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My N900 probably has more problems than any other N900 in the whole world. Mine has gone to Nokia for repairs because it is now only charging from PC. Does not charge from power supplies. I am hoping that they just give me a new device due to mine having two huge scratches and due to the millions of problems I have had on mine. But I think I will be keeping mine unless the rumours of a HTC Desire with keyboard are true. Despite all the issues I have had with the N900 I love the 32gb plus SD card and I find it almost impossible to do without Conboy. Wish HTC would release a device with 32gb internal memory. Don't understand why their devices do not have proper internal memory.

Anyway here are my thoughts on some of your issues:

Originally Posted by h3llraz0r View Post
Low battery life despite the low processor speed and stepping

My battery does not last more than 6 hours if I connect to msn chat, etc but other devices other than blackberry have this same problem

Maemo stability very poor compared to current phone OSes

My device is terribly unstable but don't know if it maemo or just the fact that my N900 is rubbish. I envy all those iphone owners that have fluid devices.

Fragile mini USB slot

As I mentioned my N900 has been sent for repairs due to faulty USB port. Disappointed with Nokia. Their devices used to be known for being very sturdy and not having manufacturing defects, etc.


Promise of freedom with linux but the average user can't do more than on any other OS and is actually restricted by the limited number of developpers and clouded by its fanbase

Agree with this but Conboy alone is so amazing I almost don't even care if no other app ever comes out. I am sure many others have apps they find amazing but agree would be nice to have more apps. Maybe the partnership with Intel will help otherwise Nokia can never compete with google or apple for apps.

GUI not fluid, stutters most of the time - EVEN WHEN NO APPS ARE RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND

Agree. But don't know if it is general problem or just my crap N900.

Community members mock the average user

Common problem here. People are a bit too sensitive about anything negative said about Nokia. I wish it was not so. I find it a bit annoying.



Very slow updates from Nokia with none of the needed major changes are brought to the OS that has been ditched.

I think Nokia has certainly lost its way in recent years. Big shame. Allowed apple to come out of nowhere and steal the show and now are being left behind by HTC.


No official MMS app

Yeah Nokia talk about unnecessarily leaving basic features out. Let's not even talk about all the basic missing phone features (if you do some will just excuse it by saying it is not a phone).

GPS software is outdated and is pretty much useless without voice navigation
GPS takes forever to sync with a satelitte unless it uses an internet connection. No such problem with the N95.

Only tried using Ovi maps once and it crashed my device so can't comment on how poor it is.

Music player is too primitive with no equalizer or good alternative players around, yes i've tried them all.

Bought the N900 to function as my phone/mp3/mp4 player. The stuttering on videos for first few seconds is shameful and the media player in general is worse than a £10 mp3 player.


Setting up Gmail on it is a hassle and is probably not possible

Use Nokia Messaging and you are fine. I have push email on my msn, yahoo and gmail accounts just by running them through Nokia Messaging.


Cheap resistive screen gets scratched very easily unless you buy a screen protector

Yeah mine got terribly scratched even though I was taking very good care of it.
You listed some other issues but a bit tired. But at least I think I have shown that yeah I agree the N900 does have some serious issues. I guess that is why in the UK it doesn't seem to be offered direct in store by the mobile networks.