Nokia N900

Monkey Puzzle · 8 Nov 2009 at 16:12

SoundsGood said:
How did you manage to get Vodaphone to cancel your N97 contract?

I'm still waiting for the copy of my account notes from vodafone data protection office - a nice lady at vodafone customer services helpline put a note on my account saying I get really limited service and suggest I get a refund and cancellation of my contract. Phones4u said they'd give me a refund only with proof from vodafone I was getting terrible coverage - they wouldn't give me a refund when I initially got vodafone to put a note on saying I got "variable coverage" as the coverage map says.

The thing is, won't it end up costing a lot more to get the phone SIM-free from nokia and get a minutes & data contract? Likely to cost £20/month for the contract and then best part of £400 for the phone...

Wish they'd release details of when (or if) the HTC dragon/passion will come out, since that looks fantastic and I'll need to get a new phone soon (unless phones4u decide to be difficult again). I could do without a hardware keyboard with a 4.3" capacitive screen and snapdragon.

Monkey Puzzle · 8 Nov 2009 at 16:19

Christo said:
You did read the other pages of the review didnt you.. Its pretty indepth to me. Not entirely sure I trust your judgement after your earlier post saying the majority of reviews of the N900 were poor! - which quite frankly wasnt true.

To be fair, many reviews have had some reservations about the n900 - not saying it's crap but that it has drawbacks.

Id agree with him - Windows Mobile/camera is the HD2's achillies heel, the keyboard/camera of Droid are dire - the N900 is the best of the latest gen imo (of course the number of apps is its biggest flaw, resistive capacitive is completely moot, unless you've actually tried the device).

HD2 with android on would be nice....

I'm not actually that fussed about the camera on a phone. The n97 takes crap pics in bad light with weird white flash fog messing up the pics, the colours are washed out etc. It's okay for taking quick pics, but nothing compared to a cheap compact camera.

Richdog · 8 Nov 2009 at 16:31

Christo said:
You did read the other pages of the review didnt you.. Its pretty indepth to me.

Then you clearly don't have much call for detailed reviews... each of those 5 pages was woefully sparse in any detailed testing... compare that to a typical BGR or Slash review and it is frankly laughable.

Monkey Puzzle said:
To be fair, many reviews have had some reservations about the n900 - not saying it's crap but that it has drawbacks.

He's probably only read one or two.

edgedemon · 8 Nov 2009 at 17:26

Christo said:
If anyone here is getting an N900, and want google maps on it - do you fancy voting on my "new product idea" at google from google maps on N900/maemo.

(top idea)
http://productideas.appspot.com/#25/e=cf&v=24

Done, you now have 42 votes
Are you going to the meetup on the 17th?

Christo · 8 Nov 2009 at 18:15

Monkey Puzzle said:
To be fair, many reviews have had some reservations about the n900 - not saying it's crap but that it has drawbacks.

Id say the majority have been positive, but sure there are some with reservations, but to say the majority have been bad - like Richdog did, is disingenuous.

Richdog said:
Then you clearly don't have much call for detailed reviews... each of those 5 pages was woefully sparse in any detailed testing... compare that to a typical BGR or Slash review and it is frankly laughable.

He's probably only read one or two.

err, its not a detailed review - its a comparison, it touches the main points - so what points do you disagree...? Its rather valid reasoning imo.

edgedemon said:
Done, you now have 42 votes
Are you going to the meetup on the 17th?

bah no! Missed out, I checked in the morning, then the evening when they had all gone. ah well hopefully should be getting mine on Tues (if some people are to be believed).
ohh 42, nice, thanks

edgedemon · 9 Nov 2009 at 22:04

Saw this post elsewhere - very critical of the device

http://www.nokiausers.net/forum/noki...athrow-t5.html

OK, after the disappointment of the delivery dates or lack of them, I decided that I had to go see and actually hold a n900, sort of cheer myself up a bit. You will be glad to hear that I mostly disagree with the link to the post above...
First things first, I thought the build quality was good, the device had a nice solid feel to it, definately not plasticky or light. The keyboard had good size buttons, which did feel a bit plastic, but it slid out nicely with no travel and I didn't feel like I would break it with use

I was pleasantly suprised by the size, small it isn't, but it is by no means the brick that I have heard it called by some, and yes it is 'pocketable' - which for me is important..

