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N900 navigation i dont undestand how to use it much... Help anyone

This is v1.0 and to be honest is bit thick or just me cos i have not figure out how to use it...

example how do i save favourite locations
how do i start navigations and etc.
settings is bit blank no options like in my old phn e71
and so on and on

Do you mean navigation as in driving navigation using the Maps application (which is basically broken), or do you mean navigating the device?

i mean the app ovi maps v1.0 i cant figure how to use it properly....

Hold on what do u mean by "which is basically broken" ????

i couldnt care less about the screen - because the screen of my n900, when i'll receive it, will only be able to breathe fresh air for around 5 to 10 seconds. and it will never feel the direct warmth of a human finger.
i'll pull of the screen protector thats on it factory-wise and apply a clear screen protector that i bought.

ok. now had n900 for @couple of days. wriring this post on the phone itself (goosd test of keyboard)

first day impression was a bit negative to bw honwest. could nort get e m8l to work, got a dead pixel, and thought the whole phone was smaller than i imagined. i am also having some trouble with the keyboard asm you can probably tell.

however we have just had a long weekend in austria and i now LOVE the phone. sorted out gmail and google calender. could check work email and open up some graphs.went on you tube and showed our american freinds some clips of i'm a celebrity. all worked perfectly.

now going to add some apps and keep on playing.

Well, mine arrived Friday - but I was out of the office, and just got in to pick it up today..

I'm very pleased that everything seems to be working - haven't had any spontaneous boots in first 4 hours or so, browser is pretty good, mic working (I'm in UK, so thought I'd mention that, customary apologies to poor old nuknuk)

I'm not used to touchscreen phones whatsoever and am finding the control hard going with fingers, so tending to use stylus which I'm more familiar with.

One problem I am having is that non-browser apps that want to access the net have a tendency to resolve things as 1.0.0.0 - if you search the forums for that IP, you'll find various problems this can cause.. It's actually a problem I've seen before to do with a mismatch between some resolver libraries and the dns service offered on some types of wireless routers.

Trouble is, I'm a bit stuck to fix it, because I need root access on the device to install a temporary /etc/resolv.conf to point to a working dns and I need application manager to work in order to get root access (I'd rather do this without having to take the red pill).

I think I'll have to use the t-mobile data connection to download becomeroot, in order to fix it.

If it is possible to fix the 1.0.0.0 problem in the next firmware, I think it will be well worth the time - it's a confusing and timewasting problem.

Other than that, nothing really to add to the various good writeups here and in other threads (I'm talking about the mostly-positive ones ) - it works with some aplomb (modulo the 1.0.0.0 problem) the screen is amazing, I'm probably going to have to start wearing glasses at some point...

this thread is called "n900 owners thread (first impressions...)", but i didnt see a single picture of users of this forum that they shot of their devices?!

please people, post unboxing-videos and pictures and stuff!


how do you download them to the phone?
when i click the downoad-button on the nokia-page for bounce evolution, i get a .install-file.
can i manually copy them to the phone to install the app?
alternatively, can i access the site directly from the n900 and install it directly?

Access the site directly from the n900. Then the .install-file will open up the application manager and ask if you want to install whatever (in this case it's bounce).