My N900 review
 

I have had my device now for a little under a month and I think I have played around with it enough to give my assessment of the device. I would also like to say that I have not used any other smart-phone before this one so I do not likely have the same expectations as someone who is used to any other phone.

The phone:
This works great and I enjoy it immensely. The only problems about the phone is portrait mode and quick accessibility. (It would be nice if you hit the camera button twice within 1 second it starts the phone app instead of the camera) The quality of the phone calls (T-Mobile) is about the same as any other phone. When using Skype however the quality is slightly worse. I also tested the SIP client on the phone with a sip provider (flow-route) and I have never heard a better sounding cell phone. The quality was absolutely phenomenal, at least twice as good as Skype.

Maps:
I actually really enjoy the GPS and mapping on the device. I find the gps is very very accurate and updates fairly quickly and the maps application suites me just fine. I do wish that it had turn by turn directions. Another quick improvement could be animating or projecting movement so it is smoother.

Web:
This is a ridiculously good browser. I can absolutely do anything my desktop can do on my phone. It works with a lot of enterprise web portals. One improvement could be the behavior of the back button on the screen. I care less about the sliding animation history then being able to quickly correct a mistake from clicking on the wrong link. Other then that and a few performance issues I would call it perfect (at least for my use)

Apps (in general):
When the testing repo is enabled I am floored by the amount of free quality apps available. A lot of these apps' equivilant on any other devices cost money and often I find the ones for this phone to be superior. The only problem I have is that there are too many apps it slows down the phones ability to create and index the package list.

Vpnc
Who ever made this port rocks.. This is a lifesaver. I absolutely love it. I have just one suggestion. I have a ton of vpn profiles (about 90) can they be listed in alphabetical order so it is easier to find?

Contacts
I really like it but I have some issues. The bug with skype being unable to dial numbers without +1 in front of them really really destroys the entire feature. I had to go in and modify every single contact to have a + in the telephone number (I have about 300 contacts) and this is very annoying and this should have been fixed. Also I would like contacts to merge if they have EXACTLY the same name automatically.

IM/SMS
Love it, no issues here except on some networks loading the scroll log can cause it to lag quite a bit. The file transfer app works great in conjunction with a google talk/jabber account.

Random bits
+the SSH server is great.
-Installing apps can take way to long. (prompts pause install and every app is installed one at a time)
+Amount of networks (IM) supported is fantastic
- Google Voice could be done better/integrated more seamless.
+Backup function works great
-Battery just doesn't cut it
+SNES emulation is very good/cool
+Media player is good and suffices
-Media player can sometimes skip/jitter slightly depending on cpu load
+Conky is the best way to impress other geeks


All in all I love my n900 and I haven't even touched the surface of its capability yet.

Re: My N900 review
 

Check out Sortcutd; it allows you to set up something similar. Also, are you aware that pressing the power button brings up a menu you can launch the phone from?

Re: My N900 review
 

can you dial #646# and the other functions already? because it was impossible when I had the phone

Re: My N900 review
 

To go back a page use the delete key on the physical keyboard.
Aren't you irritated by the fact that the browser doesn't re-flow text when you zoom in? For me this is a real failing of this browser - when I compare to the ability of the Nexus One browser to zoom and re-flow I get quite jealous:o

Re: My N900 review
 

I really hope not, since I have three pair of friends with the EXACT same name...

Re: My N900 review
 

Lol! Do you also have a lot of friends named Stefan Larsson?

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Although I'm an n800 user, the lack of re-flow feature annoys me too. Ability to re-flow text must be a standard feature on all mobile browsers, I think.

Re: My N900 review
 

file transfer app? watwat?

Re: My N900 review
 

You can enable this with ctrl-shift-i when you're in the browser (and toggle it off the same way). This is possibly one of the most tricky key combos to enter on the hw keyboard, so it's not easy to use.. but it works, although not as nicely as the reflow feature of the Opera browser in the N800.

Re: My N900 review
 

I didn't know that. My n800 has an updated firmware so its browser is Mozilla based. Can I still use re-flow feature?