The screen was top notch, nice and clear, though the UI will take a bit of getting used to, I was thinking that it didn't feel responsive at all until I realised that I wasn't pressing hard enough!!
I had to scroll down through the list of wireless networks, so the wireless chip obviously works and seems to be picking up lots of networks

The 4 desktops are a nice touch that I can see me making a lot of use of. Im not sure over the UI - in places it was really slick, and felt fast, I kept opening as many windows as I could find, and I loved the task switcher, pure genius. But at times it was really laggy, and I could have had a snooze while waiting for ovi maps to open - I have no idea what firmware revision the phone was on, maybe that was an issue, but lag it did in places and badly...

Overall, I was impressed, and it was good to actually touch one and have a go using it, though I left the store wanting it even more than I did before I went in..

No MPD rep in store and the nokia guy seemed pretty clueless about it in general apart from it will be out next week, but Id take that with a pinch of salt...

chaparral · 9 Nov 2009 at 22:40

edgedemon said:
Saw this post elsewhere - very critical of the device

http://www.nokiausers.net/forum/noki...athrow-t5.html

Your Link not working

I think this is the link you tryed to post http://www.nokiausers.net/forum/nokia-n900/31908-just-played-n900-heathrow-t5.html

fowler002 · 9 Nov 2009 at 23:04

I had a little play with it in the nokia store in town, couldn't connect to the net so couldn't test the browsing. I was in a hurry so didn't really get into much detail, will try poping in again and have a much more indepth play(as long as the customer helper/s let me

).

Seft · 10 Nov 2009 at 00:30

fowler002 said:
I had a little play with it in the nokia store in town, couldn't connect to the net so couldn't test the browsing. I was in a hurry so didn't really get into much detail, will try poping in again and have a much more indepth play(as long as the customer helper/s let me ).

Most Nokia stores will let you use the store's wifi to test out the internet if you ask.

Cyclone · 10 Nov 2009 at 01:27

In the UK the Nokia N900 will be free on a two-year contract at £35 monthly plan from Orange, or for £10 on a £30 per month plan at O2 (with a two-year service agreement).

http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2009/11/05/nokia-n900-pricing-release-dates-us-nov-14-uk-nov-16/

edgedemon · 10 Nov 2009 at 08:44

Delivery is GO!!!

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologysector/idushel00939820091110

Nokia have started shipping the n900 at last...

Bevysters · 11 Nov 2009 at 02:50

Eeeeee just ordered mine

cant wait now

Monster · 11 Nov 2009 at 08:10

Think I'm going to be ordering this just as soon as I see what contracts are definately on offer, only seems to be Voda on MPD currently so will wait a week ish I think.

edgedemon · 11 Nov 2009 at 09:36

I've been on pre-order since last month via MPD, I was lucky enough to get one of the t-mobile contracts. Best estimated for delivery is next tuesday, Im hoping that they will honour this as Im going to the n900 meetup on the 17th and it would be nice to actually have the device by then..

Phoenix211 · 11 Nov 2009 at 10:00

same. got the t-mobile one. Weird how you can't get it through the site now. Last night it was still on MPD but said you had to ring to preorder and couldn't do it on the site, now its gone :/

Monster · 11 Nov 2009 at 11:27

What was the T-Mobile contract, was it especially good?

Monkey Puzzle · 11 Nov 2009 at 12:10

iirc there was 300 mins plus texts and data for 30 for 12mths or 25 for 18tmhs. Bothst cost a bit for the phone -70ish i think.

Bevysters · 11 Nov 2009 at 14:02

I just got mine sim free as im on o2 simplicity after getting out of my orange contract with my n97. Anyone found any good apps for it yet im hoping to have a few things for when it appears.

Christo · 11 Nov 2009 at 16:02

Bevysters said:
I just got mine sim free as im on o2 simplicity after getting out of my orange contract with my n97. Anyone found any good apps for it yet im hoping to have a few things for when it appears.

There arent many at the moment - you'll be able to download them direct from the N900 ovi store, plus have a look in the 'extras' section, there you can download beta applications. Personally Im really looking forward to the N64 emulator (when its ready)..

(some here: http://maemo.nokia.com/maemo-select/applications/)

edgedemon · 11 Nov 2009 at 16:15

Monster said:
What was the T-Mobile contract, was it especially good?

Nokia N900 ON Combi 30
[FONT=&quot]£77.99[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]£29.36[/FONT] per month

Got a 12 month contract, so the phone works out at £430.
Plan on dumping the sim, and using my work sim for the 'free' data

I think it was around 35 p/m for the unlimited data web'n'walk, but not needed in my case