What do you do if you hate Apple and iPhone? When Windows Mobile 7 is not ready yet. If you use your phone for browsing and sms and almost never make a phonecall. If you liked Nokia in the past. Well, the new Nokia N900 is an option and I decided to buy one. Here's my good/bad list after owning it for a few weeks time. Initially I will give the N900 a 4/6 rating, but it certainly has higher potential if the software is being improved. It is not a phone for everybody, but I like a lot of it's features and I hope the things I don't like will get fixed over time via updates and/or apps.THE GOODopen Maemo OS (Linux) makes it easy for developers to improve the phone with great appsbrowser state of the art for mobile. Built on Firefox and optimized. Displays about anything including flash. Facebook, youtube, huge newspapers, you name it. Not that intuitive and takes a bit of training, but works greatstylus pen useful for some websites (facebook, newspapers), very handy for precision and to reduce the need for zooming. Sits inside the phone when not usedgood physical keyboard I seriously hate on-screen keyboardswidescreen display great for movies and browsingresolution 800x480 great for movies and browsingemail client excellent, shows mails like your pc. handles attachments and microsoft exchange as well. Love it. Userinterface can still be improved upon, but already greatconversations (sms) excellent way of handling sms conversationsmusicplayer very easy and simple to use with great sound in my Sony headphones. No EQ, but not really missedmovieplayer plays about any type of movie you can throw at it, looks awesomeGPS ultra fast lock compared to my old N95memory 32gb in phone + 16gb card. That should be enough for a whilephoto viewer awesome due to the huge resolutionyoutube (zoutube) watch youtube videos either in browser or via the zoutube viewer (faster)camera 5mp (2584 × 1938 pixels) Carl Zeiss opticsvideo 848 × 480 and 25fpsresponsiveness good processor+graphic chip, quite fastuserinterface very intuitive and easy to use with 4 screens for widgets, bookmarks etc.online autoupdate you don't have to worry about updates for phone+apps, you'll get notified automatically3G/wifi control switches automatically to your defined wifi when available, works fantasticmovie stand great for watching moviesstereo speakers sounds quite good for movies. Music is better via external bluetooth speakersphone yes the phone, call quality and contacts work wellTHINGS TO IMPROVEnokia maps nowhere as great as the maps I had on my N95. Missing maploader preload + no navigation + rather slow userinterface. Will probably be improved later, but at the moment it kinda sucksmissing mms will probably get fixed soonhorizontal/vertical view support for vertical view in gps, musicplayer and browser would be very welcomefacebook app it desperately needs a (great) facebook app so you don't have to use the website everytime. Although the website is fully functional in the browser, an app is often better because of less data download and quicker usecalendar needs more settings and more flexibility. It's not bad at all, but it could be improved a lotlimited number of useful applications (and games) will probably be improved over timeTHE BADsize 110.9 × 59.8 × 18 mm is rather bigweight approx 181g is rather heavytop buttons placement (volume/zoom, camera) could be better, there's plenty of room and I think they should have been nearer to the edgesbattery (BL-5J 1320mAh) with the phone being this big the battery should have been bigger and last longerLINKSmaemo.nokia.com/n900maemo.orgnokia-n900.orgn900wallpapers.com
