Originally Posted by Wikiwide

Contact lost&found.

Do you have IMEI of N900 written down anywhere? Like, original Nokia's box, if you haven't bothered to write down it before.

I find it highly disturbing when a lost device is considered lost forever. It isn't.

Originally Posted by FRuMMaGe

Well not everyone would just hand in a £500 phone to lost property. Particularly if they were short on cash or there was no-one around to judge them.

Can anyone here honestly say they wouldn't be the SLIGHTEST bit tempted to keep it if they found one?

Originally Posted by Wikiwide

I already have one N900 so getting a second one isn't all that tempting. If you had nine N900 would you be tempted to keep a tenth N900 you found? Clearly no. And similarly, keeping a found N900 as a second device when you already legally have the first N900 isn't all that tempting.

If I found one, I would contact the network provider of the SIM card in it and tell them the IMEI so that they would find the owner. And yes, I might play with the found N900 while the network provider sleeps and looks for the owner - like, turn on FM transmitter on one and FM receiver on the other.

But I wouldn't cross the line. It's too risky.

It's always better to make friends with the owner of the lost-and-found device, than to keep it to yourself and be afraid of every shadow.

You don't know what the penalty can be for keeping somebody's device instead of returning it.

And once you tell a lie, you have to keep telling larger and larger lies to keep cover. It's not a pleasant prospect.

For me money isn't an issue. I didn't buy my N900 - I got it (unlocked) as gift. And I will not sell my N900. At least I think so.

EDIT: Sorry if I sound harsh. For me it's not a topic to laugh about.