wow, some of these responses are totally asinine.....

Nokia N900 is a phone, therefore it should do basic phone stuff really well and voice dialing is one of those things that should have been implimented from the start.... Where I live, it is illegal to use a cell phone without a hands free device and having the ability to press the call button on the hands free device and speak something like "call wife" should be readily doable....... even my ancient Blackberry 8120 can do voice dialing......