thanks for the replies, it does seem as though i'm misunderstanding what the device is/should be doing to some degree.

the main thing i'm a bit frustrated with:
- is when i open the n900 and run an app that requires internet data and the result is a prompt from the phone saying no internet connection available and i have to manually tell it to connect to t-mobile internet. i'm not sure why this is a manual process. even if there's no existing connection, it should go fetch one.

any thoughts on that?