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By: Giles

Giles — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:27:46 +0000

Well, it’s the end of March now and I’m still waiting for SOME indication of if/when this device will be released in SA. In december there was word that Nokia would bring it in the second quarter of 2010 but I’ve not been able to find anything since…and I search regularly. I’ve been into numerous MTN outlets and asked but have had nothing better than blank stares from MTNs clevers. I’m so attracted to the open-source-ness of this device and I would like to get it on my MTN contract rather than importing it.
News, anybody?…

By: Anton

Anton — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:19:37 +0000

Has there been any indication of when the N900 will actually be available from MTN or Vodacom? Last time I heard it was “probably in the second quarter of 2010″, which could mean anything

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By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:31:54 +0000

So I am equally fortunate to be using the N900 as an evaluation device. My style of evaluation may be somewhat different to yours but technically agree with everything that you have said.

I choose to evaluate any device I use from a “man in the street” persepctive. I won’t go into very much detail here (I will be creating my own evaluation on my blog) suffice it to say that I have been impressed by the device.

I don’t have the Exchange Server working yet, but will persist this weekend to see if I can get it to work.

In terms of Nokia this is a great device, except for the stylus (I hate these as I alwya lose them!) I not sure that I agree that the screen is responsive enough and there is the irritating habit that if you touch too gently it actually launches the application instead of scrolling past.

I will concede that with the stylus, this almost never happens.

Suffice it to say that currently I agree that the device is the best that Nokia have made. I still remain unconvinced though as to whether it beats my iPhone.

By: joelus

joelus — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:26:40 +0000

Enable Maemo Extras for the extra IM services (including MSN and Facebook Chat)

By: Gregor George

Gregor George — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:29:53 +0000

How to add additional repositories:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/11/22/how-to-get-more-apps-on-your-nokia-n900/

word of warning, apps in extras-devel maybe unstable, that said I’ve got plenty of them running that work great, feedback to the app creator helps in developing a final stable version… your best bet is to follow the Applications thread at talk.maemo.org to get the latest updates.

Try Mozilla firefox mobile if you haven’t already. the first device to get this piece of software is the n900 with maemo5: http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/29/firefox-for-maemo-now-available/
download it by visiting http://www.firefox.com/m with your device.

Be sure to follow @maemoexperts on twitter too

By: Gregor George

Gregor George — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:15:03 +0000

Step by step instructions to getting new repositories:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/11/22/how-to-get-more-apps-on-your-nokia-n900/

Add all the repositories there, but be extra careful of extras-devel apps, they’re still in the development phase and may contain memory leaks…
That said i run quite a few apps off extras-devel without any gripes, your best would be to follow the Apps thread on http://talk.maemo.org and get wind of new apps as they’re made…

Also follow the mybroadband thread: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?192055-When-is-the-Nokia-N900-landing-in-S-A for info about other users…

I hope you’ve read this too: http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/29/firefox-for-maemo-now-available/
Mozilla released Firefox mobile final version first on Maemo5, download that by visiting http://firefox.com/m from your Maemo device to get it!

By: DChetty

DChetty — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:07:36 +0000

@Gregor George – Welcome to my blog and thanks for the comment. I will definitely check out the additional repositories. Where do you recommend I get them and which app listings do you recommend? I am currently using Maemo Select and Ovi (default set up on the phone) and they are both very limited.

By: Gregor George

Gregor George — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:55:20 +0000

I’ve been using my n900 in SA for the past two month having picked one up while i was in the USA in November.
I strongly recommend you add all the maemo extras repositories because they will solve all your gripes, namely:

USSD -> install the USSD widget, u can dial and check all ur *123#, airtime queries etc

MSN integration -> there’re a couple of plugins that build MSN, AIM and other IMing services natively into the contact manager
Unlock Slider -> tap the power button on the phone twice to avoid using the slider, this locks and unlocks the phone, you won’t accidentally switch if off.

The new firmware allows browsing in portrait mode which you can activate with ctrl-shift-o

I like your simplistic review, but for further indepth technical information check out all the developments @ http://talk.maemo.org the community is really driving this device and I’m very happy.

Comparing maemo5 on the n900 to symbian used in SA’s ‘flagship’ n97 makes you see just how awesome a device this is.