Nokia N900 (Unlocked)

From what I can tell from my online research this looks like an excellent phone - but it is damn expensive - and particularly in the current economic conditions. The big plus as far as I can see is that for once Nokia has tailored its product to the US market. I know that T-Mobile has been working with Nokia on rolling out it's 3G network in the US, so I was mightily disappointed when they didn't tailor the US version of the 5800 or the N97 to the T-Mobile NAM 3G specs. Well for some reason the connection has now been made, and we have a high-end Nokia phone that will work on NAM 3G specs...bravo!!!

But why anyone in the US would pay more than $582.99 plus tax is beyond me - as this is the current price on the Amazon website. These guys who have pre-ordered the phone must be trying to sell their phones abroad or something!

Also, once a phone is launched, the Nokia online store usually has a sale price to move some of its new stock, although even with $100 off ( - the usual Nokia discount) it would come to $599 plus tax through them - but the service with the NYC Nokia store I have found to be excellent - they changed my first 5800 phone out after 2 weeks with no questions asked after I found a small fault with it. So that's also something y'all should bear in mind!

Patrick

I'm buying this item because its a US version phone.It has a large internal memory 32GB &a expandble memory slot.It has a 5 mp Camera.

Very performance!!!, New MAEMO 5, is rules, fast and multitask, only the size of this handset, is a smallest big. The screen is amazing, and good speakers, good package functions, (WIFI, GPS, Radio FM, Irda, etc) NO 3G 850MHZ or 1900MHZ!!!! what!!!, only 3G with T-MOBILE, the one carrier work in this band.

Hey all i just want to inform you guys that the n900 is the best phone ever. It works great and i never had a problem with mine. This phone is worth every penny and would make a great phone for anyone.

well this is a tablet pc in my opinion and is a great phone.....and it has a lot of great features...multitasking,fast processor,great photos and also two cameras....that is perfect....now I include the web browser, its amazing

I am a big nokia fan and i am not saying this just because i am. There are certain things that are not great about the phone but i think the positive features are way more important. The fact that there is no portrait mode could be annoying. The browser is killer, camera pretty good, U can do so much with the phone. It is amazing but still needs a portrait mode

i bought it becasue,its a best mobile computer in world now.(i think that)and Ebay helped me to buy my hope.thanks very very much.

I won the bid and it should have been honored. Just as you would expect payment from and honor the bid i made, I expect the same from you. I'm very disappointed!

Phone is good,but price to high,here is same phone for 564$ with shipping for most of UA states,see link-http://soft.softodrom.ru/scr/get.php?id=4563

This guy is misleading. It is only a link to Nokia website.He refused to refund even knowing the customer was misled. I guess your ebay store is easier than Nokia official website to find, huh? a huge joke

The Nokia N900 (Type RX-51) is a heavy device. You know it when you have it in your hand or in your pocket. At 181 grams, over six and a third ounces, it is the heaviest phone I’ve ever used. At the price I paid it was the second most expensive phone I’ve ever bought, the N97-3 being the most by a handful of dollars. So with a hefty price and weight penalty what do you get in the N900? You get potential for great micro-computer with a phone attached.

Potential- This looks like it will be a great micro-computer. Right now it is hard to tell. The applications, the software that makes having a computer useful, are lacking. What do you use a computer for?

†Word Processing – A viewer is available but not an editor.

†Spreadsheet - Again, a viewer is available but not an editor.

†E-Mail – The on-phone client sets up easily and allows reading and writing of e-mails. It gets full points here.

†Image Editing – A rudimentary image editor is included. It isn’t PhotoShop but you can tweak your images.

†Web Browsing – A full Mozilla based browser with full Java implemented makes this a truly exceptional web device. Play MafiaWars on it, listen to Pandora radio on it, do what you do on the web with it and you’ll find it very close to your desktop browsing experience. T-Mobile 3G/2G, other GSM 2G and WiFi are your connection choices.

†Watch Movies – This has a nice screen, a luscious screen. Movies look super on this screen. They play smoothly. I award full marks for this as a movie watcher.

This device has the processor and RAM to do the job once the software is there. Until then the price of early adoption is reduced functionality based on small software set and high price.

So what do you get as a phone? Again you get some potential but it generally delivers quite well as a phone. What do you use your phone for?

†Making Phone Calls – It says Nokia on it so it shines here.

†Sending text messages – Your choice of on-screen or physical QWERTY keyboards is available. Both have their quirks, their strengths and their limits. Several kinds of predictive text choices are available. Supports graphic emoticons, but so did the Nokia 3390.

†Sending Multimedia Messages – Sorry, can’t do it with this phone. At least not yet you can’t. Perhaps in the next update from Nokia or perhaps a standalone application for the open source Maemo 5 OS will allow this soon.

†Calendar – Super deluxe calendar features. I didn’t find anything missing here.

†Contacts – Super deluxe address book. You can place contacts directly on the home screen. Again, nothing lacking that I ran across.

†Camera – This Carl Zeiss armed 5 megapixel camera is okay. The distortion from the lens is smooth but obvious. Straight lines are curved. You won’t be donating your Nikon to AmVets just yet.

†MP3 Player – This handles the music chores admirably. Internet radio, FM radio, music player, FM transmitter all present and accounted for! It sounds good too. Compared to the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and the Nokia N97 the sound is as good or better. It is not too crisp at the top nor too boomy at the bottom when using good quality headphones. It is a smooth and full sound. It lacks an equalizer.

This device has a lot of potential. It has a lot of features right now, especially on the phone side. On the computer side the possibilities seem quite bright. It has enough going for it to keep you busy until the rest of the software becomes available. I prefer this to the N97.

This is less of a phone and more of a laptop with phone capabilities. The phone is well built, intuitive, usable world-wide, has a full Mozilla-based browser with flash support, able to multi-task, great video/audio playback support, lots of hardware features such as a full QWERTY keyboard, FM receiver/transmitter, IR port, video out, stereo speakers, 5MP camera and a secondary VGA camera, etc., but most importantly a lot of potential due to the open source Maemo 5 OS. It's weaknesses compared to the iPhone are few and minuscule: no multi-touch support and just the touch screen in general requires more force though it seems to be more accurate. It also lacks MMS, which I don't much care for, and the 3G support will only work with T-Mobile in the United States. Of course the iPhone has a lot more apps, though I would say 98% of them are useless and many of them cost money.

Overall, this is a great phone/tablet which has everything a phone might need in my opinion. The internet browser will show any website the same way that you would see it on a computer, so it doesn't need extra apps for things such as pandora or youtube, or the like. Hopefully, as this phone gains popularity, more apps are developed to fully utilize the N900's capabilities.

Seller promise to cancel my purchase and refund it back.
Never receive the confirmation about the cancellation.

I have not received it yet; but I don't think I am getting what I thought I was getting. The wording in the add was mis leading to me.

i feel cheated i was under the impression that i was going to receive a phone. i paid money and immediately asked for a refund do to fear that it was too good to be true, and not to my surprise it was. not good for business e bay

I purchased this unit, immediately make the payment as requested by the seller, but have not received the product. After all the deadlines set by the seller were overcome, I recorded the occurrence in Paypal and I am waiting for the refund of the full value.

I the goods have not received. The seller has returned money. Having said, that at him have stolen him. So to describe there is nothing :(