Really? Within weeks of launch where? It launched in November, the MeeGo annoucement was months later, not weeks.

Apprently for all the "forum reading" you did, you missed the fact that MMS has available on the phone for months (longer than you thought it was out). I send and receive MMS regularly via fMMS, a much discussed app here in the forum. Since you seem to have not found the large cache of programs in extras, I'm guessing all you did was look at the OVI store, which I agree is a pointless mash of crap. But tell me, how did you "read this forum" and miss the fact that there are at least 3 other repositories of software to look through?

Out of date? No upgrades? It's been out 6 months, is the fastest phone available on the market (via overclocking) and has had 2 major software updates, with a 3rd on the way any day now. Show me one other phone that's had 3 updates within 6 months of launch? The iPhone went 13 months before it's first update, and didn't get MMS until then. Most phones don't see a software update for at least 6 months to a year.

I'm sorry you didn't find the extras repository for the phone, but blaming others for your blindness (after supposedly "reading the forums") is lame. Setting up an account just to complain about it after you sold the phone is even more lame.

If you have the N900 and don't like some aspect of it, talk about it. Every single point you raised has a solution, and there are tons of apps in the community that are useful utilities to make this an awesome phone/pda/computer. I'll admit they're not the easiest things to find unless you actually find this forum and read a few posts. But once you get setup it's actually a really nice system.

Good luck on finding a new phone that has all the features you want. I'm sure it will wind up in a landfill long before the N900 you just sold, since it will not be nearly as update-able or user tweakable. The N900 is a long term phone, something I plan to use for the next 5 to 8 years, just like the N6230 I owned before it. It's flexible and ready to meet tomorrows challenges, looking forward and not backward. Enjoy your MMS (I'll enjoy mine!), and let me know if that's useful to you in 9 months when all your pals are sharing images via the internet and your new phone can't.