- I got exactly what I wanted...
- There is nothing else out there like it in the foreseeable future.
- I never use it as my primary phone.
- I have used the slide out keyboard about 4 times and usually just for easier access to a colon
- I use it every day and have done so since December.

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After tweaking, hacking, playing. and trying different things what I now have is:

- a decent PND that I have loaded with my own specialty POI's (specific to what I do, how, and where I do it) ...

- A very good media player with over a 4,000 tunes, videos, radio stations, and podcasts filed the way I want them and that display or play how I want them to.

- Instant access to web sites also the way I want them and when I want them.

- SSH access to the whole shebang from my Windows desktop so I can learn and feel comfortable in a Linux environment without changing machines either virtually or physically.

- Easy remote access and control to my ever expanding home and work networks (buy CSCO when it goes below 25)

I see no real limits for what this device can do in the near future. I go through phones every 6 months or so and I replace them with the smallest pocket-able clamshell I can find that works on my network.
I don't want the features that the N900 gives me on my phone.
The fact that the N900 can be used as a phone is a bonus and should be expected from anything that uses a 3G connection... but I never intended for it to be my primary phone.

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