In before the reverse poo slinging / lock


To answer you though, I do understand your frustration to a certain degree. To someone who came to the phone after looking at e.g. Nokia's advertising campaign in Europe, I would expect a truckload less half-*** than the phone has.

But there is the other argument that the buyer should beware and do more research on what he is ultimately buying regardless of how it was advertised.

Fact is, the N900 is the latest in a long line of half-baked work-in-progress's. And it's still a half-baked work in progress, although you could say - accurately - that is pretty pathetic, and anyone defending the state of the N900 is a bit touched in the head or too steeped on OSS nerdery. However purposefully or not, it's aimed at a different kind of user. A bit of research would have uncovered this. I certainly entered N900 ownership with my eyes open, despite probably sharing a lot of your frustrations when trying to use it in an everyday situation.