Re: So what did you expect?
 

I love Ozzy. The Samsung Propel commercial he did is one of the funniest mainstream commercials I've seen in recent years.

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I like that. How about the two of them fighting:

[Sharon]: Tuun right in 25 meedus.

[Ozzy]: No, no, no. Don't listen to 'r. Turn left, the phaamacy's that way.

Re: So what did you expect?
 

I'm hoping to attract a mistress. Is the n900 good for that?

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I'm expenting the best cellphone out there... and... n900 is, at least for me :D
... What else!!!
Perfection only in ur dreams. That is like try find the perfect girl^^

Take advantage of ur device as much as u can.

PS: btw useless post.

Re: So what did you expect?
 

I do not have the phone yet as it should arrive tomorrow from Dell.

For $500 in the year 2009 I expect from the phone to have a very good email client period. I can be without fancy transitions but I need to have a reliable email/phone.

Transitions, music is secondary as this does not make me a dime in my business. I do not want to have a candy phone that has a limited functionality (no email/global search, lack of imap support, conference calling, etc.)

If n900 does not meet that requirements it goes back pure and simple. I have BB on both Tmobile and Sprint, and I was planning to consolidate my lines and I like voice quality of Tmobile.

Since I do not like ATT, Iphone is not for me. But I beginning to see why iphone is so popular and why perhaps I should be shorting Nokia stock.

The verdict will be tomorrow but I am not going to invest in a sinking ship

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For $1000 I can't even get a laptop with a decent email client. The laptop, yes, but all email clients suck :D

Seriously, it'll be interesting to see what you think. If I were after a superb email client, I wouldn't expect it on the N900 (at this time - it will evolve) and I'd get something else.

But not an iPhone - how can you seriously do proper emails on a phone with no keyboard? Unless you're one of those people who only writes 2-line emails :D

Based on my experience with phones, it's usually worth persisting for a week or two with a new one even if it's annoying, because you get over the differences and things you were expecting from the last one, and only then can you get a feel for what the new one does well. Sometimes differences are really annoying and seem like stupid design decisions, yet after a few weeks I've seen my mind completely changed.

As it happens, I am in the market for a great email client and general all-purpose life assistant integrated communications megacentre, but I'm prepared to port or even write one if necessary which suits my personal way of working.

That's a major plus for the N900 for me - I'm not stuck with what it comes with; I can adapt it to work the way that suits me. And I will.

Sucks to be an ordinary user who doesn't program, though :D

No, wait, even non-programmers are allowed to use the free apps written by others! Enjoy, you're welcome, have a nice day :D

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Yes, the N900 provides excellent access to dating web sites! I recommend okcupid.com :p

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With one exception (Sharp GX10i - bleh!) I've only ever had Nokia phones. Maybe that qualifies me as a fanboi, I don't know.

In my defence, I would point out that as each contract has come up for renewal, I've looked at the handsets on the market and wound up plumping for yet another Nokia. So far, my list looks like this:

Nokia 7110 - died of water damage
Nokia 6600 - survived contract, donated to wife who left it in the back of a taxi
Nokia 6680 - survived contract, donated to wife who looked after it
Nokia N93 - survived contract, donated to eldest daughter who broke 2 of the buttons off it
Nokia N95 8GB - current handset, still going strong after 20 months, best handset I've had so far
Nokia 5800 - impulse purchase for wife to replace ancient 6680

Earlier this year, I was very briefly the proud owner of a Samsung i8910 on Orange. The handset was superb (3.8 inch AMOLED touch screen and built in DiVX support) but the network coverage from Orange was abysmal, so it went back after 5 days. The i8910 isn't available on any other network in the UK unless you buy SIM-free for around £550, so that was the end of that.

I got quite excited when the N97 was announced, but a detailed look at the hardware specs and 10 minutes playing with one soon convinced me to leave well alone.

I've had it with Symbian as a smart phone platform - the straw that broke the camels back for me was the call log 'bug' on all S60 3rd editon and 5th edition handsets that many people (incorrectly as i turned out) blamed on Nokia. It turned out that the bug was in fact a feature (Google 'S60 call log bug') introduced by Symbian cuz they know best. Don't even get me going on the old signed/unsigned SIS files thing...

Anyhoo, the N900 was announced and I got interested again. A fresh direction for Nokia, phone and NIT in the same device, with funky touch screen, decent hardware to run it on and Linux as the underlying OS. My N900 won't be with me until after December 3rd, at which point Nokia and I will be drinking together in the last chance saloon. If it turns out to be a pile of fetid dingos kidneys, than I'll start looking at other manufacturers/platforms.

In short, I don't believe I have any firm expectations this time round. I've volunteered to buy in to a completely new product line, but only because I can't see the N-series going much further for Nokia unless Maemo takes off in a big way in the next 12 - 24 months. I hope I'll be pleasantly surprised, but it won't be the end of the world if I find myself typing "+1" on the "N900 sucks" thread in 6 months time.

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Thank you! That's a really nice compliment. Not sure if I can live up to it! I can assure you that I am pretty much the same person online and IRL - at least I try to be.

That was part of the problem:we couldn't. It had been set up for us by her husband - she had no clue how to use it and I was driving. We were stuck with him for about 45 minutes. And he does swear at every single roundabout. I'll stick to my AA routemap and a fistsful of OS maps thanks. ;)

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I expected Adobe to put FLASH 10 ON IT!
That is what i expected. How long has 10 been around for and no version for maemo. What is the f'n problem? Can one of you just convert the linux version and a bunch of us can pitch in 10$