Country: USA
Purchased From: Amazon.com

Likes:
- Feels pretty good in your hand, fun to use. Impresses by-standers quite a bit.
- I like the keyboard. Slides in and out in a good way. The D-pad actually works better than it seems like it will; learning to just trust it helps.
- It's smart about a lot of things, like not popping up on-screen keyboards if hardware keyboard is open, connecting to a variety of networks w/o any fuss, guessing words as you type, lighting up keyboard when needed. If you hide the browser's toolbar in full-screen view, it pops up briefly when you're connecting to a new page. Nice!
- It connected to my Treo 680 via BT w/ no problem, and uses the Treo's Cingular network connection when WiFi isn't around.
- Full-screen view is wonderful. Clarity/sharpness seems great. Desktop theme is attractive and easy to customize.
- Speakers are loud and clear. Sitting it on its stand and letting Internet Radio run is pretty cool.

Dislikes:
- A bit slippery, and rattles when shaken side-to-side. (I may try putting a bit of electrical tape on the battery to see if that solves the rattle.) Definitely not that desirable "slab of metal" feel I'd like, but that's part of the deal w/ a slide-out keyboard I guess.
- I'm OK with the D-pad being on the slider, but I'd love to also have page-up/down keys on the face. Maybe on the right, just like the existing buttons on the left? (Are you listening, Nokia?)
- Some apps have the wide page-scroller bar on the right, but most don't. That tiny scrollbar is impossible to get to with your finger! Page flicking is interesting, but sometimes I want to grab the scrollbar and move down a long page. Links/text-entry fields in the web browser are small and can be tough to select, too.
- More unique cables to stow - USB cable is not mini-USB, and doesn't charge the device. The new Nokia charger seems like the pin could easily break, and it could stand to fit more snugly. It does use a standard headphone port, though.
- Email support is weak for power-users, and otherwise this device seems best suited to power-users! I don't plan on using this thing as a PIM, since my Treo does that quite well. Checking email when I get an attached PDF to read, though, would be nice. I've got the Modest email client installed; it's better, but still isn't as good as I'd like to see w/ its support for IMAP folders. Can't Nokia adapt Thunderbird to the Maemo interface the way they did for Firefox?
- Documentation: As noted by others, this is a real weak point. Come on, Nokia - what do those blinking lights mean, anyway? I had to turn them off!

Favorite Apps:
Let's face it, most of us got this thing at least in part because you can do a lot of messing around with it. I downloaded and installed quite a few apps, but have now found that many of the built-in ones work pretty well if given a chance.
- Maps (the built-in one): I purchased the nav option, and it works great! True, the GPS won't lock to the satellites indoors, but what do you want? It works like a charm in my car, and I hardly ever need to navigate when I'm in my kitchen. :-) I just sit the device in the ashtray area forward of the shifter, and it locks on in less than 2 minutes. That works for me. So far, the POI database seems very complete. (Note: it says "voice-guided turn-by-turn". This is true, but it does not call out the streets by name. I had another GPS for a while that did do this, and it was nice. I find, though, that it really doesn't matter that much, at least for me.) Unlike some of the other posters, I couldn't get Maemo Mapper to work at all. It couldn't find the GPS unless Maps was also running. Then after a LONG delay, it placed me in the next street over!
- Media player: Very usable and attractive interface. I installed Canola2 beta, and love its look and feel. However, I find it to be flaky for anything except photos, so I reverted to Media player for my everyday music & podcast needs. I even like the included headphones, which wasn't true at all for the Nokia phone I got a few years ago.
- RSS reader: Looking at these over my morning coffee is nice. Feeds with attachments, like podcasts, can be downloaded right to the device. I imported my feeds from bloglines no problem, right from the device's web browser. My ipod/itunes combo seems like a bit of a pain in comparison.
- omweather: Gotta have a desktop weather widget, right? (Oops, I mean applet!) Not sure why this wasn't included in OS2008, but this one is easy to get and set up.