Perhaps I'm not using the correct term for the character, but I'm trying and failing to type:

~

I have no problems typing letters with accentuated tilda's on them (which is entered thorough a different panel of the N900's soft keyboard)

The plain "~" character should be able to be entered by itself just like you could on the N800 and on desktop computers. I need it for web addresses and shell scripting on the N900.