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I really love the N900. It’s a great all-round piece of gadgetry: crazy multi-tasking, best browser so far, speedy performance and 4 home screens that make trips to the menu a rare thing. On top of that there’s the great Skype integration and it’s simply fun to use. It even has graphics that could make a PSP proud and and an open platform that would make a developer blush. And yes, out of memory warnings and apps closing on their own are finally a thing of the past. Even with its geek phone status, it also seems to appeal more to the average consumer, when comapred to other recent Nokia phones like the N97. Despite having a lot going for it, Nokia seems to have forgotten about the mighty N900. Here’s why.
1.No free, voice guided turn-by turn navigation: When devices like the E72, N97 and X6 received their lifetime free navigation upgrade, N900 owners had to watch in envy as their device didn’t even have voice guided turn-by turn navigation. We are not even sure whether this update will come eventually or whether they will just skip it and focus on their next Maemo/MeeGo device.
2.No PC Suite or OVI Suite support. According to Nokia, PC Suite version 7.1 supports the N900, but in fact it doesn’t. The latest version of OVI Suite totally lacks any support for this device. When was the last time you bought a Nokia that couldn’t sync with your PC? For me this is actually the first time.
3.No OVI Sync support. OVI Sync is an amazing service, that allows you to backup your contact, calendar and notes into the cloud on OVI.com. It has even been a life saver for me. Now I have all my contacts safely stored on OVI.com. And I can’t access them. Just perfect. The reason is simple: OVI sync doesn’t support the N900, which means that all that precious data is now locked on OVI with no way of getting them on the N900 other than manually entering, well that’s at least until Nokia decides the support the N900.
4. Nokia Messaging. There are actually two issues with the N900 and Nokia Messaging. The first problems comes from the fact that the N900 connects to Nokia servers “to check service availability.” If you live outside the default regions that come pre-installed on the N900, there’s no way for you to get Nokia Messaging, as it would detect that your outside of the supported regions and simply remove the option for Nokia Messaging. I for example live in the Netherlands Antilles, one of those regions that isn’t available on the N900, which forces me to choose another region. By doing this, Nokia Messaging doesn’t even show up in the list of service providers. Some users that do live in the supported regions have even complained how they still don’t get Nokia Messaging (and here) in the list of service providers.
1. BS http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/01/21/nokia-n900-to-get-nokia-ovi-maps-free-navigation/
2.PC Suite works fine
3. true
4.true
Let’s rule out the first 2 points since Nokia executive vice president Anssi Vanjoki already confirmed that free turn by turn navigation will come to the N900 soon (if that’s true) and PC Suite works okay for me.
For most people, PC Suite doesn’t work, atleast not the latest version.
Not to mention the sad state of apps in the N900 Ovi Store…
I used to have an N95 8GB and upgraded to the N900, backed up all my old contacts and messages, important messages of a personal nature, using PC Suite but of course it won’t put that content back onto my N900. It does work yes, but only in a limited sense.
[...] I also found a similar article from Nokia Guide few mins back, which voices the similar concern in a little better words than me, get a read here. [...]
Great article,
for me , pc suite works partially, i can’t access my contacts or messages from the pc, i can’t use maps loader and i can’t use my gps without a 3g network, wich is awfull cause i travel alot; i can’t change my song without pull the phone out from my pocket; ovi suite doesn’t work at all! Apparantly this is the only nokia phone that doesn’t evoluate
[...] need to update the firmware using a PC. Sure, Maemo on a smartphone is fairly new and still needs a few fixes here and [...]
I cannot express enough my dissapointment with the N900.
I was looking for a business grade phone upgrade from my Nokia 9500 Communicator and the N900 seemed to be the best option.
My Communicator had good synchronicity with my PC with such abilities as automatic convertion of MSOffice documents and Outlook synchronisation…basic functionality for a business grade phone!!!
No I find I have to pay to convert documents and PC Suite doesn’t completely work. Why do Nokia keep churning out phones that they cannot support???
I should have chosen the iPhone….Never will I buy a Nokia phone.
The N900 has been out nearly over 9 months now, we have been promised by Nokia that they will release software shortly that will allow us to us MMS (which is basic to all smart phones) and also, they were working to give us free maps navigation, but frankly, I don’t know how long that will take, I am starting to think that I made a mistake by choosing the N900. You can’t download maps; you can’t use Nokia PC suite fully (as messaging) or Ovi Suite. The applications on Ovi store or Maemo site are old and no new applications are appearing. Is Nokia abandoning N900 users? If that state goes too long, I will sell that phone even at a loss and jump on the Apple camp for the first time. Please Nokia, I need some reassurance.