Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers
 

I understand what you are saying, if I did cancel, it would be to transfer my order over from MPD web to MPD NFS, as the guy said that it might be possible, based on the fact that they had promised that they would be first and I could argue that they were not..
I would check carefully before doing this though!!
Cancelling is a last option, but even if I did have to wait until the 4th, Im not losing out as MPD aren't shipping until the 3rd, so I wouldn't get it until the 4th anyway..:mad:

Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers
 

no new info sadly, keep checking my order on MPD and still getting the 'pending stock' sign. I'm still unclear exactly in what order devices are going to be shipped/sold from MPD/Nokia Retail/Nokia flagship stores. I know Nokia flagship stores are now saying 4th December for in-store purchase because they have to clear pre-orders first, but are MPD pre-orders included in those pre-orders or not. If so, we should be getting them before 4th December.

Like you, I'm beginning to get a little bored of this waiting game and obviously worried about potential hardware/software issues. I mean, can you imagine how long it would take to get a replacement from MPD if it isn't working properly? It doesn't bear thinking about..still I'm going to contact them today to find out if there's any update, but I'm not particularly hopeful. I still reckon we'll get them on December 4th or even later. God, they really are a dodgy company, if I hadn't got the T-mobile contract with them before the quota was filled I would definitely cancel my order and try and get it elsewhere..

Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers
 

This +1
But Im seriously thinking of trying elsewhere anyway..

I don't think we can really hassle MPD until tomorrow, if stock arrives at the NFS, as then there will be an arguement that they are not the first...

I want to take part in the n900 threads that are springing up from the people that have got theirs...

Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers
 

Amen to that, at the moment I feel like I'm just an annoying whiner going on about MPD and the fact that my N900 hasn't been delivered :(

Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers
 

+1!

I really am getting fed up with myself now! lol - I am an annoying whiney *****!

My phone simply cannot turn up any later than mid-afternoon on Dec 4th because that's when I've off for a whole week! and won't be around to play with it! arg! Though if that does happen and it's delivered say 7th my OH will be able to collect it from royal mail. Meaning I'll have to entrust her to open it on the Thursday night and start charging it, so when I get home on the Friday evening it's had nearly 24 hours charge time and no excuses for me not to switch it on!!

Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers
 

I read that you need to charge it for 12 hours but surely you can switch it on while it's charging??!? There's no way I would manage to bear that!

Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers
 

You don't have to, but potentially the battery will have trouble reaching its maximum capacity if you do not do full charge/drain cycles the first few times before starting the normal "top up" routine.

Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers
 

That's what I plan on doing!

TBH, I am not sure how necessary this is these days, with various advancements in battery technology (plus it doesn't tell you to do it like it did in the old days, plus the batteries tend to come at least partially charged too). But it can't hurt can it?!

Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers
 

The batteries HAVE to come partially charged, as if they are left for a long period fully charged or nearly empty, that is what breaks them. Presumably that is why you have to run them through the cycle too, so that you kick them back into working order.

I would imagine it all depends on how long they have been left in storage. I know I didn't do the cycling on my iPod Touch and its totally out of whack now, so I may be more careful with the N900.

I didn't do it on my Xperia X1 either, but that was Lithium Polymer so perhaps not subject to the same issue.

Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers
 

I too have ordered from MPD and have been less than impressed by their lack of communications but has there actually been any confirmation yet that the N900 will be available from any other retailer on contract?