Nokia N900
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There was an opportunity  to get a cheap used Nokia N900  so I have got
it.

I have had some experience with  older Nokia "internet tablets": I have
been owner of the Nokia 770 since 2006 or 2007 and I also have the N800
and N810. But I never used the last member of this family, the N900. So
this device is totally  new for me. The N900 is a  bit different: is is
smaller, has much  better camera than the N800/N810 and  it can be used
as a 2G/3G phone. IT also has an infraport.

Some first impressions:

The  device is  smaller  then N810  (it's  closest relative).  Building
quality is very good (if not excellent).

The keyboard  (albeit smaller) is  more comfortable than N810's  one. I
also noticed that it can be easily  used without a stylus (but it still
has one). In  many cases it is  more practical to use  the keyboard for
text input and fingers as pointers.

The launcher is  different: there is a "desktop"  which can accommodate
icons  to launch  programs  and  some widgets.  The  older devices  had
ability to  use widgets but the  icons were only available  with use of
third-party  launchers. There  is  also ability  to  have several  such
desktops. After that the device works as expected. But I don't like the
dark GUI  scheme. I will  have to find  something which will  look more
like GUI of older devices.

Software selection is similar to  older devices (software is not binary
compatible between different generations of  these devices - well, this
is Linux).  There are available  some titles  which were not  ported to
older devices but some things are not present here.

I have not find search function in Application Manager.

There should  be an infra-red  port. But I don't  know if there  is any
software to use it. I'm curious if I  will be able to share data wit my
Palms.


And now, excuse me. I'm going to play with my new toy...