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texaslabrat | # 51 | 2009-12-07, 19:26 | Report

Originally Posted by Johnx View Post

Working very well here as well. WRT, the in-car FM transmitter situation...I'm not sure if this even makes sense, but it seems like the direction my N900 is facing affects how well the car antenna picks it up. It seems to work especially well when the phone and antenna are parallel (phone sitting on the passenger seat, screen up with charging port pointing towards the front of the car and the car's antenna sticking out of the a-pillar on the driver's side), but that might just be cargo cult thinking on my part. If anyone knows more about radios, could you tell me if that makes sense

Yes, it makes sense. Without going into too much technical babble regarding polarization and lobes (amongst other factors), the relative orientations of the antennae (both in angles and in position) can have a dramatic effect on the signal when the transmitted power is "just enough" to begin with under ideal circumstances. When you have a over-abundance of power to work with, you never notice that kind of stuff but when you are running on the ragged edge of acceptable signal level those factors definitely come into play.

vode | # 52 | 2009-12-07, 19:26 | Report

Working flawlessly so far! Really solid piece of hardware and fremantle looks stunning!

Laughingstok | # 53 | 2009-12-09, 15:49 | Report

Up for people to see the truth. Check the polls

ahmadka | # 54 | 2009-12-09, 20:18 | Report

Got my N900 yesterday and I honestly cannot keep myself of it ... it is just that good !!! Nokia's marketing department sucks, no doubt, but their engineering department has really won my heart :P

cpscotti | # 55 | 2009-12-09, 22:12 | Report

Works like a fckng charm as well here! And also, this is linux fellas.. some people used to say that we loved linux bc it's "hard" and "not complete"... now we totally got it on a good phone... let the fun and bug hunting begins...
If I wanted something ****ing polished and without a single minor bug I would just buy two plastic glasses and some rope.

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Abemelek | # 56 | 2009-12-09, 22:14 | Report

Nokia portrait glitch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipek-5WzvXk

mikec | # 57 | 2009-12-09, 22:20 | Report

Originally Posted by cpscotti View Post

Works like a fckng charm as well here! And also, this is linux fellas.. some people used to say that we loved linux bc it's "hard" and "not complete"... now we totally got it on a good phone... let the fun and bug hunting begins...
If I wanted something ****ing polished and without a single minor bug I would just buy two plastic glasses and some rope.

Copscotti thats way good english from Italy

cpscotti | # 58 | 2009-12-18, 21:56 | Report

Originally Posted by mikec View Post

Copscotti thats way good english from Italy

well.... It says there that I *AM* in Italy...
That totally doesn't mean that I'm Italian!
(lol)
I'm just doing my thesis here..I'm from Brazil

yorg | # 59 | 2009-12-18, 22:04 | Report

Hello,

Got mine a couple of weeks ago from heathrow terminal 5 for about £430.

It is a great phone but of course it needs some improvments!

Overall I must say this is the first time I get a phone that new, and it is so robust. Everything else I got (i am an early adopter, I can't help it

), I had to wait till first firmware updates. The n900 works great, it just lacks some features but it doesn't claim it has them, and I find I can do without them anyway.

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verhagke | # 60 | 2009-12-18, 22:18 | Report

I love mine! The only thing I don't like is the performance and connectivity of the email client.