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Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

JohnS — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:49:38 -0000

lol - hilarious post and subsequent comments. guess it doesn't take much to impress you. not much of a pre-release since i'm at almost 2-months of owning this thing. we all got pre-pre-releases with much more than a couple bugs, a few few missing features and that kind of battery life (either embellished OR a lot or heavy use == setting it on your desk for 5 hours with no email, active widgets, calls, etc.... there is NO way).

weird posting so won't bother with part 2. just visit bugs on mameo org or their forums and don't worry about listening to me. read how many bugs, enhancement requests (many have been closed by nokia with no plans to add even the most basic of features) and how much pure pain this far from complete device is causing everyone.

oh, yes it is a phone. why else would they give us a tiny chiclet keyboard, a small screen, no ability to use a bluetooth keyboard (they have officially said they won't add), no dpad, stray so far from the comfortable, more usable N8*0s that I still have to keep with me for many reasons? ah, i forgot, why exactly would they make it a, well, phone?

don't worry about your skype bill, too many are complaing about boatloads of issues. front camera? firmware problem and only one junk app in the testing repo to use it for something (couldn't figure out what) with nokia not having plans for video calls or anything else with it. infrared? well, it's there, but they don't plan on doing anything with it, but there is a flakey app in testing that might let you use it as a remote.

wish i knew all of this in the first couple weeks so i could return. i wasn't impressed, but figured they'd be updating untils i spent time on mameo/nokia site. most their focus is on maemo6, which most likely won't run on your expensive 1/4 complete n900.

still waiting for an update to fix the myriad bluetoothe problems that they knew about before release. well, any update would be nice because it can't get any worse.

more like step 2 of 5 that will be lucky to reach 3 based on what they've been saying on maemo's site.

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Iphone 3GS vs N900 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:57:36 -0000

Hi everybody,
Let me tell you my experience base on true story. I wanna know which mobile phone is the best either Iphone or N900. I drop both phone in the pool (5ft depth). You know what !!! N900 win. Cuz N900 can get a call in 5ft depth water. Can’t you believe it!!! Water proof, you can enjoy talking in the water. Nice Tried.

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

rpcutts — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:11:20 -0000

3 times on 3 different blogs you reply to my comment with the exact same response.
What's the point?

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Matias — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:58 -0000

I am waiting for part 3!

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

davidmaxwaterman — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:04:52 -0000

telepathy-extras gives you some more IM support - I now have available:

Ovi by Nokia
Skype
AIM
Gadu Gadu
Google Talk
GroupWise
ICQ
IRC
Jabber
MSN
MSN (Haze)
QQ
SIP
Salut
Sametime
Yahoo

I heard that some of them don't work so well, so perhaps that's why they're not in the main one. YMMV. At least it shows what they're aiming for. I'm currently signed in for AIM, GTalk, MSN, Ovi, Skype, and Yahoo, and regularly use GTalk and Skype.

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

DJC — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:46:45 -0000

A brake? :)

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Staska — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:14:53 -0000

Part 2 is here: http://www.unwiredview.com/...

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

john — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:03:16 -0000

where is the part 2

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Staska — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:24:25 -0000

Speakers OK for a mobile device, IMHO. On par with N95

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Sophie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:20:48 -0000

Hii!

I have a question!!

How is the audio? I mean are the speakers loud or on par with the N95?

Thanksss x

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Staska — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:44:42 -0000

HAve no idea. Never used it, and didn't even lnow it's possible

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

chrisphillers — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:54:49 -0000

cool:)

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

chrisphillers — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:54:25 -0000

Because Yahoo/MSN isnt integrated yet..

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Staska — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:44:35 -0000

I used and liked Fring on S60. But I wonder what will be the point in using Fring on N900, if all your IM accounts are natively integrated into your phone/contacts anyway?

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Staska — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:42:56 -0000

It seems that missing IM services will get to N900 very soon. Some of them probably even before official launch.

Found a plugin for MSN (beta version), installed it and now MSN natively integrated with my phone book. JUst like Skype and GTalk.

Haven't found any way to make video calls yet, though.

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Staska — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:39:23 -0000

It's up now: http://bit.ly/3f3Y14

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

chrisphillers — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:55:44 -0000

Fring (a multiple IM client) is ready on the N900 - this allows the use of MSN, yahoo etc etc.

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Ryan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:04:46 -0000

hey does the n900 have a sms signature? i operate a business and most of my other phones i used, had an option for it, just wondering if the n900 did?

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Holdn — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:58:56 -0000

When is part 2 of your review coming? .... Can wait to hear what you dont like about this "God" like phone.

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Staska — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:47:12 -0000

Yahoo and MSN messengers are not yet supported on N900. At the moment integrated IM/VoIP services are: Skype, GTalk, Jabber.

And for now, I haven't found any way to use friont facing camera. But it's early days, I haven't explored all the things in N900. Haven't even tested the main camera. Also more firmware updates are coming, so things can change pretty soon

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Staska — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:40:05 -0000

No and no to both. It did not have CD in a box and is not yet supported by OVI Suite 2.

But I have only a pre-release model so such things can be expected. I'm sure, in a commercial release these issues will be fixed.

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

Staska — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:37:37 -0000

No. It does not have voice navigation. And it uses the old OVI Maps 1. <aps navigation="" on="" n900="" for="" now="" is="" a="" real="" stepdown="" from="" even="" the="" old="" symbian="" handsets="" like="" n95,="" that="" are="" able="" to="" use="" ovi="" maps="" 3="" and="" google="" maps.="" it's="" one="" of="" the="" things="" i'ma="" unhappy,="" and="" will="" talk="" in="" review="" part="" 2="" tomorrow.="" haven't="" tested="" other="" voip="" services,="" except="" for="" skype="" (which="" worked="" flawlesly).="" may="" to="" that="" some="" time="" later.="">

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

dansus — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:35:17 -0000

Dialcentral will do Google Voice and others soon.

Web on 3G is great.

MMS due Dec 09.

Tethering, yes.

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

karim — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:32:08 -0000

can you please tell us if you can use the front facing camera for video chat on yahoo messanger or msn
if not then where can u use it
i read some where that it could be used for 3g video calling does that mean that u could do that on tmobile

Re: Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked

happy4578 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:54:10 -0000

Great review... cant wait for the next part.
I have a few questions.
Did you get to use Google Voice? I Ask because Ive been using it on my pre alot lately and need it to work out the box.
Hows the 3G web browsing speed?
Also any word MMS being included?
Lastly is there a tethering app for this phone something like Joiku for Maemo 5?