“If you don’t like it, why buy it?” That is one thick question. How was I supposed to know that the device was going to turn out the way it is without buying it?

I did my research and all I got was GREAT PHONE, FANTASTIC, EXCELLENT… that sounds very convincing. I do like this phone and I do know how to use it BUT what people are no getting here is the basic things like equalizers and adding folders especially in photo gallery. That should already be on the device.

Maybe it’s just my phone reason I say unstable OS is because some times I need to press the power button 5 times for the phone to turn on.

Just installed the matrix theme to see how it looks and switched back to the default theme and now all my widgets and icons are all over the place one on top of the other and some missing.

Sometimes when flipping through screens it gets stuck and have to turn phone off and on again.

When turning the volume up sometimes closes the media player.

This is why I’m unhappy with the N900

Twaelti. What is the plugin for the equalizers then?

I suggest you do drop your N900 into a dustbin, but before, do not forget to tell me the selected dustbin's location!

i'm having none of the problems you mentioned, and i certainly don't agree with your cons, i only ever reply to threads like this because i hope that people can see the bigger picture and realize what a fantastic peice of equipment the N900 actually is, IF it has what you require from a smart phone and you like the aesthetics of the device, and for god sake, try before you buy, you wouldn't spend 20 grand on a car just by looking at it on websites.

no i'm not a nokia fanboy and yes i love my N900. but simple common sense says to me, if i buy something and it doesn't work as i feel it should, seek help and find out what you are doing wrong, or send it back and ask for another one, or send it back and get your money back and do some research and try and find a device that does have what you require. for instance, it's no use listing a resistive touchscreen as a complaint when a little research will clearly tell you that the N900 has a reistive screen, so why buy it if it's not what you want???. i know it's not a perfect device, i wanted mms the other day, but i am prepared to live what little flaws it has for the welfare of benifits that it gives me, because the phone suits me, and that's what it's all about, you're personal preference.

I can pretty much say that your so called research seems to be failed, coz i have read more than 10+ reviews(incase you need them, i can post the sites), and in all the reviews the final verdict was never "GREAT PHONE" or "FANTASTIC" or EXCELLENT."
Every reviewer said the phone is not a perfect device, its not easy to be used by a normal user( meant people like you) and this is definitely not a main stream device. and the learning curve for this device is little bit high compared to the high end devices that are surfacing at the moment.

This device is mainly for geeks,hackers definitely not for noobs , so i advice you to do your research properly for the next device.

I can guarantee that 95 percent of users complaining about instability or reboots etc have teed off on extras devel applications. I have a stock n900 with no devel or testing apps an I never see any of the problems that users talk about here...uptime of days, battery life of about 30 hours, fast picture taking with no errors, gps lock in 30 seconds. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

Dude, seriously.

All the reviews that mentioned any 'cons' in this forum, even very minor ones are usually immediately flooded by denials from all the 'N900 fans'. I think OP has a point about what result he got from his research.

People here like to twist things a lot. I don’t care if it’s a resistive screen or not, that’s not the problem. I was only mentioning what Nokia could have done to the phone to make it better cause of the price paid for it.

My issues with the N900 is what I posted about the software. I love my N900 I think it’s a great phone for what it does and what it’s capable of doing but like I said maybe it’s just my device having these problems.

Nokia store has closed down in London and no other store will touch it because I bought it directly from Nokia. Now how can I get my money back or a new device if the store isn’t there?

Orange Box - you still here? Will these threads never end. I would have thought when we hit 100 of them an official tombstone would be issued and we could take them out the back and shoot them. Putting them to rest forever.

I don't have devel or extra testing on my device. Don't touch that cause I know what it can do.
Be realistic I’m not going to throw away my £500 device in the bin. So what should I do since the Nokia store has gone and no other phone stores will touch it because I bought it directly from Nokia?