N900 Review Part Two: Startup, Maemo5 Interface, Status Taskbar, Contacts, Phone

[stevenojops]

I'm no more nokia fan boy after n900 cause nokia killed this phone with excellent maemo OS and excellent UI instead of nokia developed a new phone of Meamo loaded with fully multitouch and 1Ghz processor they are going back to crap symbian os with n8

[OoLaMusicaLoveroO]

^^ I amm gonnaa usee thiss phone with my Att sim..-_- I know it wont work with my 3G.. but imm still confused .. what does that really mean & will my experience with the phone be negative because of this?

[felipedjg]

Nice detailed video man!!! Good work.

[poisonblack83]

shall i get it ? i dont intend to use it mostly for internet ( browsing) a little bit maybe .. is it good for everyday usage ?

[fiftyfourj]

DHL E72 pickup... are you to review the phone?

[kariome]

hey, i was waiting for the second video for that sony blue headset, but i guess i cud just ask u my question about it, whats is the sound quality like, is it as gooud as bose headsets

btw keep up the good work

[sonybutnownokia]

Seems like your voice got a glitch a 5:14 temporarily, may be you got cold like or something! :]

[knuckles22000]

O RI GI NAL...

[RefugeeT]

NO KEY YA.... Nokia sux. HTC HD2 kills this NO KEY YA.

[gglenford]

great reviews. continue the good job. I have the N900 and love it. It gets better each day with the arrival of new apps.

[moslehchowdhury]

I gotta admit the OS does seem to work more fluid than Symbian.

[ksvensen]

Good video as always. Is this your phone for personal use at the moment?

[absolon3]

Yes, it is my personal device and I am still liking it.

[tissot233]

Great video as always.

[PoetryRocksGadgets]

Do you think this phone is a work of art?

[AngelChildxxx]

unfortunately maemo Ui it looks like older if you compare with iPhone's and Android's..

[Uprock415]

@ Absolone: Just curious, what firmware are you using? Did you update it at all? I'm debating whether or not to update to the newest version due to some of the bugs that it brings up, but the positives are awesome.

Thanks for the review! Thorough and very detailed. Love it.

[absolon3]

I am using the latest firmware since I downloaded two updates not too long ago. There are some glitchy moments, but overall it is not bad.

[Uprock415]

Great! Maybe I will update to 1.1 The last update I did was the second to last one, but I heard of video playback issues.

Are you experiencing any video playback issues?

Thanks for the reply!

[absolon3]

Yes, I do have issues with video playback sometimes. Media player can suddenly decide that it is not playing a video file and will declare that it is incompatible with the N900. This is usually solved with power off/power on. Recording video shows skipping in the resulting footage as well. No work around for that at this time.

[pfhawk]

well u can still try another player like mplayer for videos. i think u can also play videos in canola or mediabox. but overall mplayer (or kmplayer) is the best (u can also add subtitle support)

[07liberian]

I Wanna Get The N900 For At&t, Is There A App That Will Turn The Phone Into A Wifi Hotspot So Can Always Get A Wifi Connection Since I Won't Get 3G ?

[absolon3]

Not sure, but you can always keep checking the Downloads section for Maemo5 on the Maemo*org site.

[Uprock415]

There is an app coming out soon for that.

[randywaterhouse]

@07liberian search for JoikuSpot...

[absolon3]

I am using Version 2.2009.51-1.002

[jodirt2k7]

Great review... will there ever be 3g support for the N900?

[Uprock415]

There is... but on T-Mobile only... actually 3.5g on TMo. I switched to them from ATT. No regrets.

[tehkseven]

Very in depth software tour :O.

Awesome job Mr. Smith ;).

PS. Your voice went a little weird at 5:16. Funnyyy hehe

[absolon3]

That part had been shot days earlier when I had just woke up in the morning. I believe I may have been getting over a cold then. :)

[tehkseven]

@absolon3 Ah okay. You see! I notice these things Trent ;)

[absolon3]

I figured it was noticeable, but I didn't give it much thought since that was the only moment I recorded for the 3rd party software update icon. Oh well. :)

[07liberian]

Awesomeness

[magnumluver]

sick review as always