Hello all

I'm just after a little bit of extra information about the Nokia N900. Currently I'm thinking about buying one - my current phone is a Nokia C6.

Reason I'm thinking about changing? The N900 looks pretty good and it dosen't appear to repeat the hardware problems of the N96 (very sloooow and unstable, crashes at least once a week) and my current C6 (Hardware is much better than the N96 but the software is appaling - try installing *any* piece of software and it's a chore having to fight through certificates and dates x.x ). Even then most stuff (assuming you can find anythng!) dosen't install/run properly. So much for Symbian^1.

Only thing that concerns me though is what I've read about the N900's fragile USB port. What is the current situation with it - and if mine breaks should I get one (e.g. from amazon.co.uk ) would it be replaced? And what if it broke again? And again? Surely a phone with such a fragile USB connector would be almost unusable?

I've read about people filing down the connector on the N900's USB cable but that also seems worrying - a brand new phone and (ok admittably the cable) you have to take a file to it?!

Also what is the battery life of the N900 like? (Currently the C6 works with minimum usage for about 1 week). From what I've read googling it seems to be quite confusing, reviews range from 'appling' to 'amazing' or so it seems x.x !

thanks

ljones