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My best buddy who works for Nokia (Symbian) came up at the weekend and it was the first time he had seen a live N900. After 20 minutes of 'Ohhs'; 'hmmms' and 'wows' he announced he was officially depressed. Says it all really :-)

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Best "wow" for me - being able to call my mother in Australia using Skype. Call quality was amazing and the cost was next to nothing.

Skype integration for me is the best thing about the N900, followed very closely by what most people have already added - multi-tasking, awesome browser, seamless connectivity between WiFi/3G.

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Stellarium was the first real wow.

One night I forgot my XP running and I was too lazy to get out of bed. I installed rdesktop, accessed the desktop remotely and shut the machine down. That was really nice :D

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My wow moments - Some of you might have mentioned similar one..

1) Remote control of my sony TV.
2) Angry birds and Bounce evaluation - on TV out
3) watching youtube videos (Using TV out )
4) Skype and GTalk , - Always online status for me. (this is really WOW initially - but now I am forced to stay offline ...every now and then somebody pings me...).
5) Watching faces of other guys who do not have N900 is really WOW for me ....always..!!!

Waiting for USSD. Also not happy with media player as I can not control it with my handsfree.

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this is my life. To be fair though, lots of phones can do that.

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Not with the ease/speed that I've done with the N900. I can write Perl scripts on the N900 to automate a lot of my work. :D

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There aren't quite as many 'wow' moments as there would be had I not already owned an N810. Since I have, it's often a glow of satisfaction as yet another app gets ported forward onto the N900 properly. FBReader for ebooks falls into that category. So does Digia @Scene, replacing mytube for offline YouTube video watching.

There are some things that are trying to steal 'wow' points from the iPod Touch or Symbian, as these were the first mobile device that had a good implementation of similar functionality:
mwtube -- live status of the London Underground
qtify -- spotify on the N900

Definite 'wow' points go to:
france24 -- for a nice online app for streaming video access (http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=486528&postcount=8)
maep -- a very fast GPS/map access app & reusable widget
osm2go -- editing OpenStreetmap maps on the go

Re: What have been your 'wow' moments with the N900 so far?
 

Well, I had a few WOW moments;
-Screenres
-Has a KDE look&feel to it ;)
-32+32GB of diskspace
-Maemo5 / Linux shell/console
-OK, also camera+vid quality
-Best browsing (now with FireFox beta !)
-Skype integrated, cristal clear calls between Holland-Russia

-I am most impressed with the speed of new apps that come to: extras-devel, sure I install them one-by-one and check how my system works, if OK, I keep the app. If not I trash it.

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My only "wow" was when I saw it in the shop and it seemed a lot smaller than I thought it would be. That screen is way too small & the device is too thick. So I was just disappointed. The device may render well & can do a few things most can't do but still not a 2010 device.

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Wow, finally *God* is wrong ! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5baddrlqUk

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* First boot
* First time watching videos via Facebook.com
* When organizing my widgets.
* XTerm!
* FM Transmitter
* WLM plugin for Availability menu & Pidgin IM
* First time WLAN. It is much powerful than my old N96.
* Rootsh and apt-get usage. It IS a Debian distro =)
* First time Conversation app, wrote some SMS really fast -i suck at it- thanks to QWERTY keyboard.
* Using LyricWiki and Shake2Control together.
* First time Speedometer app usage. I mostly dont use GPS features, so It was exciting to see how good it works.
* First time using CID port to remote control my TVs.
* PDF Reader. It is a great experience with N900's resolution.
* Playing OpenArena with accelometer
* Starting Debian LXDE and Iceweasel, OpenOffice, even "make" works with it.
* Playing Freeciv, emulating games with VGBA, The Mana World!
* SSH'ing into my device, using my PC remotely with my N900 (thanks to VLC) and vice versa.

I cant remember other things, Its a really exciting device, so It forces me to say "wow" every day.

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I have had numerous wow-moments but the most wow thing is that I still get those.

