Nokia N900

Robbo · 5 Jan 2010 at 13:28

Got mine now!

My lord its AWESOME

bridder · 5 Jan 2010 at 15:55

Glad you got it on time Robbo, it is a brilliant piece of kit isn't it

I'm still waiting for my old number to port, have had a text message to my old number though now and it is going through tomorrow.

I fell into using mine in landscape mode so easily that it feels natural now, I aren't even that bothered about Nokia coming up with a portrait update for it...

congrats,
J.

Kitchster_uk · 5 Jan 2010 at 17:40

bridder said:
I fell into using mine in landscape mode so easily that it feels natural now, I aren't even that bothered about Nokia coming up with a portrait update for it...

J.

Good to see I'm not the only one, it really hasn't bothered me as the few things that do not require any thought such as reading sms and mail can be done one-hand, everything else is better done 2 handed anyway.

Andrew G · 5 Jan 2010 at 18:47

Flare said:
Im going to get myself the N900 tomorrow, i've been following this thread from the start and had quite a bit of time on the phone and love it

I'm going to go for a 12 month contract and put ~£180 towards the phone to keep the monthly charge low.
I will most likely go for this:
700 mins
Unlimited Texts
Unlimited Internet
@ £30p/m / £35p/m

Which works out just under £600 which i think is really good conisdering the handset itself is £500.

I think I have figured this one out on 12 month Contract

Your Plan £35 + Web (£40 p/m)
700 mins
Unlimited Texts
Unlimited Internet

40x12+128= £608 for the year's contract which I think gets to your figure

works out to £50 p/m if the phone was free

Anyone managed to get better than this?

Syphon · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:22

All my contacts are stored in google's cloud and I currently update them and access them from my iphone. I presume the same can be done with this phone?

cheers

Flare · 5 Jan 2010 at 20:52

Andrew G said:
I think I have figured this one out on 12 month Contract

40x12+128= £608 for the year's contract which I think gets to your figure works out to £50 p/m if the phone was free

Anyone managed to get better than this?

Thats the one

Although i decided not to go for that and went for an 18 month contract because ti actually works out better for me.

Can someone help me with the internet, i can't get it to work on my old sim (waiting for my number to port over to the Vodafone sim)

Do i need to set it up/download settings or somthing?
Also, i've experienced a couple of little bugs when texting, i'll get a picture if it happens again.
When i got mine the guy in the shop told me that there is a firmware update coming out soon to fix the freezing bugs and what not that some people have been having with the first batch of handsets. (Mine is 3rd batch)

Darryl_1983 · 6 Jan 2010 at 14:27

I went for the 12 month contract @ £35, handset at £141. total = £561. Thats with unlimited web, think it was 600 text and 300 minutes. Which is more than enough for me, i mainly us it for the web browsing.

Bit disappointed with vodafones 3G service, as can only get 2G at a few places i normally visit. But the phone so far as been excellent.

Luseac · 6 Jan 2010 at 15:39

Really quite annoyed... Ordered mine through nokia retail on the 1st of Jan. Despite most shops managing to open New Years Day they obviously took it off, 2nd and 3rd was the weekend which they obviously don't work either. Maybe this is just bad timing I thought? But i've paid for special delivery so it will be posted out on the 4th I'm sure. Got an email on the 4th stating that it had been despatched Great I thought.

Except come Tuesday when our postie decided to deliver (circa 3pm :/) there was no package, cue me phoning them up and after a series of phone calls/webchats I get a call saying that it hasn't been despatched for some reason or another and the email was sent by mistake, but not to worry because it will be sent tomorrow (6th)... Phone up today to try and get a Royal Mail tracking number and finally get through to someone, who informs me that the despatch place is closed today for the snow.

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

Christo · 6 Jan 2010 at 16:04

lucasade1 said:
Really quite annoyed... Ordered mine through nokia retail on the 1st of Jan. Despite most shops managing to open New Years Day they obviously took it off, 2nd and 3rd was the weekend which they obviously don't work either. Maybe this is just bad timing I thought? But i've paid for special delivery so it will be posted out on the 4th I'm sure. Got an email on the 4th stating that it had been despatched Great I thought.

