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Originally Posted by shadow skill View Post
I am a developer by trade. I like experimenting with new things. But it is a bit much to expect the community to do things like implement mms, and stick people with a contacts application that does not even support assigning custom groups for contacts even though it is definitely possible. People can make excuses like "It's not really a phone." But really that just demonstrates their own stupidity. Computer programs have been able to display information based on filters since forever. There is no reason for a contacts application to ship without such functionality when it supports ad-hoc filtering. (I.E. type a few letters and matching contacts appear.)

I waited a year to get the N900 after having a Treo for about five years. While I am happy with the device as a music player, and internet capable device I have to say that the phone functionality leaves quite a bit to be desired as does the development environment and the documentation. I can only hope that the transition to Qt which is one of the most well documented toolkits in use right now leads to an overall improvement of the Maemo software due to being easier to work with.
Well, but if you come at the N900 from an N800 and N810 perspective, you go "contact list -- is he kidding? What would I want with a contact list?"

I just want a phone to call the tow truck if I break down on the freeway

And MMS is not exactly the center of my life either, though I have been thrilled by the independent MMS development on this site.

Some people seem focused on the things the N900 doesn't do -- I find quite enough things that the N900 DOES DO to keep me happy for the moment.

I just don't like the way Nokia shifted its affection to the new baby (MeeGo) almost before the older baby got out of the crib.
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