Black is beautiful
by Volker Weber
I am still on the N900, which I find somewhat surprising, since I found quite a few limitations when I started using it.
The killer app is having both Skype and Google Talk running in the background for chat and presence. I tried that on the Android G1, but had a few stability issues with the phone app when Skype was installed. On the N900 it just works a treat.
On some days I am surviving on one charge, but often I need to top it up during the day. It's by far the boxiest phone I have, which becomes very apparent when compared to the sleek BlackBerry Bold 9700, which is my security blanket. However, I haven't used the blanket a lot — a vote of confidence for the N900.
One of the things that have improved over the last week is ActiveSync with Google. I have not seen connection problems, and contacts are now replicating postal addresses as well.
Nokia Multimedia Transfer has added support for the N900, so you can automatically transfer content from and to iPhoto and iTunes as soon as the phone connects. Download 1.4.1 beta here and update from within the app to 1.4.2.
I am going to stick it out for a little.
Comments
And that's some box it comes in!
No, it doesn't. That is just a VIP review package that I did not see. The retail box is much more mundane. A cardboard box with N900, charger, video cable, USB cable, wired headset.
Certainly a cool idea though.
Did you had a chance to test ActiveSync against a Domino Traveler server?
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