I have been using many s40 and s60 phones, my N810 and other small devices (also cameras and SLRs) a lot. I was shocked to see and read this thread through. The way I see it, Nokia has made all the right choices with the screen orientation and usability in the N900. To defend ones inability to accept a natively landscape-oriented, new device with one hand usage, symbian development, or just habit/the-others-have-it-too, is just plain childish to me.

So, some people want portrait-orientation on a phone, some need it. As it stands, and this is expressed many time in this thread, the N900 isn't the right device for those users. A differet phone will have to do, or they need to wait for the next Nokia phone that will have the same speed with a portrait orientation.

I have been using all the beforementioned devices with one hand to my satisfacton. And as said, YMwillV. If one needs to use a certain device at a certain (uncomfortabe) time, one will find a way to do it. And here's the catch: how the **** the users threatening here, who apparently have single arms, cannot suddenly use a landscape-oriented phone? Already I can see an ultimate elite forming: those who can use their N900s the way they like, as it was designed.

Well anyhoo, this discussion has very little to do with the N900 specifically, I hope that everyone understands this. Other devices (phones for one-hand-usage) will come. Symbian will get the hardware it needs to perform, whether the speed will come from optimizing the os or raw powaaaah, I really don't care. I will be satisfied with the N900 as it is now, and with future improvements it will be even better.

Nowhere does it say the N900 will be the only device using maemo 5. But it seems apparent... This thread is under 'platform > maemo 5' and to me seems specific to the N900. Should it be kept more strictly with N900 or be bent towards 'step 5'? I thought the 'problem' is already solved in maemo 6.

Just my 2c.