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...
