Comments on: Things to check with Nokia N900

By: sygys

sygys — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:08:44 +0000

The n95 had the same layout. nokia fixed this by adding a headphone with a 90 degrees plug. this was perfect! Second of all the headphones are crap! they wont stay in my ears longer then a minute.

I only have a few requests. one of them is to fix the ovi store! im waiting for weeks now! Also there are almost no widgets, themes and other stuff to download.

And where are the awsome games? like Call of duty nazi zomies (who rescently was released on the iphone). There need to be allot of content soon, or everyone looses sight of this device very soon and move on!

By: cowbot

cowbot — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:41:30 +0000

I am a person in the computer industry who fought this fraud tooth and nail during 1994-1995. Up to then we all used megabyte as 1024×1024 (and by extension gigabyte). Then one day, our worst vendor started claiming a megabyte wa 1000×1000, which gave their products an apparent competitive advantage. The industry caved-in to the charlatans, and now every day some poor sob wonders why their drive doesn’t have the claimed capacity. One thing that isn’t fraud is that the operating system needs to use some of the filesystem space for its own housekeeping work, so a formatted drive always looks smaller to the user than actual capacity.

By: cowbot

cowbot — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:35:57 +0000

Because the bottom is the top. Einstein.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:49:12 +0000

i have the same problem it should says 28gb not 32 gb.. front camera omg work like 1947 tv with no signal..

By: Ram

Ram — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:32:41 +0000

I read every where the internal storage capacity as 32 GB but when i check the Settings – >Memory – Details – Total size = 27.22 Within that In use by system : 227.9 MB User files:1.68 GB Any clue where did the remaining close to 5 GB space went.I am wondering is this mismatch only for me.

By: Marcin Juszkiewicz

Marcin Juszkiewicz — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:22:38 +0000

Now they are at the bottom — how does it help for keeping in pocket? And I use Krussel’s belt case which keeps N900 in place and allow to use headphones without stress.

By: Alex Atkin UK

Alex Atkin UK — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:18:58 +0000

If headphones were at the top then how on earth would you put it in your pocket? If you did manage it, it would quickly get broken due to the stress.

Personally, while I find the headphones get in the way while typing I do not think there is a better layout. If it was on the left, it would still be in the way just on the left. If it swapped with the speaker your hand would block the speaker when watching a video, if it was at the very top it would break and be hard to have plugged in while in your pocket.

Overall, I think the current layout is the best for everything. Not perfect, but sometimes there just is no perfect layout. It would have to be a bigger device.

By: Marcin Juszkiewicz

Marcin Juszkiewicz — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:34:02 +0000

I got fix outside. But had only Ovi Maps from GPS software and this application should not be pre-installed — it is total crap.

By: timsamoff

timsamoff — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:22:28 +0000

I would like it if the microUSB and headphone jacks were moved to the top of the device (body) so that they were not in the way when using the hardware keyboard.

I would also like all of the hardware buttons to be moved to the top (or sides) of the screen so that they were more easily accessible when the hardware keyboard was pulled out.

By: joe

joe — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:58:43 +0000

Can you check the GPS? The maps application can’t find locate me. i haven’t stood outside yet to try.