Thanks everyone. That's good news. I am expecting my N900 to arrive tomorrow.

@ rmerren: I need to record, not just check, some voice messages onto my computer, and I need a USB sound card with a mic-in and level-in switch, because recording from my phone directly into my lap top's mic input overloads the built-in mic-in. I ordered a USB sound card and it's on its way but arrives at the end of the week while my N900 arrives tomorrow. Also, Verizon doesn't use SIM cards so I don't have one.

Thanks again everyone!