I wanted to stick up for Box. I completely disagree with most of these posts, and agree with Orange. If you are a bit miffed by the N900, like I am a bit miffed, then overall your questions and observations about the N900 will be a bit more negative. I think it is very important that this forum allow people to rant as well as rave. I have a lot of experience with PDA's, other phones, other operating systems, and other forums (as I'm sure lots of people here had), but I tend to agree with Box.

A second point, I think the overall tone here is something similar to Linux developers forums, where everyone is a committed enthusiast, and negative comments aren't tolerated. I don't seem to find that type of experience in most forums for things like commercial cell phones. And while Linux users are a special breed indeed! ... I'm not sure this is the best kind of forum for general users of the N900.

The last thing I'll say is that I've been a bit miffed about the OS, it feels like a first generation OS with a lot of quirks, and IMHO, there's nothing majorly fatal, but the other operating systems are more refined at this stage. However, hopefully the much vaunted software update will fix some of my irritations, and in a year or so when application developers jump on board (man, i do wish I could get TOM-TOM for this OS), this is going to be a killer device. I just don't think its there yet, but here's hoping! I'm trying to get some free tie to see if I can contribute an app or two soon.

Ciao!