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Originally Posted by emeni View Post
ok. Here we go again.
I'm still wondering if the n900 is for me or not. I've read a lot on the forum, but I couldn't understand everything.

What I want from my device:

Able to read emails (yahoo - pop) and work (Ms exchange)
Calendar synchronization (Synchronize with my Outlook calendar and keep my alarms - I don't use colors or anything, I just use the alarm to let me know when I should go for my meeting usually 10-15 minutes)
Watch movies without conversion
Listen to music (mp3 or without conversion)
NO ITUNES
Internet experience Web browsing etc. (have a 10Gb/month data plan on 3G+ network)
skype calls (free with friends)
Yahoo messenger (if it has also calls it would be perfect, videocalls would be awesome)
Gtalk (video calls)
Easy facebook
Decent camera
Decent GPS (at the moment what Ovi maps offers is Ok, since I'm using ovi maps 2 on my e51, only thing where I need it is orientation when I get in to a new town and I need to find a place on foot).
weather

What I like at the N900:

Well I like it a lot from what I've read. I like the Open Source part.
I like the qwerty, the screen, THAT IT'S NOT AN IPHONE, the touch, multitasking, the community (I love you guys), and I think that the community is the best thing about N900. The fact that now we have Qt in Pr 1.2. will make me sure that porting applications from meego won't be a problem, so I don't care if we get meego or not. It can satisfy my problem with video/music. The fm transmitter, the browser, and other thing that I've might forget.

Now my question, does the N900 satisfy my requirements? In my opinion it should, but I'm not sure.

What do you people think. I really love this phone, but the email and calendar synchronization would be a real helper in my life.
Just because I am bored at work and I fit into the user/non-linux pro vs. developer category I will give it a try. Your requirements fall into two categories for me:

Yes it does:
  • Email Yahoo & Exchange
  • Outlook calendar synch
  • Watch movies, at least all I have tried
  • Music, no problem except WAV files created by Microsoft voicemail integration (a drag really, I have to call into VM to get my voice messages)
  • NO ITUNES
  • Web is great either with builit-in or mobile firefox
  • Skype integration is awesome
  • Decent Camera
  • Decent GPS
  • Weather is better than anything I found on Symbian (very important to me as I am a full year motorcycler in Maine, USA)
Things I don't know:
  • Yahoo Messenger
  • Gtalk
  • Easy Facebook

Hope that helps (I was a committed Symbian user, last phone was an E75 but I can't go back now).

Fred

Last edited by ffarber; 2010-04-01 at 21:44.
 

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