It didn't really get Evernote (as in the full thing). It just has support for taking pictures, tagging them and sending them into Evernote. Which is something you could already do on the n800 with email (it's more streamlined basically).

One day hopefully there will be a native app. Their web interface is a little to slow.

It depends on the implementation. In its true full implementation (in Windows, for example) you can import documents and web pages as well as pictures. Plus you can create typed or handwritten pages directly and you can add typed or handwritten notes to the imported pages. Then you can not only tag but also search the entire notebook. And finally, the search includes character recognition for both handwritten input and characters in pictures (like a picture of a business card).

I think that the N900 is a pig in a poke right now. No doubt it will eventually have the features the OP wants, but when? If I was planning to spend big bucks for the N900, I'd wait to read the hands on reports of users like me before committing myself.

But the OP sounds like a nice addition to this community.

Thanks for the compliment! And I'm afraid I think you're stuck with me.

I came within inches of ordering an HTC HD2 (AKA Leo). The person trying to convince me that it was what I wanted ended up saying "No, go and get yourself this maemo thing. And bring it back for me to play with too!"

She showed me the photos she's taken on an HTC... and although I currently drive a c905, I still pine for that Carl Zeiss lens. I do a lot of phone photography (grab phone, take snapshot, upload to blog) and a decent picture really matters to me. The HTC has neither SE software nor decent optics. And the salesgirl drooled a little when I asked about on-device photo editing.

Then she let me play with the capacitive screen. Ugh. Last year I broke my thumb (long story - don't ask!) and it's still a tad uncomfortable to press hard with the ball of my thumb. Which I was doing on the HTC touch. Then I opened the 'on screen keyboard, and successfully typed "Hopw haRDS is it top tpe ion this thjinbgf?" or words the that effect. I even accidentally activated the predictive and got the name of one of her contacts in the middle of it. I've not actually had the chance to play properly with a resistive screen (well not since my treo 600 died of exhaustion several years ago) but my fingers and thumb come with pre-installed stylii which are not uncomfortable to use. I have studied videos of people using both sorts of screen - if someone with long girlie fingernails would like to comment, I'd love to hear!

So all things being equal, I plan to pre-order me a n900 this week. The only remaining question is where: handtec or amazon. Is it worth the extra £20 to order from a supplier I know well?

Which means you lot are stuck with me bobbing up in places and asking you to repeat yourself in short words, asking for apps no-one else thought of, or generally being a teddy nuisance. In return, once I understand things, I promise to take my turn at esplaining them in short words to other newcomers.

No sound recorder yet.
Javascript in browser, no midp java apps
No MMS, but the community is investigating this.
Speaker phone is supported
No analog tv
No dual SIMs
App manager is really simple to install apps, and Ovi Store is coming.

Evernote's tag is 'Your external memory' - they do text recognition on anything you upload, and index that text, so that you can search on it. For example, I use it for conferences, taking pictures of slides. This allows me to search through the text on slides, for example.

However, Evernote also has support for desktop, etc. so that it is a good cross platform app, IMO, at least for managing information.

No TV antenna or no TV out? The TV out works great.

Yeah it really is nice, but their clients are currenty limited to Windows and OSX. If you want to use it in Linux your choices are Wine+Windows version (works pretty well and I have it setup that way) or their web version (which is finnicky at times if your trying to edit and do things in there).

But for OCR and pulling up things quickly it works really well, and even the mobile page works for that (on my n800 I just use their mobile page since their regular webpage bogs down any browser on the n800).

I am also in the UK and if convinced, will probably order through Nokia via Quidco, which gives 10% back, a price of £450. Nokia have a 14 day cooling off period to try it out (though that may be the same for everyone via law).

Ooh! Where can I find that?