a friend told me about this phone. I was using a blackberry at the time. I read about how open it was and bought it right after release from newegg. 12/08/09 Paid $560. Still using it without a problem. Love the keyboard and how well it still operates. The only problem that's slowly becoming more important is surfing the net. The processor speed, lack of flash and browser are slowly becoming obsolete as compared to android. I'm afraid I will be moving onto an Android soon but to say I regret having the n900.......NO!!!!!!.