Another possible N900 owner?
 

After owning all of the Nokia Internet Tablets and many of the Nokia cellphones I purchased a Apple 3GS Iphone about a year ago.

My one year with Apple has been flawless and no OS issues what so ever, only if the company would inject Flash and an FM receiver and little better battery life it would be an excellent device. With this said my unit is now on Ebay and looking for the Nokia N900 experience.

My only concern is all of the bugs and issues I read here on this different forums, for my employment I NEED a dependable phone! any input would be helpful before a plunk down 500.00 big ones...

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

i highly recommend the n900. It really is like having a mini netbook in your pocket with phone functionality(some might have an opinion of the level of functionality). With that being said, YOU WILL ENCOUNTER BUGS. If you understand that and am willing to hang tight until Maemo 5 matures a bit, which could be pr 1.2 or 1.3. or whatever, I think you will come away satisfied.

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

In my mind the main thing that would deter you is the truly limited battery life. The N900 is so usable that all your expectations are immediately reset higher - I am personally caught with expecting my N900 to perform as well as this laptop I am using now running Ubuntu 9.10.

The N900 cannot do that and the main reason is that the battery dies very quickly (3-4 hours) when using it as a super portable laptop.

There are also quite a few bugs that make some basic things frustrating or crippled - two that annoy me the most right now are the bugged bluetooth file transfer, and limited sharing via Picasa.

Also keep in mind that Ovi suite does not support N900... version 2.2 of Ovi suite is in testing now and that will support the N900, when it is done.

V.

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

From what I've read on these boards, If you've had Tablets, you should do fine with the N900. The community is really helpful, but rough edges do show.

The current wait for PR1.2 is particularly bothersome, as it feels like everyone is waiting for that before pushing forward. That said, My N900 is quite powerful as is. It's not like anything stops working without updates.

I have no problem with battery life. I bought 2 spares 10-12 weeks ago {they're very small in a pocket) and only fully drained a battery a handful of times since. I haven't needed the 3rd yet.

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

If you NEED a dependable phone, i personally would stay away from the N900... Some people have complained about the call quality not very good. I have nightmares when calling most of the time...
also consider battery life...
I bought a Nokia 1661 for calls nowadays:D:D

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

Well it seems like all cellphones/smartphones have issues including the calls dropped by my former Iphone,

But At&T I understand will not support 3G, only edge! So I have to 50.00 a month for dial-up speeds?:mad:

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

I would say that the phone itself is dependable, and works great. The battery life is also decent, given the phone (it gets me through the school/work day with reasonably-heavy-but-sporadic mixed usage (no calls), and would last well into the evening; I can't tell you exactly how long because I tend to use it a lot more in the evening, and thus stick back on the charger around dinner time just in case).

I think, as was already expressed, that you're more likely to be disappointed because it's so awesome that you expect it to be even more awesome. :P Also, as long as you can resist the temptation to try all the latest-and-greatest-but-still-in-alpha applications announced on the forums, it should be quite stable. I, however, cannot resist that temptation. As long as you don't add the Extras-devel catalogue, you should be safe. I've found Extras-testing to be fairly safe, too.
If you've had an N810, I think you'll be happy. I still <3 my N810, but my N900 makes it look like a toy.
To give you a few examples of how awesome it is:
- I've used it as my primary computer for almost a month when my desktop's motherboard was shot, and it was sufficient
- While attending a corporate event where I was expected to do a demo on an app that wasn't quite finished, I finished writing and testing the app on the phone itself, in the presentation room (well, okay, technically I used the phone as a remote to my friend's server, which did the heavy lifting, but still...)
- I have Wikipedia on my phone. Yes, all of it.

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

Man, I guess I am going to have to confuse the OP by saying that I am not experiencing with ANY problems when it comes to phone call quality... I use regular cellular calls and Skype.. etc.. I have not experienced any low quality calls.. Battery life is ok, as it lasts as advertised and sometimes even more...

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

Keep your iPhone mate. You'll be sorry if you get an N900. Sold mine yesterday and been on an iPhone a week now and loving it.

If it's not broken don't fix it.

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

N900 is dependable.
calls quality is fine. no issues.
great integrated chat software.
fantastic support from this forum.
full internet experience.
great support for multimedias of all types.

get it.

