Spartan. To some of us its a phone, to some its a computer and to some its both.

Quite obviously to you it needs to be a phone with MMS capabilities. Sadly the 900 doesnt have mms capabilities out've the box from Nokia. However with with the FMMS application installed it does

This dramatic need to create a post to announce one's exit is weird. The points made are valid but in no way new or enlightening.

While I agree that lack of MMS is weird I have not missed it--because I am one of those people for whom the phone aspect is little used. I am glad it has phone features, and that's about it. I too have issues with lacking features and bugs--even though my N900 is being repaired right now. (If it takes as long to fix, as some said it might, my entire opinion may change though.) But as of now I really like and miss the thing. This back up G1 is just not as good (for what I need and care about--it is still a good device).

Why do you think "expressing your disappointment" to the members of this forum is in any way helpful, interesting, entertaining or whatever?

Really? Within weeks of launch where? It launched in November, the MeeGo annoucement was months later, not weeks.

Apprently for all the "forum reading" you did, you missed the fact that MMS has available on the phone for months (longer than you thought it was out). I send and receive MMS regularly via fMMS, a much discussed app here in the forum. Since you seem to have not found the large cache of programs in extras, I'm guessing all you did was look at the OVI store, which I agree is a pointless mash of crap. But tell me, how did you "read this forum" and miss the fact that there are at least 3 other repositories of software to look through?

Out of date? No upgrades? It's been out 6 months, is the fastest phone available on the market (via overclocking) and has had 2 major software updates, with a 3rd on the way any day now. Show me one other phone that's had 3 updates within 6 months of launch? The iPhone went 13 months before it's first update, and didn't get MMS until then. Most phones don't see a software update for at least 6 months to a year.

I'm sorry you didn't find the extras repository for the phone, but blaming others for your blindness (after supposedly "reading the forums") is lame. Setting up an account just to complain about it after you sold the phone is even more lame.

If you have the N900 and don't like some aspect of it, talk about it. Every single point you raised has a solution, and there are tons of apps in the community that are useful utilities to make this an awesome phone/pda/computer. I'll admit they're not the easiest things to find unless you actually find this forum and read a few posts. But once you get setup it's actually a really nice system.

Good luck on finding a new phone that has all the features you want. I'm sure it will wind up in a landfill long before the N900 you just sold, since it will not be nearly as update-able or user tweakable. The N900 is a long term phone, something I plan to use for the next 5 to 8 years, just like the N6230 I owned before it. It's flexible and ready to meet tomorrows challenges, looking forward and not backward. Enjoy your MMS (I'll enjoy mine!), and let me know if that's useful to you in 9 months when all your pals are sharing images via the internet and your new phone can't.

sorry for being a grammar Nazi but its you're not your also I dont see your point. However I see that you simply didnt knew anything about N900 and you are too lazy to read

1. You got registered recently and didnt even bother to read the forum. fMMS is already offering MMS to N900 and from what I read its quite good.

2. Qt 4.6 will offer most amazing apps we are waiting for its just an issue of when PR 1.2 released (This or next week I hope)

3. You will not be missed

MeeGo was announced at least 5 months after the N900 was released. I suppose that is "weeks" but by no means was it close. Additionally, it is likely there will be a MeeGo release of some sort for the N900, but it will not be a direct upgrade path (indeed, it cannot due to the drastic shift of the underlying OS.)

Apparently people who don't see the N900 as being primarily a phone are crazy? I personally use mine as a phone and it works great. It's definitely not primarily a phone though.

Not really. In its primary form it has subsumed telephony into an application, retaining core functionality of the radio for data comms.

It is neither Nokia nor your friends fault that MMS is a terrible spec, and Nokia's intentions with this device (taking advantage of the primary data connection, while allowing for call handling) were well adhered to.

Unfortunate that the N900 was not the device for you, as it appears to not be the device for a number of people.

I wouldn't mind another n900, I'd like to run mine at a heavily overclocked speed, but as nervous to go too far incase I kill it, if I had a spare, I could throw caution to the wind without feeling bad about learning how far you can push it.

So, anyone else wants to be disappointed, let me know, I'm still awe inspired by it.

Thought the N96, N97 and to some degree N97mini were failures so I held on to my N95 8gb until the 900 came out. I feel that it is an enthusiasts phone though, which is exactly what I wanted.

Don't worry about it OP. I sold my N900 while ago and think it's the best things I've done in a while phone wise. Got an iPhone and love it. I jailbroke it today just to get Palm Pre style multitasking which works great.

The N900 is an experiment and will fade away soon. Get a HTC Desire
maybe. No more of your money to Nokia though.

Me too.. I want another.. I have overclocked mine heavily and so far it was worked great (1000MHz). I use MyPaint and It is wonderful with new clock speed.

Nokia N900 + MyPaint is my main sketchbook.. and I do not want to lose it, ever. So everyone who is still disappointed to this great gadget, please send it to me.

Tone

I know. Eventually the experiment will fade away and we'll all be buying vendor-owned, locked down phones we have to battle the manufacturer for control over.

I can't wait. </snark>