http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for Nokia N900 quick hands-on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/For early adopters..STAMP!
Not an iPhone.. STA-STAMP!!!

I'm using a touch pro 2 right now and the resistive on that is just fine.. and I've used an iphone a small bit and a G1 extensively in the past. There's not much of a difference if the UI is designed correctly. I actually like the option (READ OPTION) of using the tip of my nail when it exists, or whipping out the stylus for some precision work.. There's some more complex and intricate apps that just need the precision at 480x800..
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I also want to apologize to everyone for not being capacitive. I'll make the best of it. Promise.]]>Nov 16th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZu3nku2uM]]>Nov 16th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
I would say N900 is much like palm pre. Innovative but needs lots of improvement.

The next generation should be a descent choice.]]>Nov 16th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
*Stereo Speakers
*Expansion Slot
*Full QWERTY
*IR
* 5mpx - bigger sensor , lens cover , kick stand,dual LED.
*Removable battery
*stylus
*integrated 32GB
*FM transmitter and Receiver , TV-out chip ?]]>Nov 16th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
]]>Nov 16th 2009 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
That's what has been said of *EVERY* Maemo device to date. It's got so much promise, but the firmware always seems a day late and a dollar short ( assuming it doesn't break something outright.. hello, browser hot-keys I'm looking at you ).]]>Nov 16th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Thing is... this was THE device that was supposed to make people jump back to Nokia. Touch resistive? Oy! Were supposed to be moving forward not backwards... '
I don't mind you being so thick... which you are, and so bland... which you are... I mean for G-ds sake... can you PLEASE update your fonts Nokia?! And go on a diet man! OVER 6 OZ!?!? Maybe its not to thick for the pocket... but you better have a belt to keep yer pants up.
I must admit I got excited at first when I heard flash (thats full flash not lite) support but after seeing it run..... um..... what?
Whats the point if its not usable?
Im sticking with my gorgeous Droid for now, and yes.... if this was a better device I would have jumped to it :)
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there are already 50+ , keep in mind N900 is not even released for customers yet

http://maemo.org/downloads/Maemo5/]]>Nov 16th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
Can't wait to find out if this phone will work with the Office 2010 web applications - now THAT is productivity.]]>Nov 16th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/There's a reason for the resistive touchscreen - it gets cold in Finland in winter

Soooo....Nokia makes a phone for people in Finland but sells it elsewhere with this "feature"? That doesn't make much sense. I hope Nokia is smarter than that.]]>Nov 17th 2009 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 17th 2009 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
Cap screens are good for simple block entry. Res screens are better for accuracy.]]>Nov 16th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
So they come out with a biased review with a pre-production unit with a pre-production software and also
without knowing how to handle a resistive screen as they refuse to adjust themselves and blame the manufacturer for faulty technology, which in reality is not.

Why else would they come up with such a half-baked review so early without using the real device.
Also they leave out few imp. details that Maemo 5 is expected to get MMS and portrait mode with a firmware update. May take few months though.

However, credit to Engadget, they use Nokia's sponsorship for Engadget shows, make money themselves as Nokia's sponsorship and turn around and screw Nokia purposely with stupid logic.

It's really surprising why would Nokia sponsor Engadget at all? ]]>Nov 16th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
Thanks for the info. You answered selectively part of the doubts.
If you gave the first impressions as per Nokia's instructions, that was fine.
First impressions are not the issue here, the issue here is the attitude towards resistive screen especially when included in phones from Nokia and also towards Nokia phones over all and also N900 in this case, . The kind of smart wording you use needs to be applauded, as its like breaking the stick without noise, (as far as Nokia is concerned), as they don't seem to be listening the noise.

I had seen your first Engadget show where Nilay and others had bashed N900 and anyone who has used any of the Nokia's previous resistive screen phones (for ex: Nokia 5800, etc), they can easily tell
that the way they swiped the fingers in the engadget show was wrong and seemed to be done purposely few times. (There would be hardly anyone in the audience using Nokia phone here in US, so most of them would easily have a negative impression, which is exactly you wanted, right?). I haven't watched the full video above, but looking at the comments, seems the same thing as shown in the first Engadget show.

Again i can show you umpteen examples of smart selective wording and the tone in case of Nokia articles as compared to other articles, even though the theme or the case would be same.
]]>Nov 16th 2009 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Yes it can.]]>Nov 16th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUCc2C4JPJE
The answer to your question comes in at 1:53]]>Nov 16th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ZfizrEgFM&feature=player_embedded
Google Docs Too]]>Nov 16th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
yes, with a firmware update. (software engineers......)]]>Nov 16th 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
1. How many recipients get a message from their service provider asking them to log on to the t-mobile site to view their message.
2. If you are lucky to receive the MMS to your phone you would then start to look for ways to download it to a pc/ sent it to other people via email. MMS is dead.]]>Nov 16th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
And the same goes for all the people I know. Most of them use Facebook/eMail and so on their mobiles, so they're fairly open to useful new stuff their phones offer, but MMS is a complete no-show.]]>Nov 16th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
I saw that in some European countries (and especially the UK, goes without saying) they charge significantly more for an MMS than for an SMS.

Where I live MMSs cost the same as SMSs, so that might be the reason for people using them more.. I get 1000 MMSs already included in my plan, not that I even asked for them, but they are there, so I use them..]]>Nov 16th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
Thanks for the quick overview. I recently dropped into the Nokia store on Michigan Av in Chicago. They had a prototype in the back that they showed me. I learned a few things from the sales rep, and I'm not sure how much is rumor:

1) She said there is no deal yet with T-Mo US. Once it is launched, and she had no idea when the US launch would be, it would be sold unlocked. Have you guys heard anything more yet?

2) She pointed out that they are positioning this as a "tablet" not a "phone". I think this is a huge mistake. It's too small to compete with the upcoming tablets, and really should be positioned as the top Nokia phone. What's your take on the phone features?

3) Finally, she repeatedly reminded me that the device they had in store was a prototype. I also found the resistive touch screen very, very unresponsive, and eventually just pulled out the stylus. Even when the rep used it, the UI elements would "jump" or "jerk" with finger input. Hopefully this is resolved with the final release. Why the heck they don't just stick a capacitive in, no one knows.

Oh, and any spare invites for the launch party in Chicago? Can you send me one? Please? Please? :)]]>Nov 16th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/
As for the resistive touch input, I wonder if it's a hardware related issue. Has any 800x480 screen on a phone shipped with capacitative input yet? ]]>Nov 16th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/nokia-n900-quick-hands-on/Nov 16th 2009 1:16PM