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Originally Posted by cgarvie View Post
Since ive wandered out of the N900 Forum i thought id say Hi. Ive Been here about a week now. Ordered the N900 due to the (probably now famous) triple discount.

Id been looking to replace a Dell Axim, with the same functionality with something with web and phone access, In the last 7-ish years ive had a basic pay as you go mobile phone (spending about £30 - 40 total in that period)

So while i was in no hurry to replace it, i started looking around due to a BBC article on Smart phones. Was pretty impressed with the HTC hero, but eventually decided that the HW wasnt just quite up to it (for its price), mentioned this to a mate, who said he was thinking of the N900. Which id never heard of. Struggled to find good reviews for a while (at least compared to HTC hero which has been around longer) but the few i found intreaged me, but the more i found the more i was interested. Had more or less decided that i was interested,but planed on waiting till post christmas, partially in hope my mate would buy one, and i could get a proper look. But along came a bargain i just couldnt stop mytself.

SO im looking forward to the adventure of moving to from a mobile where i spend probably about a pound a month, do who knows what. im lookign at finding a contract(or pay as you go) that suits, and man its trick as i know im just gonna want loads of data, after all why have a machine that i hope is as good as it looks and not use it,


Oh and since no one answered my post (though its only been a day) on OVI maps. If anyone has one of the preview phones, please post some upto date info.

My usage of my Axim has been 70% ebooks (and im now pretty happy FBReader will suit me well) 20% sat nav use (of which only about 5% of the sat nav use is voice nav) 10% other, including PDF, EXCEL and DB use all of which im happy with the N900 options.

So the only doubt i have is about the Sat nav side. Idealy id like to Dump the Axim totally, and trust my self to one device.
Welcome, Cgarvie, to the forum!
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