There is a thread on Howard Forums now with the first impressions of a new user >> http://howardforums.com/showthread.p...3&page=1&pp=15

He apparently is a former iPhone user and along with the usual canard about screen technology, he has some pretty negative impressions. I suspect many are wrong though so your thoughts may help me in constructing a decent response.

His reaction is as I feared and posted some months ago... Because of the N900's price and the perception that this is Nokia's top of the line phone, new user expectations will be high.

The biggest hurdles will be what the iPhone and the press for the most part have conditioned some to believe; that in order for a smartphone to work it needs an app store and, if you want a web based service you need a specific app for it.

I for one want to be the "smart" part of this equation and not the dang phone.

Many of the services I need are unique and I want a device that will allow me to connect to them without waiting for an app to be "Developed". The web works for me that way on my desktop and it should work that way with my future phone.

With a little effort, I was able to set this up with my N810 so I have no doubt the same can also be done with the N900.

Again, any thoughts on this would be appreciated.