Ha! Yeah, sufficient light meaning facing the sun and blinding yourself in the process! Skype doesn't work well for me, on 3G and on WiFi, even if I have a dozen floodlights pointed at my face!

As a general reply to this post, I would say no, mate. You can't compare the two models and OSes. Yes there are some GREAT things about Maemo5 which tower over my friends' Androids and iPhones. But Maps??? Really? And don't you wish the hw developers gave more time and effort to make these N900 beasts just a tad slimmer and lighter