It's a big source, and the kind of thing that people would be expected to 'review' prior to purchase. The errors there though can't really be blamed on Nokia as they were based on pre-release speculation.

I do think the OP breaks new ground on the 'problems with then N900' digs, as he's tackling the issue of performance. It's a good indicator on the immature nature of the platform to see that very little optimisation has taken place.

I'm also in agreement with the new thoughts for the response to 'it's not a phone it's a computer'; that is to say "if it's a computer then why are the computer type apps (calendar, email, media player, photos, application manager, etc) so bad?"

Why would buy a phone that is above your means?
The phone is not perfect but why would buy something that is financially beyond you?

If you buy a Mercedes you don't expect it to haul a refrigerator, you buy a truck. If you buy a truck you don't expect it to cruise the fast lane on the Autobahn like a Mercedes. You don't expect one vehicle to do every transportation job equally well.

No, when you buy a vehicle you do your research and buy the right one for your purpose. Any significant purchase should be treated the same way.

I'm realistic. I had a pretty good idea what to expect from an N900 before I ordered one, even though it wasn't available for a hands-on try. So I'm quite happy with it, not disappointed at all. If I had been disappointed I'd be mad at myself, not whining to others about my mistake.

i don't understand. really. i mean: do you notice that the things you mention take time on a much more powerful desktop or laptop, too? in ubuntu, when i open the equivalent of the application manager to update software, i'm greeted by a progress bar the same way application manager greets me with a spinning wheel - only that the N900 is faster than my dual core laptop.

thats the way it is with computers. in the office, from the moment i double click on the outlook icon to the moment when i can open the first mail, it's a little over 3 minutes. you complain about modest??!!

really..i wonder where these expectations come from. don't you guys ever use computers?

@rpgAmazon:

What else are you gonna share with us? A little over the top with the ego, eh? No one here cares or wants to know what anyone here does or doesn't have.

Take a pill and let's get back on-topic.

Yes, and they fixed them when they had access to a real device. However I don't think *ANY* information about a Nokia device before its release which is not coming from Noka itself can be taken for granted. This is also true for almost any other manufacturer.

what are you on about? are you this inane or are you trolling?

you miss the point...by a mile
i had enough money for an n900 in december but i couldn't truly afford it. so i waited until i could.

you don't purchase a high end product and complain about the price. it comes with the territory.

you don't purchase said product and end up schit broke then complain about how it isn't perfect.
no device is perfect and this is not an excuse for some of the n900's failings


sorry for the lack of capitallization but ranting from n900 is hard

You are right.
But not ego, simply tired, really tired of that kind of "if you can't spent 599 € in a gadget and sell it if you dislike it (losing money)"
I think you understand me upside-down, but, I repeat, anyway, you are right.

Prove me wrong. Consumers will complain about everything but the fixes for what they were complaining about. They will, however, find more things to complain about.

I can remember a gentleman I knew, while growing up absolutely loved his Ford Pinto. It sipped gasoline, he was happy with it. They they had that recall... you know, the one where if hit in the rear the gas tank would explode?

Well... he was still happy with it, never ever took it to get fixed... "I don't need that. Nobody will ever hit me in the rear."

20 years later, nobody had still hit him in the rear. Lucky? Perhaps. Did he complain about the fact that it could have exploded if hit in the rear? No. What did he complain about? The damn 8-track in it wouldn't always go to the next track smoothly.

He complained, complained & complained about that.. until the Ford dealership just fixed that for him by giving him a newer radio. Then he complained because he had no cassette tapes to go into the new radio.

But he never complained about that goshdarn gas tank.

I got more. Now... what you fail to see is that if you're that blissfully happy with it; good for you. If others have legitimate grievances - a lot of them do not - then look at what they're complaining about and see if it has some merit. In most cases, it's user error.

In some other cases - like the USB port issue - that's a faulty design and a true issue. Fix that Nokia. The statement that it was supposed to affect only the initial 300... proven false. The fact that it's still an ongoing problem with new and old users and getting support on that one item, a known item is not coherent across the different countries/locales... another problem. Fix that Nokia.

But the rest of the complaints... ignorable. "Why doesn't it do this?" is usually answered with "Maemo never has nor said it would do that." in most cases... case in point; Java.

Sure, some real smart fellas found a way to make it happen. And that's the power of Maemo.

Regardless... you're that happy with it. Good for you. Some grievances are just as valid as you are content.

I indeed find the N900 the best device to have with me by a large margin, but the IMAP-Idle does bother me... I've tried claws-mail, but the look and feel is not the same as Modest.

I know this is not a question thread but people will probably "bite" is there any way to get Push mail with Gmail/Imap accounts ? And no Nokia Messaging doesn't work.

The device "feels" abit slow for the hardware it has, but with a bit of tweaking (transitions) and a bit of Overclocking seems alot better...