Hi sorry, but in most of your points, portrait is senseless.

> more easy to use the cellphone (one hand)
this is already implemented, you can use the phone that way.

> to send sms,chat or web browser
useless. the keyboard is landscape, why should i use it in portrait mode then ?
in addition to that, nearly 100% of all monitors (notebook & desktop) are in landscape, too

>see photos,videos
i would guess, that 90% of all pictures are in landscape mode.

a portrait onscreen keyboard would be pretty awesome

Well, I voted "yes".... but nice to have, but not necessary, cos i already get used to the landscape mode and happy with it. When I used my friends phone and I feel kinda weird too with portrait mode. hee hee.

Nokia has said at least thousand times that MAEMO 5 WONT GET PORTAIT MODE.

I didn't think I'd like no portrait mode, but I actually don't miss it. Yes, if we had it, I'd probably use it for texting, if I was being lazy and had only one hand free. But there again, my previous phone, I always used both hands to text.

The only other things I'd like portrait for is certain apps, like the twitter apps, but that is for the app makers to do, not Nokia.

The only thing i would want now in portrait is SMS, have a t9 onscreen keyboard just purely for when i have only one hand free.
Anyway quick question...
How do i enable portrait browser?

I agree that the desktop would look bad in portrait mode but consider the rather bad example of the iPhone.

If you look at the iPhone's (very boring) home screen you will find that it too will not rotate. On the other hand if you got to send an SMS message on an iPhone you can send it portrait or landscape.

What I am trying to say is that I don't believe full OS portrait mode is needed as many third party applications already have it, you can get it in the browser and in the phone app.

I do believe the portrait mode should be integrated into sending SMS on the N900 with a T9 keyboard after all what is the reason for not having it? The same should apply to the photo viewing application although it may be remedial it would be nice not to have to turn the phone around to browse your photos.

Portrait mode would make the device better for using 'on the go' as one hand functionality is far more convenient.

Just thought I would share my view on this rather tired topic.

i want to write sms in port' mode using the software keyboard

Unless I am missing something, what would be nice is for the phone app to auto rotate. I can see it already has both modes as it is in landscape mode in the task switcher, but I would like it to stay that way unless I turn it, instead of automatically switching to portrait mode.

I would also like to know how to use the web browser in portrait mode. I looked in settings and options for the browser, but couldn't see it.
Also, out of curiosity, is there a list anywhere of apps that support both modes?

Ben

Open the broswer and hit Ctrl-Shift-O I believe. It should be in the Wiki.