A D-pad could also work fine but it should be the digital one like on the E-72 where you can scroll by just touching the center part of the D-pad (just google the D-pad of E-72, in case you are not sure what I’m talking about).

Well, I didn’t know about the final identity of the guilty part that caused the haze. Basically anyone designing the camera should do a little research on the topic before selecting the final design. Most of the quality filters used for the D-SLR camera lenses paint the inside of the filter frame with the matt finish black paint and some of the quality filters even paint the border of the filter glass with black paint to avoid any kind of light reflections! Now don’t get me wrong here. I am not saying that the quality of the optics should be directly comparable with the D-SLR but painting the parts surrounding the lens area with matt finish non-reflective coating shouldn’t cost anything extra! After all they have gone out of their way to put a special blue colored frame on this slide although you have to hold the device very close to notice it

I know about that stand and it’s quite nice. Nevertheless, carrying an additional accessory everywhere just to hold your device in right position is not a very attractive solution IMHO


I guess you are right there. Second best alternative in my opinion is to shift the speakers to the lower edge of the device (the one where there are no buttons and the only a slot for the stylus). They can be in the towards the absolute corners. This has a simple benefit. When your device is resting on the hard surface (using the stand) to watch the video or video call etc. the sound from the speakers will be reflected off the table surface towards you. That is better than what currently happens (shoots to the side of the device).

Perhaps you are right there. I have just tried the iPhone in a shop once and I found it awkward to type with the fingers. The resistive screen on the N900 is waaaaaaay better than the ones on my N800 and N810 earlier. This one is much more responsive. But multi-touch would be definitely much better than the current gestures like roll the fingers in circles to zoom in and out etc. It works approximately 1 out of 50 times!