I’m sure we’ll see tens of these videos before Nokia World is over but here’s the first one.
Slightly out of focus but looking very very smooth indeed. JKK and I agree that that rotation zoom gesture is horrible 
Another video here.
Makarus has a nice set of photos coming through from Nokia World too. (Also part of a post from The Nokia Blog)
12:46: Slashgear now have a hands-on video and photo set available. Here. “…the keyboard is compact but tactile, though we’re still not keen on the offset space-bar.”
15:34: Phone Arena have posted some videos. The N900 video is in Russian Bulgarian (sorry!) but again you get an idea of how fluid the UI is. A very short browsing demo is also included.
16:31: One of the best Maemo video overviews so far. A live demo at The Nokia Blog
19:30: Slashgear sat down with Ari Jaaksi of Nokia. There’s some interesting information about the N900 including USB mass storage mode, the Maemo 5 to Maemo6 upgrade path, over-the-air upgrades and a target 1-day connected usage battery life. Read the full article here.
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:35 am
New article: First N900 Hands-on from Nokia World http://cli.gs/n8zQa
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:40 am
RT @chippy: New article: First N900 Hands-on from Nokia World http://cli.gs/n8zQa
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:56 am
RT @chippy First N900 Hands-on from Nokia World http://cli.gs/n8zQa [YouTube video; Linux phone; multi-tasking; keyboard]
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:01 am
RT @jackschofield: RT @chippy First N900 Hands-on from Nokia World http://cli.gs/n8zQa [YouTube video; Linux phone; multi-tasking; keyboard]
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I like online contact management very much! Have to agree that rotation zoom feature sucks, 3 row keyboard is also something i don’t like but it is a nice punch in one small form factor.
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Nokia UK online shop is reporting the price as £499 including VAT.
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
I tried the offset spacebar on a friends N97 & its actually ok. I kind of like it as it falls naturally to my right thumb. Would’ve been nice if it had another row of keys though.
Been using WinMo for a fair few years now as it does everything I need & more. Nokia’s S60 was hateful but this is a completely different kettle of fish. I’ve never wanted a phone so much since Apple released the iPhone (but then being disappointed straight afterwards when I discovered it didn’t do this, didn’t have that, not allowed to do this).
Roll on the release day.
Carl Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Of course, the N900 doesn’t have an MMS stack or FM radio software (at least yet), so do prepare yourself for at least a few little disappointments.
Kam Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I don’t listen to radio & don’t do MMS , so no disappointments there.
Carl Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I think many people would be in a similar boat. I don’t think I’ve *ever* sent an MMS now that I think about it. I’m not exactly jumping with joy about loosing radio, though, Still, the hardware supports it so someone just needs to write the software.
turn.self.off Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:57 pm
the mms thing is confusing, as nokia claims they needed to do things with the kernel, yet google have mms from the go, with no kernel patching that i could find.
as for the radio, if the driver is similar to the n800 i suspect that boafm will be a quick port
Carl Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 5:11 am
Wouldn’t it be the stack, rather than the kernel itself? Well, I could be wrong, I’m far from an expert of linux.
I think Google uses some closed-source code to make MMS work on Android. Openmoko has completely open source telephony and txt, though, so maybe that could be ported over.
I guess we need a linux expert in here to explain the finer points.
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
@Chippy & @JKK – ask them when will they implement physical 5 row qwerty keyboard!!? Someone has to voice that question!
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:28 pm
it is time and again annoying to see ingenineers and designers f***K up good concepts by such quircks like this keyboard. it actually only lacks 1 row and things would have been fine. after so many years of practical eperience and expert reviews one thing should have become clear to the dumbest of these guys: some things are human intrinsic and cannot be “improved” each time.
thus a no go for me at any prize.
turn.self.off Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
physical size constraints, so that it would be easier to hold while in phone “mode”.
September 2nd, 2009 at 3:15 pm
The device and the OS look bloody great.
My question is on e interoperability/sync of the contacts, tasks and calender not to exchange, but to Google. The videos shows contacts from GTalk, but what about a true contacts/tasks/calendar sync ?
turn.self.off Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:05 pm
either in the box, or will be implemented shortly by the community if possible. there are some big users of google services there.
September 2nd, 2009 at 3:26 pm
it does look awesome, but i’m fighting shy of the price because i don’t like contracts.
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Can it be paired to Bluetooth to connect using BTDun?
turn.self.off Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 pm
not at the moment, but someone is sure to take a long hard look at that (and other ways to share connectivity) obes its start shipping.
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:13 pm
“The N900 video is in Russian but …” Excuse me, but the video is in Bulgarian!
Chippy Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:42 am
As I was watching the video I was thinking that the language sounded a bit rounded for Russian. Thanks for the correction. Sorry Bulgarians and Russians!
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Just thought of something that might prevent me from getting the N900. That is native built in East Asian language support such as Chinese, Thai & Japanese. I remember the N800 & 810 had to installed the CJK package which was workable but not perfect (didn’t have Thai fonts)…
Hmmm
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 pm
You pirated this video from http://thenokiablog.com/
Love the N900! Will get one as soon as it comes to USA.
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