Nokia N900 Unlocked Phone/Mobile Computer with 3.5-Inch Touchscreen, QWERTY, 5 MP Camera, Maemo Browser, 32 GB--U.S. Version with Full Warranty Right now

I nicknamed this phone "the brick", Nokia can't be serious. With such sexy smartphones on the market (nexusone, iphone 3gs, droid, palm pre) they cant really expect to sell this phone in any real volume, its just not gonna happen. This phone is in the same price range as the very sexy and capable nexusone.

Here the upside (and why its not that great):
- Browser support full flash (so does nexusone).
- Panaromic desktop (i just couldn't think up enough things to put on them all).
- Keyboard is better than droid.
- Highres screen is nice.
- Camera is responsive (better than the G1).

Here's the downside:
- Very thick (i mean uncomfortable in pocket thick).
- Most menus only work in landscape mode (even the main menu).
- Doesn't support exchange 2003 yet.
- Screen is a finger print nightmare.
- Very few supported app, no ovi store yet (not that thats saying much).


Here's a list of my recent phones (last year) which was my base for comparison:
- Blackberry Curve 8900 (excellent for a BB)
- Blackberry Bold 9700 (not as good as 8900)
- Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (loved it, it's not pretending to be a smartphone)
- Nokia 5800 Navigation (same as above)
- Nokia 5530 XpressMusic (same as above)
- Nokia N97 (nice phone, not worth $$$)
- Nokia N900 (brick)
- Tmobile/HTC G1 (not bad for a first try)
- Tmobile/HTC Touch Pro 2 (brick with weak software/os)
- Motorola Droid (nice hardware, even better software)

Nokia's real problem is that they have not managed to capture the imagination of developers like apple and google have. Its nice maemo is open source but why would a handset manufacturer use it when they can use android. And without widespread manufacturer support I don't see maemo making any real waves in the handset market.

If you want to spend some $$$ on a smartphone I would take a look at iPhone 3GS (AT&T), Palm Pre (SPRINT), Moto Droid (VZ) or HTC NexusOne (TMOB) depending on your carrier of choice.
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