first post from new n900 received in uk this morning. liking it so far though keybd is taking some getting used to, and wish the whole thing was bigger as per n800. so far, so good and worth the wait and price.

China's NOKLA would have to make more after market back cover rfor the true n900 because I nearly broke mine and aI am very sure I am not the only one who ezperienced this. What makeds it worse is the fact that the cover needs to be taken out each time you need to change the mem card.

the resistive screen is quite amazing. its very responsive! typing on it right now. the keyboard needs a little getting used to..mainly the space bar(i keep pressing N) lol!

imncoming from the htc touch pro and iphone just incase anyone is curious.

I had the Touch Pro once (before I got the ADP1 which I then changed for the Hero), and wondering if you could comment on the keyboard on the N900 compared to the Touch Pro? The TP's keyboard is really quite excellent, only inferior to the Touch Pro 2 in my opinion. Interested to see how the N900's keyboard stack up, although I am anticipating a minor letdown on that department, especially with all the complaints I hear with the top row being to close to the display.

any of you using a screen protector? and if you are using one, which brand it is, and how much does it affect the touchscreen performance?

Ok, played with it long enough to say something: here's mine.

First Impressions:
Wow! Just WOW!

I am loving:

Call me shallow but I love the screen and the appearance. The way that icons move at a slightly different speed from the background creating a vaguely 3d effect and the way things explode in a little puff of fairy dust when you close them.

More seriously, I love the always on-ness. being able to pick it up in the middle of the night and check my email without having to connect or go through a pile of processes. Same for checking my twitter - or browsing here if I can't sleep!

The screen is awesome, and the browser viewing full webpages is lovely. Yes, there's a little big of rendering, and I haven't even tried youtube yet! I love the 'back button to go through your history.

I love the fact that having played with it for about 6-7 hours so far, I haven't even begun to scratch the surface of what it's capable of. The list of things Still To Try is longer than the things I've tried!

I am struggling with:

Playlists. I know they're possible, but by the time I got there last night I was already powfagged and my bear brain simply couldn't get it. Will try again when I'm more awake!

The touch screen being almost too sensitive. I keep clicking when I mean to scroll. Anyone else struggling with content-rich websites not having an inert point you can use to scroll on? (Like the forum page here...)

A few things I'd like to see: individual ring-tones (yeah, there's a brainstorm) and more customisable alarms - I can set a tone and a snooze duration, but it applies to all alarms. I can't choose a different tone or snooze for a different alarm (like something gentler to wake me at weekend)

Or or two other places where the UI is... less than obvious.

Problems:

Only problem I have encountered so far has been a few browser hangs. The system kindly suggests; "The web is not responding. Close?" - a couple of seconds and I was back browsing. Happened using the 'back' feature, especially if I wanted to go back a couple of pages. I may be being impatient, too.

Not yet tried

Most of it!
FM radio,
Camera (It arrived too close to dark o'clock)
Most of the apps I d/led.
You tube


Overall:
Brilliant. Just wish I could take a week off work to get to know it properly! I really, really feel for the guys who got the odd duds (Yeah, we know there's never a 'zero fail' rate, but it must suck to be one of the ones with a problem) but mine is so far exceeding expectations. Off now to see what happens when i switch to GPRS from the wifi!

Question for owners:

Does it have technical specs (ARM Cortex A-8 CPU, 32GB) written on the back when you open the keyboard or not?

This thread may help: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=372951 (see beginning of that linked page for a summary)

Vikuiti DQC-160 seemed to get best praise then.

It says:

ARM Cortex-A8 | 32GB on the left

Designed in Finland on the right

When opening the keyboard and looking back.

So, shorter specs list than on the N97 but still something.