Hi there, I have been reading reviews, watching tonns of youtube videos on the N900, HTD HD2, and nexus one for the past month or so.... and finally decided to go with the N900 -

well I got it yesterday, played with it a little, so I cant give a detailed review. Its just things I have used and tested.. there are some things I might be wrong, please correct me if thats the case because im no genuis ..

My previous phone was a HTC Touch HD , then I used a Blackberry Storm 2 for about 1 month, and couldnt take it anymore ......

Things that could be improved...

Battery cover - I was scared i might break it...

Stylus - My HTC stylus had a sort of magnet, which pulls the stylus in when i am keeping it in. Would have been nice to at least have one which shines or something better than plastic... (personal choice)

There wasted space on every side of the screen - This phone could have been a bigger Hit with a screen a bit bigger (seeing there is space on every side)
There is a raised border around the screen - difficult to wipe dust off.....

Charger / usb port - Its damn hard to get the charger in and out...

Keyboard - I think we could do with one more row of numbers separately.. But its yet much better than on-screen ones.. Initially i thought they were a waste of space, but now I know the difference. . To enter a long number - do we have to press -shift- with one finger, and all the numbers with the other one??
one disadvantage of keyboard- inability to map a string of characters in a key.. let me explain more- in my HD, I could use a button and map my email address to it. like u use SHIFT + A to get * ... I could remove * and put my whole email... but again, we get the flexibility of the hardware keys....
As a whole, I prefer this one over on-screen ones....

I think The N900 is really easy to hold... 2 fingers behind the screen, and 2 fingers to type.... theres NO WAY its gonna fall... Unless someone is holding it loose.. the material also is not slippery...My HTC would slip from anywhere... even the blackberry...

Coming onto Apps.... I havent played with the home screens yet... But i wanted to add a shortcut to the home screen to turn bluetooth on/off quickly. Couldnt find it in the shortcut menu.. Is it anywhere??

Web - keeps disconnecting after some time.. i have had to switch to my 3g data and wifi from time to time... even had to restart twice because it wouldnt connect... BUT i think THINK its not happening after the software update... But other than that, it loads quite quickly and FLASHHHHHHHH FINALLY......... PHEWWWW ..

Media player - its awesome - u keep pressing the same key (BACK BACK BACK and then CLOSE- and it stops n exits.... thats really quick to exit.. better than windows player.. and WAYYY better than the blabkberry one.. (MENU - CLOSE.. MENU - CLOSE) on each and every item, otherwise it sttays on memory and does your head in...

COntacts - I had some trouble connecting to google to sync my contacts.. I had to export my contacts from google to my pc, then import it to outlook, then sync outlook to my phone... Probably the longer way, but oh well, it worked...

Maps - It took me a while to figure out how to add a destination... I had to click on the small + sign on the right.. lol.... it got me everywhere straight away ( I used it today for some deliveries - and it did not lose signal once) .. It locked within seconds - Just like my old reliable N95... Theres no HTC or BlackBerry or any mobile phone that could beat that....

Camera: its Nokia.. Its got Carl Zeiss.. Its 5MP... Needless to say any more... I know what its like on the N95, so I guess its still awesome..
Those who have owned HTC: they know the agony of having a camera....

Email: SImple to use.... but one thing : Does it have to sync ALL UR EMAILS??? and then mark them all as NEW?? it currently says I have 850 new messages The one and only thing Blackberry are good at... and they suk at everything else...

Conversations: Way better than any phone... specially WIndows mobile.. or HTC's own messaging app - which everyone avoids on WM6.5

Games: I only played bounce 3D - Its got dedicated graphics processor .. im really pleased with the graphics... I did not try playing it when I have other apps open

I installed aMSN - it allows me to send my webcam, but the other party can only see a blank screen
also it lags a bit tbh..
Firefox - awesome... AWESOME

Battery life: I charged it this morning: did about 20 mins bluetooth audio streaming, 2 phone calls totalling 15 mins max, installed amsn, played with it for 10 mins.. used gps constantly for 3.5 hours, changing destinations every 15/20 mins.. and urmmm, thats all I think.. Its past midnight, and the battery is nearly dead... I did not charge it while navigating...

Phone - Would b nice to have call / endcall / menu / back softkey in that blank space on the right.... at least it would serve for something...

Overall, I am really pleased with the phone - It mite b a bit bulky for some, but I prefer it to b that way, rather than be 11mm thick and slip off ur hands all the time...


phewww that was quite long ... pls correct me if i'm wrong in any aspect........
Thanks for reading....

EDIT: The earphones are horrible.. they keep falling off all the time, and also they sound a bit weird.. is it just me???

Thats what she said.

There

It is done

whats done??

Double-press the Fn key and it will enter into Fn Lock mode so you can type all the `blue` characters without pressing anything. Press again to return into normal mode. Same goes for Shift - double-press to enter Caps Lock mode...

Click on the status area and you'll find there a Bluetooth on/off button.

No, it doesn't, unless you are using POP3. Use IMAP or MfE servers if available.

Better install MSN Haze/Pecan and use it from within the Conversations. Webcam on aMSN, IIRC, does not work anyways.

They are quite decent for bundled earphones, if they keep falling off - put wider `foam` heads on them - you get 3 different sizes with your N900...

About the keyboard, you could double tap the shift key to capitalize all the letter, also you could do the same with FN key

i like the raised border around the screen when I put it down on the face it protects the screen from getting scratche!

yeah my girlfriend told me to try that , after she read this.. lol


I know, was just looking for a shorter cut :P


Dunno, I use gmail and hotmail

they've been falling off since yesterday everytime i move...i tried 'em all

good point.... personally i'd never put that fabulous piece of equipment face down on any hard surface

Undeerworld,

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Get Pidgin for AIM, MSN, Yahoo messenger
Get FM radio (really nice)
Get FM BOOSTER
Get Knots2 to play any video from PC
Get fmms to send and receive pictures
Get Catorise to organize menu items
Get VNC viewer to check out ur pc
Get MussOrgsky to add cover album for music
Get Tunewiki for music playback with lyrics
Get qtirreco to turn ur phone into TV remote control
Get Recorder to record voice
Get Mad Developer to check out your root directory to mod
Get emulators like DrNoksSNES, iNES, ScummVM, VGBA
Get SIB for alternative Media player
Get darksky theme

Thought it were my ears, but now i know i am not alone. Tried all 3 sizes, but none of them fit good. Also, the cable often pulls the plugs out, as it easily hitches to the clothes.