N900 Specifications - Page 8 - maemo.org

ColdFusion | # 71 | 2009-08-27, 16:34 | Report

Originally Posted by hyartep View Post

i was unhappy with smaller screen size. however as n900 is a phone i understand and accept this.

but now i miss some hardware keys. not only green/red for calls, but home button as well.

is it there somewhere?

Nope. Only volume + -, camera, lock and power buttons.

Screen is 3,5" so it's as big as iPhone's

dormant | # 72 | 2009-08-27, 16:36 | Report

Does the one on sale from Nokia Germany website have a German keyboard?

The photo on their site shows a QWERTY keyboard, but the text says eine vollständige QWERTZ-Tastatur.

Getting one from Germany is the easiest option for me, but I'd hate to be stuck with the German keyboard.

hyartep | # 73 | 2009-08-27, 16:39 | Report

Originally Posted by ColdFusion View Post

Screen is 3,5" so it's as big as iPhone's

i don't care for iphone. it is smaller than my n800! :-)

letters with small font, that i can read on n800 will be probably too small for me to read.

kelkinny2004 | # 74 | 2009-08-27, 16:41 | Report

Originally Posted by ColdFusion View Post

Nope. Only volume + -, camera, lock and power buttons.

Screen is 3,5" so it's as big as iPhone's

Hmmm....the screen size is disappointing. My wife has an iphone and it's too small for me. Especially after using the N810 for so long.

For now, I'll stay with the n810. Darn, I was waiting for the new one.

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hyartep | # 75 | 2009-08-27, 16:44 | Report

Originally Posted by ColdFusion View Post

Nope. Only volume + -, camera, lock and power buttons.

so how can i return to home screen? how do i make a call?

btwi: i prefer to have several physical buttons for phone, so i can operate it without looking. simple things, such as stopping a call, stoping morning alarm, start/stop playing music.

as n900 is the phone, i should be able to operate without slide-out keyboard.

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zehjotkah | # 76 | 2009-08-27, 16:48 | Report

Originally Posted by dormant View Post

Does the one on sale from Nokia Germany website have a German keyboard?

The photo on their site shows a QWERTY keyboard, but the text says eine vollständige QWERTZ-Tastatur.

Getting one from Germany is the easiest option for me, but I'd hate to be stuck with the German keyboard.

yes, it will have the german qwertz keyboard...

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mobiledivide | # 77 | 2009-08-27, 16:53 | Report

Linking to those European sites, makes me lol. People here are complaining about 550 Euros for this device, when the n97 retails for 650 Euros and there are dumb feature phones for 850 and 1300. 550 is such a great price for the N900 in comparison.

Viipottaja | # 78 | 2009-08-27, 16:59 | Report

Yup, a very good price indeed! Probably Nokia still "subsidizing" the N900 a bit to give more legs to Maemo and try to drive it to the market.

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debernardis | # 79 | 2009-08-27, 17:01 | Report

It costs *less* than the e90 in retail stores here. And e90 is quite an oldie now.

dormant | # 80 | 2009-08-27, 17:02 | Report

Originally Posted by zehjotkah View Post

yes, it will have the german qwertz keyboard...

Man, that sucks. So I probably can't buy until it appears in a European market with the US/UK variant. Or unlocked in the US.

Notable contrast between US and Europe launches - unlocked in Europe with no sudsidised handsets available yet but US seems to be set for subsidised handsets only at first.

That's capitalism for you, I guess.