For example yesterday when I was playing the really excellent port of Ur Quan Masters I thought that "Hmm. It would be good if I could make some notes about the information that I just heard". Then I realised that I could just pause the game, open Notes application and start writing. And also open the high definition starmap on one window. I could even have the game manual open as pdf if I wanted (although that I don't really use it).

And with just a couple of clicks I can change between all these windows.

The joy of real multitasking.

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Wow, where did that scroll bar go.

Wow why can't I cut and paste from an email without editing it.

Wow, why can I use a scrollbar in the PDF viewer but nothing else.

Wow the N810 was so much easier to use.

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when I used the built in FM transmitter, only to find out that it actually transmits HD FM, because the radio starting to display the TITLE / ARTIST!!!

WOW!!

Re: What have been your 'wow' moments with the N900 so far?
 

Wow, you should have researched before buying, woW.

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I like the multitasking, its comfortable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOBZcOPpdA4

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Little 'wow' when I saw the developer community video on this page. As in "Wow! I know most of those guys!" :D

Second 'wow' when I saved the vid via download helper to avi and saw it on the n900. Superbe quality!

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Up at 5 this morning, 130 mile drive to Wales from London. Bluetooth headset, music player all the way down. Call the Wife on the way down by switching to the phone app. Hang up, musics starts to play again. Three hours later and battery has hardly budged.

In the Office, cant get on the Lan. Tether N900 to laptop via 3G, whoa that is fast. While its tethered I decide to take a pic through the window . Wow. Lovely view.

Upload pic to flickr direct from N900, now you get to see the view as well.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/...d6a91658fd.jpg

Back to work.

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Recent 'wow' moment: When i came back home after a short walk and my ssh connection (home computer to n900) automatically resumed without timing out.

My N800 sometimes even resumed sessions after reboot, which was a bit scary, but rather convenient.

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Just down the road from you in Leicester!

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Just had a 'wow' moment. My sister had asked of there was any way to save a bbc radio programme from 'listen again'. I wasn't actually thinking of using n900, but when I asked about whether anyone knew of a way, noobmonkey refered me to the thread about iplayer on n900.

I had looked at that when it was first posted and thought "looks wonderful, but far, far too clever for me". Now I had an incentive. So with noobmonkey holding my virtual hand, and my heart in my mouth I followed the instructions. And ten minutes later, the file my sister wanted was there on My Mo, waiting to just be copied onto the pc and burned to disk (don't tell the bbc!). My nephew will get a copy of his appearance on "Listen to the Band" for his CV, and my sister can have a copy to play in her car.

All that fancy tech around the house, and the piece of kit that made saving iplayer content easy was n900. :D

Thanks to all involved in that little venture. Yet another thing n900 knocks spots off everything else for!

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Just now.... Right now...... Im impressed.... Seriously.

I tried to test the multi tasking.. and its "WOW"... I opened 19 apps - processor hungry ones - mostly games... then I opened hotmail quickly, refreshed rss feeds, Played internet radio at the same time, recording at the same time... there was a total of about 22 apps by then . then i clicked on the connect to msn, ovi, and skype.. its then when the phone hanged on me....

Normally i would pull the battery off , but i thought lets wait.... i waited a minute or so, then it was fully functional again.. really laggy... but i DIDNT have to restart..it took a while, but i managed to close all of them..... a Windows os would have given up ages ago,,,,,,, this thing has got something serious under the hood

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Very few Wows for me, and the "do I keep it" was decided with the ripped DVD of chronicles of riddick (bought legally) at 1AM and watching it on the N900. Sound, picture and just the "Wow" of seeing it so clear. Very good.

It's not a phone, it's not a business tool and it's rubbish on battery, but for those few short hours I can watch some decent films while on the commute. (Then have to charge it all day for return trip)

Should have found this website before I paid the money. Still feel ripped off at the price.

Hopefully "Brainstorming" works and fixes all those niggles, it could become a great phone / business tool

Get rid of SMS conversations and just have SMS like emails.
A text editor for .txt and .rtf
Assign ringtones to contacts
Scroll bars and kinetic scrolling is pants. I am always selecting the wrong thing.

