Well, I thought i would post here just to express how satisfied i am with this phone, and maemo in general. The phone is great for media, movies, internet browsing is amazing! and overall i love itt. i had a choice of this or the iphone 4 and i know i made the right decision as i type on this now. looking forward to getting to know the community!

i was very impressed too by how ultra fast and open the phone is.
i never had an so open phone and now i know that its the best in the n900 cause you can make what you want and customize everything-
just AWESOME

I have an Ipod touch and N900, the hardware of N900 is good, its just bad OVI store and an overall lack of polish on some parts (like media player) that makes the phone miss its potential IMO, it could be sooo much better, is good already, but simple things being learnt form competitors (android and apple) could make the user experience soooooooooo much better...

Question is how to change this, i know it isnt easy, but somehow allowing all apps etc available for iphone/android to run on N900 would IMO put N900 ahead of both competitors. For instance, we cant watch BBC iplayer or sky via web, neither can iphone, but difference is iphone get apps to allow this, we do not, as there isnt a big enough user base for N900 to justify the devs/companies bothering..

Congratulations on your satisfactory purchase! I am so impressed with my N900 that it has taken the place of my laptop. I only use my computer when I have to use PC specific programs. Most of my gaming, movies, music and web browsing is done on the N900. I had so much fun playing Killer Instinct on my HDTV from the N900! It felt like it was 1995 all over again.

The N900 has endless possibilities and is the best Mobile Computer available! First thing I would do as a new user is upgrade to the latest N900 firmware: PR1.2. That will give compatibility for the newer software that rely on that firmware. There are a lot of knowledgeable people in this community and many are more than willing to help. I found most of my answers by searching through the forums and if I couldnt find it here, using google search would give me an answer...that would link me right back to maemo.org.
I hope that you continue to enjoy your N900, learn what it can do, add the extra repositories and maybe even learn xterm commands. One thing to remember is that the N900 is a Mobile Computer and that means that there is so much more potential for development and use than from a mobile phone.

This community is great and there are many developers that make software for the N900 and don't charge a dime for it.

Welcome, and enjoy!

N900 was never meant to be mainstream therefore there are no apps for sites and 40k books as applications . This has been discussed countless times in the forum.
The end of most discussions is that there is no perfect phone. Its all about personal preferences.

This is true! - and there are other threads as you say, my personal opinion is the N900 is good and I am very happy with it, it just could have been better and i dont think there is much exscuse for neglecting some things... Why cant i stream BBC i-player etc.. simple things that would make a big difference to me!!

I guess some people are easy to please haha ok better tell Nokia then and they will go no further just leave the N900 the way it is !.

i think n900 is a horrible phone, had for about 6months and had 3 replacements and yet still having problems with it...i wish there was more apps you can have on phone like msn, yahoo. as soon as i can upgrade i will be..i really dislike this phone and the worst one i had

I never had any problems with the phone itself, this phone been a great help to me ever since I used it for the past 6 months, note my job scope requires attention on linux operating systems so it's more of a godsend compared to most of the phone I have ever came across.

As a phone, the N900 is basic. As a Mobile Computer (its design purpose) the N900 is amazing. I would not recommend the N900 to someone looking for a phone. I recommend it to people looking for a mobile computer. There are many phones that are better at being phones but there isn't one phone that is better at being a mobile computer than the N900.

For all that the N900 doesn't do well, it does much more right and even more than what any other phone can do.