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

so Berty, if you sold your n900, what would keep you coming back to maemo.org? just curious.....

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

With all due respect, you seem to have missed that to the OP, it was (at least in some ways) "broken", and also, that it's listed on eBay already. I don't want to get into a debate about which is better, but do you have any concrete complaints about the N900 that would be worth sharing?

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

Gads what a great bunch of responses!

I am tempted to pick up another N810 for cheap and buy a cellphone with BT tethering and keep call quality and $ in my pocket.

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

That would sound tempting, but as an N810 user, I honestly think that a few minutes using an N900 would change your mind. For that matter, in terms of reliability, the N810 is already EOL. Maybe see if someone on the forums is in your area, and could give you a demo? It's shiny :D

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

I agree, if you're wanting a mobile phone as its main number one ability, the N900 is a very bad choice. Just buy a £10 mobile! I dont consider the N900 much of a phone, to me its a portable net browser also for sms/gaming/mp3/fm radio/photos.. I know the phone quality is not very good, on a par with a poor radio, although you can definately make out what a caller is saying providing your getting a good signal. lol.. but no doubt with the i-phone being labelled as a 'phone', it will be the one to win with call quality and the amount of call related options. I chose the N900 as although I hardly used my previous mobiles for much other than texting, much was said about the N900 being great for portable browsing/gaming in reviews, having one of the best cameras for a phone (great for photos-despite its poor frame rate with recording video), and simple abilities such as sms grouping are quite handy too

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

OK..Ordered the N900 from the Dell site and sold the Iphone on Ebay last evening. I will report back on the 21st when the package arrives and do some call testing. I call always send it back with there return policy. Many thanks for the reply's on this excellent forum:cool:. Mdanehart out..

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

Just curious as to when the new firmware will be out. Would like to be proved wrong that I made a bad choice selling my N900. So far nothing.

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

ok, just curious. Have you been in any of the iphone forums? and if so what are they saying about the n900, if anything?

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

optimistprime: No not really..I was on the Howard forums and mostly positive on the N900. I will miss the 3GS it is well polished device, I have not received my Paypal funds (for the Iphone) as I write but have placed the order for the N900 as stated above.

With the new 4G coming out in a couple of months I thought best to move the unit before the 3G price bottoms out.

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

If they were only able to fix one thing, I would want 30 fps for recording video with the built in camera, instead of it always dropping frames and looking j-e-r-k-y.. it is simply not acceptable for such a hi-end phone. I dont think any updates from nokia will fix or add very much other than menu options, if they are to focus on their next device from the n900... here are some of the most wanted menu improvements http://mynokiablog.com/2009/12/22/fi...software-wise/

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

So all you're telling us, is that you've sold your N900 because you can't wait?.. This phone has been out since November/December and still rolling out in some countries and you expect major updates like PR 1.2 to be released every week? There was already 3 updates to the N900 and one of them are major.. So if you can't handle waiting for a little bit, that's your fault.. Not Nokia's or the N900's.. Enjoy your iCrap and enjoy being told what's good and what's bad by the almighty Jobs..

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

No not at all. It's just that the N900 is not up to the task that I need a mobile for.

I don't know why people defend their N900s to the hilt for an underpowered device. Maybe in a year it'll be worth the outlay but for now it's an experiment in my opinion.

Glad I got mine sold and very happy with my new purchase and loving all the choice of apps. Well done Mr Jobs.

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

And so what you're telling us now, is that you didn't do your homework and bought the wrong device for you... It has been stated that this is an "experimental" device, in some sort.. So really all you're showing us is that you just buy whatever then complain about it..

Re: Another possible N900 owner?
 

This is what I always say to people: Buy the N900 only if you want a device that lets you do anything you want. To do that though you must learn how to do stuff with it.

So if you are ready to research and experiment buy the N900. If you want safety buy an iphone. And if you want something in the middle buy an Android.

The N900 just isn't for everyone. I think no one here would suggest any of our parents to use N900. It just wasn't made to only install apps and games on it..it was made to play and brick it as much as you possibly can. And of course it is experimental..if Meego comes out and is perfect and everything..but as open as this phone, I will still consider that experimental. Because you can experiment with it and do as you please. Heck I could even delete the OS if I want..

The iphone or an Android are better suited for safety.

Once again..the N900 isn't for everyone. Clearly it wasn't for you.