I've had my n900 for 2 weeks now, and I've had absolutely no problems whatsoever.
It's surprising that i've had no issues though - I dropped it into water a week ago. I freaked out a bit, but then I pulled it apart, dried it out and let it sit overnight in a bowl of dry rice and it fixed itself up and hasn't had any issues at all
Got mine in mid-December, no random reboots. Charging doesn't always start when connecting the USB plug. Occasionally slows down, and some programs sometimes hang. That must be expected on any such device, I believe. I do run software from the "testing" depository, which isn't supposed to be as stable as extras. Mostly it's still stable.
There is a list floating around here somewhere about features that is expected in a phone that is lacking in the N900. Most people here will scuff at that list, but I agree with several, most even, of those points. However, as someone here said, "it's perfect for me!" You may never miss any of those features. I know I never miss portrait mode.
Finally I own a Nokia N900 myself for 2 months now, Love it and never have problem. I guess it is all just hype and depending on individual user experience
i would say its the nature of the device, it can do nearly anything.
i use it as a pc and phone replacement, if nokia play this right maemo 6 will be one hell of a platform.
i would say it has many problems, but most of them are minor.
people shout at problems but rarely shout at success
i would like to shout at sucess
The N900 is bloody beautiful and has massive potential - Nokia just need to sort out the basic issues (Native MMS, ovi support, portait SMS, ovi maps turn by turn, media player issues). Then we'd be golden. Lets hope Nokia do the right thing eh..