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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHSZfhY25Jc

]]>Oct 12th 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/After I heard that I preordered my HD2 which should arrive in just 2 weeks in the place I have prepared for it in my pocket.]]>Oct 12th 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
The no tethering claim was pure BS. Even the product pages say:"Capability to serve as data modem via USB connection". ]]>Oct 12th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 13th 2009 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
If Windows Mobile 7 is to bring the same goodness of its desktop counterpart, I think we have a tough decision to make. What makes me lot the N900 now the most if the keyboard. I need real keys, I can't deal with the virtual ones. ]]>Oct 12th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
That and the browser supports xpi addons from mozilla.org directly, so I can load noscript and adblock+ on my phone. How awesome is that?]]>Oct 12th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
http://mobiletechaddicts.com/2009/10/13/n900-first-look/]]>Oct 14th 2009 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
But things you should consider: (in my opinion in decreasing order of importance).
1) Who is the manufacturer? Features of the device. What can i do with the device considering my own life-style, background?
How many extra apps may be required to take care of my day-to-day stuff? Lesser the apps required, better, More apps required
shows indirectly device's limits, shortcomings, that it requires more third-party apps, also more the apps, more memory needed,
more chances of failure and hang-ups, restarts, etc. If you have a full web-browser experience, you won't require half of the crappy
apps.
Do i need hardware QWERTY keyboard? What's the battery life? Do i need TV-out? Do i need FM-Transmitter or FM Radio or
both?

2) Locked or unlocked. Contract for 2 years or not? Want freedom to switch as per market shift? Tmobile's rumored $50 unlimited plan?
Final total price of the phone. Whether there are rebates involved. (with rebates you pay higher tax on pre-rebate price).

3) How can you save more money by buying a particular device? Like: Can i make voip calls, can i use internal gps without any data plan? can i have downloadable maps on my device for different countries?How much do i have to pay for these maps? Can i get them legally free? What accessories come included in the box?

4) What is the manufacturer planning for the future of the device's OS? Are they making efforts to make it easy for developers to
make their apps cross-platform compatible?

5) Last comes about the processor speeds, and screen tech. Do i really need 1GHz proc? or 600 MHz would be fine as per my lifestyle? How many hours am i going to be glued to my phone versus my computer? Is the Resistive screen adequate enough for me. (ignoring engadget reviews, but considering user reviews).

6) Final things read user reviews first and then blog reviews.

I follow the above method when i select my smartphone, because nowadays phone have become an expensive buy for us, compared to few years ago, when we were used to feature phones. ]]>Oct 12th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/I read somewhere that its terrible and will only last ~6hrs
and i read somewhere else that it destroys the HD2.
Any clarification?]]>Oct 13th 2009 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
Battery life seems to be excellent, 8hrs+ with very heavy use, 16+ with normal use, 2 days light use.]]>Oct 14th 2009 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
]]>Oct 12th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/It can't even replace my iPod.
Which phone can truly replace my iPod touch 100%?
So 2 Years of data n voice here in USA.
Voice 60 data 35$

So 95. Tines 24 months $2400
plus cost of phone $$3100!!!
Fir price of ownership for a nokia.

]]>Oct 12th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
You're still off. $580 on amazon and $650 on their main page.

Then either $50 unlimited plan in 2010, but for now $59 plan on t-mobile contracted for 2 years, and activation fee = $1946-2036.99 over 2 years. I don't need to go over the price of the other phone, so just get macjonny in here to say I'm a nerd again and move on?]]>Oct 12th 2009 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
Wait for the 1ghz android.]]>Oct 12th 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
Android is just... well... Android.]]>Oct 12th 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/As long as the application is resolution independant and not to heavy for the OMAP processor.]]>Oct 12th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
Does anybody honestly believe that this phone would be better then an android variant with the same features? if so why?]]>Oct 12th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
RESISTIVE SUCKS (They'll get their panties in a bunch because of that).]]>Oct 12th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
and what the hell did resistive screens have to do with this thread? Seriously go back into left field!]]>Oct 12th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
I don't think Maemo 5 will be a BIG advantage over Android for me unless I'm a die-hard Ubuntu fan. Many of Ubuntu's applications will be directly ported to the N900, because it's a Linux variant after all.

That's not to say the same won't happen for Android.

It might sound a little fanboyish (my username doesn't help one bit), but I feel like Maemo is a better multitasking platform. There are lots of widgets and applications you can put just about anywhere. The organization is however you want it to be. It's overall synchronization of Text, E-mail, and other clients are a win for me. You can do these on an Android phone too, but I fell my user-experience on Maemo would be better. I'm still looking at this through both sides...]]>Oct 12th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Read this:

http://conversations.nokia.com/2009/10/09/qt-for-maemo-the-floodgates-are-now-open/]]>Oct 12th 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
"Nokia doesn't need to market the U.S. because they've got better things to deal with."

The only thing that sounds fanboy-like in that sentence is "because they've got better things to deal with". But it's more of an opinion than blind opinion, because blind opinion is fanboyism, and thank God I don't coast on that like you do.

Strike 2, hun.]]>Oct 12th 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
I said "Nokia doesn't need to market the U.S.", not that they shouldn't. Wow...

You're all fanboys anyway and none of you can deny that. You're a Nokia fanboy and that troll is an Android fanboy. You might as well embrace it rather than deny it, I've seen your posts. And no one gives a fuck about resistive screens anymore.
]]>Oct 12th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/The ease with which gtk/qt apps could be ported to the N900 is much greater than Android, simply due to the fact that the N900 uses Xwindows and a rather standard base of libraries. Android would require reconstructing the entire front-end of the applications using Java, and calling out from Java to libraries, which isn't feasible for some apps.

@Zhris Ciegler
Kinda. It uses the Linux kernel but the file system is completely haywire and completely not intended for direct use. The console environment is severely lacking unless manually upgraded.]]>Oct 12th 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/Oct 12th 2009 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/nokia-n900-unboxed-and-no-you-cant-unbox-your-own-yet/
@tikiteko: Thanks, I'm also hoping that T-Mobile has some secret plan to expand their coverage exponentially. The county seat here just approved a new T-Mobile tower in the area that is supposed to bring local service: http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_13522192

I'm hoping this is part of a larger push by T-Mobile into this area.]]>Oct 12th 2009 4:43PM