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Can at least solve this one for you. Have you tried Abiword? It is still work in progress though so you may want to wait for an opticised version

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I had a big "WOW" again (2nd time today) when my battery went flat dead on me!!! I left home at 11 and was travelling by bus.. On my way back, at 3pm, it kept saying battery low, then went BOOM!!!

Is it a WOW because of the 4 hour battery time??
or is it a WOW because how much I got stuck to the phone that I used it till the last drop of juice in the battery remained??
I;m still confused.... Ive never had a phone give up on me at 3pm....

by the way, I fully charged it at night....

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multitasking, multitasking and one more time multitasking it's amazing when I can browse and talk-chat with many people without wasting time, I don't know how iphone users can live without that ?

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The moment i got the angry birds pack2 and debian installed in my babe without any knowledge on maemo 5

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"Maemo 6 may or may not be supported on N900" -Nokia, less than 2 months after launch of N900

WOW!!!

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got the phone today, many wow moments so far,

+size was smaller than expected
+speed of device after installing all updates
+speed of web browser processing even when stuck with edge
+ease of use of keyboard
+multitasking is seamless, very impressed by seeing a youtube video play in the small multitask window
+dumping a lot of music and movies on no problem. ok the media player lagged briefly at the very start of a movie, but played the rest perfectly

-conversations doesnt work after firmware update and flash. may have to get replaced by nokia, but once that is working itll be perfect.

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Watching a device of this size and spec play flash videos.

And obsurd multitasking really made me Wow.

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My newest wow moment was http://listen.grooveshark.com it works with N900. The load up is pretty slow, but once you get in to it, it'll stream perfectly.

I just found grooveshark. It's a web based spotify type of service, also streaming music for free (adds). Awesome.

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when i see *.MKV movie on N900 can handle without issue and again when i see subtitle also work like a charm really this is the best moment...

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My Wow moment was when I did see my usb port inside my cellphone, then I did connect to charger and then USB female came out with charger male usb LoL..... it really was my WoW moment, was unbelievable!!
Now seems like USD 720 (latam market) goes to nothing OMG! WOW! WOW! plus more $$ for sending it back to try apply warranty! WoW!! USD 800+ total Wow, wait time Wow!

Lot of WoW moments but I feel really bad! was happier with my Nokia 1112, really!
My 2cents. Regards.

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I teach English in Mexico City. Having to lug my laptop to and fro isn't the safest of situations. I now put my PDFs and DOCs in a folder, my MP3 and MP4s in a folder. Hook up the phone to a LCD tv or a projector and I can do what I was doing on my laptop before.

I also use the DICT programs and display the various dictionaries to the class. I can zoom the document pages with ease.

Every student has asked me where they can buy one. Sadly, the 'newest' thing from Nokia here is the horrid N97.

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Application Manager --> Download --> VPNC-gui
Application Manager --> Download --> rdesktop
VPNC-gui --> Import PCF file.

VPN to work with RSA token then RDP to my work box.

Worked flawlessly, first time, off the bat without any tweaking/fiddling and the speed was very impressive!

Granted this is probably entirely possible on iPhone/Android/Windows Mobile/Symbian/etc but this is my N900 and this is my wow moment.

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That was hillarious but I feel your pain. Sorry dude.

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sitting in Costa watching the 6 Nations yesterday on live TV! Awesome.

Re: What have been your 'wow' moments with the N900 so far?
 

Wow, you should have researched before buying, woW.

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Watching Top Gear on iplayer, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen/, over 3G while travelling in train from London to Manchester, much to the look of increduality from my colleague sitting next to me...

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The easiness of setting everything up, was a big wow-moment for me. I am already an experienced Linux-user, so I was expecting to use my nerd card. But everything is so easy, 100 times more than the usual phone menus crap (this is my first smartphone, though), I had to go through in the past. Setting up a contact with integration of Skype, Google Talk, MSN aso. aso. is just beautiful, and I wish they would make something similar for the GNOME-desktop.

I also love the screen quality, SSH and the possibility to play my SCUMM-games :D But I am also blown away by the video of the coming games, looks astonishingly.