the earliest in end of April.

I though don't know what kind of phone it'll be. It can be hardware keyboard or virtual, we'll see.

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

What do you mean? It's the easiest thing in the world. Just place your mp3 into the ringtones folder and it will come up as an option.

Also, the mini sd card can be upgraded... even then, you can install all your apps onto the mini sdcard. so, you shouldn't have to worry about space. :)

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

I think my next possible replacement will be

S-E XPERIA PRO which is almost similar to N900 except Memo 5

Here is an comparison between N900 and Xperia pro

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3...&idPhone2=2917

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

I have the Galaxy S with Android 2.2.1, I don't need to use a task killer, The phone runs smooth as butter, and there is an xterm downloadable for FREE from the market. You can gain root access after rooting your phone, and you can recompile the kernel from source just as you can with N900.

Only true downgrades I feel from moving from N900 to galaxy S are :

1. Can't use mypaint. (was just a hobby so not a big problem)
2. No FM Transmitter, I solved my problem by buying a bluetooth enabled car radio, sounds better then FM anyway.
3. No HW Keyboard, That one I can't solve.
4. There is no real multitasking, you are Dependant on developers of app, if they thought your app should run in the background, they need to implement a service that does the job, while the UI is allowed to be closed by the OS / User.

But the list of improvement is endless.

Re: Leaving the N900 -which Android with keyboard?
 

Yes, I've pretty much decided upon that now. My only reservations are the 320MB internal memory, plus it looks like it doesn't have a separate GPU?