This has turned into yet another thread which has lost the original point.

For OP, as has been said before, if the handset in its current state with current features does what you need and, for the price your willing to pay, beats the competition then keep it. There will be at least one update and maybe more than just one update, maybe not, maybe meego, maybe not, etc etc. A lot of speculation but at the end of the day do not purchase expecting more than the confirmed PR1.2 update as they may come and be really great or they may never come.

As it is currently, the handset IMHO is a very good device, I think maybe you should have a look at some videos and/or reviews on youtube.
Yes some people have had the issue with the USB port but this has been recognised by Nokia as a problem with a limited number of the handsets. I understand how you feel with regards to the USB issue as I felt the same when I first purchased the handset but decided to keep it as I liked the device.

Many people complain about the handset but when you own it and have a little niggle (that maybe will be fixed in the update and you don't know when the update will be released) it is easy to lose sight of all the great features that it has.

Ok, here's a very quick English course for you... the non-usage of "might" is not indicative of "absolute" in any way you try to twist any words. It might happen. It might not happen. My lack of usage of the word "might" was correct because it was not needed - the situation is not an absolute situation. And my non-usage doesn't mean a damn thing other than you absolutely ran with a "preference to avoid" a possible situation.

Your interpretation was wholly incorrect.

How hard is that to comprehend? Face it, you're taking a situation, want me to add a word like "might" and are somehow making it to mean "it will" (absolute)... I never said that.

Again, please stop twisting my words.

Wrong again. You led yourself to your conclusion. Go back, read what I said and I triple dog dare you to find a way to twist how somebody saying that I'd prefer to avoid an USB port from falling out and the preemptive solution is to shave down the prongs on an USB port plug is one way to avoid it... I'd prefer to avoid that.

Does that mean it will happen? Hope not. It still may happen. But I never said it was a absolute conclusion like you're insinuating.

I absolutely hate semantics when my verbiage was chosen to bring up something that absolutely none of you had brought up - the damn USB port plug has fallen out on people before in the past, it's still happening and phones are being sent back unfixed.

Now. Stop assuming.

Stop looking at these pointles threads.
Start looking at threads that things happen. I ported some apps to N900 and every single one of them gets warm reception, and a lot of feedback from happy users.


So you already know that this is nothing new from Nokia, don´t you.


Had that and loved it.
N900 is the same form factor, with a lot more BANG!

Dear god... Are you unable to decide for yourself?
You already ordered the thing. Play with it once it arrives and decide.


I personally stopped carying my laptop with me after a week owning N900. But you may wish to keep N95 f you are a need of a decent phone features.

See the thread here:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=52587

There is NO reason to have yet another thread rehashing the same things over and over. The only unique thing about your case is you've decided to do your homework after purchase.

I can sum this discussion up for you easily
X people hate their n900s because they bought the wrong device for their needs

n of those X people simply should not have bought the n900 because it performed exactly as described, but it didn't do what they needed, or it did it exactly as described but not in the way they liked.

z of those X people need a feature that might come in 1.2 (be it enhancement or bugfix.)

w of those X people have had rare but not inconsequential hardware issues (mostly from early production run problems)

z of those X people are trolls. This number is small, but not 0

A-X is the number of people having no insurmountable issues, who are happy with the n900, and got exactly what they wanted.

Some of those people are here, and we're trying to help. For free. On our own time. Because this isn't Nokia.

So A is the total number of people, A-X are the happy people and X are the unhappy people. Generally, people don't search the internet to post "Yes, it is what I thought it was when I bought it." over and over in a user forum. So you mostly see X posters, not A-X. Even though the n900 has sold very well and is for the most part EXACTLY what it says it is.

So go read that stickied topic, and please let's not rehash the same crap over yet again. Yes, I am talking to you X people.

Mr. Gerbick, you are not entitled to give English lessons on this topic. You are too emotionally involved. I think. I have demoted you from God status in my mind

Heh... I am so glad my mother language is so precise to compare to English 3 times less words in dictionary and nobody keep asking me every third question
"do you know what I mean?" so.. gerbick I might understand your frustration

If you are happy with what you have RIGHT NOW, by all means keep it. It's still an impressive device and you didn't pay too much for it.

But do NOT keep it on the basis of ANY future promises, either rumoured or "official". Many naive people are learning this the hard way. This includes:

- support
- bug fixes
- new features
- commercial-grade 3rd party apps

WYSIWYG. Don't expect anything else!

You said

That means = the usb port does fall off under normal usage

Mine hasn't fallen off.

It has fallen off for a bunch off for a bunch of people so I guess,


There. FIFY

I said,

Meaning = you haven't implied in any way that faulty usb ports are not inevitable.

let the guy have is thread back already, will ya? geez

I hope you guys don't scare the OP away with your lessons on logic and rhetoric.