Except come Tuesday when our postie decided to deliver (circa 3pm :/) there was no package, cue me phoning them up and after a series of phone calls/webchats I get a call saying that it hasn't been despatched for some reason or another and the email was sent by mistake, but not to worry because it will be sent tomorrow (6th)... Phone up today to try and get a Royal Mail tracking number and finally get through to someone, who informs me that the despatch place is closed today for the snow.

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

Thinks never seem to go as planned do they, grr!

Luseac · 6 Jan 2010 at 16:20

No

I want it NAOW!!!!

Andrew G · 6 Jan 2010 at 19:01

its fate! probably more bad timing and them having to play catch up on orders

I was trying to place an order today but their website would not action the bank details screen, pressing submit and nothing happened, no time out, no details submitted just page hanging with the old blue circle hour glass on chrome. Have sent an e-mail to ask what's occurring. Also took the chance to ask a few other questions and it seems fair use on data is only a poultry 500mb so I am now in second mind to order or wait for N900 on O2 since they have a much higher limit.

arctine · 6 Jan 2010 at 19:12

lucasade1 said:
Really quite annoyed... Ordered mine through nokia retail on the 1st of Jan. Despite most shops managing to open New Years Day they obviously took it off, 2nd and 3rd was the weekend which they obviously don't work either. Maybe this is just bad timing I thought? But i've paid for special delivery so it will be posted out on the 4th I'm sure. Got an email on the 4th stating that it had been despatched Great I thought.

Except come Tuesday when our postie decided to deliver (circa 3pm :/) there was no package, cue me phoning them up and after a series of phone calls/webchats I get a call saying that it hasn't been despatched for some reason or another and the email was sent by mistake, but not to worry because it will be sent tomorrow (6th)... Phone up today to try and get a Royal Mail tracking number and finally get through to someone, who informs me that the despatch place is closed today for the snow.

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

Same thing happened to me today

The woman on the phone was confident they'd be able to dispatch them tomorrow which means we'll receive um Friday hopefully.

Robbo · 6 Jan 2010 at 19:28

I ordered mine via Nokia Retail on the 2nd of Jan and came Tuesday without any problems. Unlucky

Andrew G · 6 Jan 2010 at 19:55

what do you lot think about the may I say "crappy" 500mb cap on internet p/m, I had a HTC Touch HD on Orange and would use 750 to 1gb per month which meant data charges.

Kitchster_uk · 6 Jan 2010 at 21:14

Come on then, let's see your desktops. This is my home screen, cba uploading the rest. To print screen, hold shift, control and P

Flare · 7 Jan 2010 at 00:18

what do you have on your other desktops Kitscher? My other ones are pretty empty because I have as many as would fit on my main desktop

Kitchster_uk · 7 Jan 2010 at 08:08

On 2 I have 8 bookmarked web pages, 3 has a weather widget, data monitor and maps widget and 4 has my 3 most used contacts and the ovi/maemo shortcuts

9zap · 7 Jan 2010 at 11:08

Is there a simple call log on this device to just track accummulate talk time?

arctine · 7 Jan 2010 at 16:52

lucasade1 said:
Really quite annoyed... Ordered mine through nokia retail on the 1st of Jan. Despite most shops managing to open New Years Day they obviously took it off, 2nd and 3rd was the weekend which they obviously don't work either. Maybe this is just bad timing I thought? But i've paid for special delivery so it will be posted out on the 4th I'm sure. Got an email on the 4th stating that it had been despatched Great I thought.

Except come Tuesday when our postie decided to deliver (circa 3pm :/) there was no package, cue me phoning them up and after a series of phone calls/webchats I get a call saying that it hasn't been despatched for some reason or another and the email was sent by mistake, but not to worry because it will be sent tomorrow (6th)... Phone up today to try and get a Royal Mail tracking number and finally get through to someone, who informs me that the despatch place is closed today for the snow.

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

I rang them earlier mate, they've been sent out today and are set to arrive tomorrow morning. Just in time for the weekend

Mekrel · 8 Jan 2010 at 01:11

Kitchster_uk said:
Come on then, let's see your desktops. This is my home screen, cba uploading the rest. To print screen, hold shift, control and P

Right, so they have this new OS... yet they've gone and used the same outdated icons and Symbian fonts...

Nokia need to learn quick else they're going to lose more market share than they already have.