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 Immediately

Ordered a month ago and waited for almost a month for the unit to come.
Once I received, I am very impressed for the hardware spec. This smartphone is more like a Linux-based netbook.
As a phone, it's a bit lacking. no MMS and BT tethering out of the box. Voice quality is exceptional on both earpiece and mic, however.
As a music player, it has built-in 32GB flash ROM (28GB is available to user and 2GB for application), added ogg vorbis support, it's 98% perfect, I just wish it has: 1. pitch control for audiobooks, 2. browse files by folder, this is more handy because I have thousands of audio files and they're sorted with folders. A2dp works fine, but it can't co-exist with wifi. I encounter a lot of dropout when wifi is active.
Browser is firefox-based and I have adblock installed which makes web browsing is less clutter. You can zoom by either using volume or draw circle on the screen. Flash is version 9, but playing real youtube and other live video sites are fine.
Internet radio works well, it can play streaming mp3 (shoutcast or icecast), windows media (as asf/asx), and 3gp (as sdp).
About reception, 3G is better than 2G, the phone works best when it's on standing landscape position. I leave the phone locked on 3G (it's available in whole NYC and Yonkers), playing internet radio over 3G is pretty enjoyable, way better than "local" FM stations.
Since the phone has that powerful hardware and high-res screen, you can expect battery time is short, I manage to get 3.5 hours of streaming audio over 3G without turning screen on halfway, the battery goes a lot shorter if you keep screen lit no matter it's online or not.
Internet performance: the phone is backed by 10.8/2.0 HSPA, I even got 5Mbps with T-Mobile, which is the best phone for tethering, BT tethering is not available out of the box and the add-on is flaky. Luckily I managed to use 3G router for wireless tethering solution, the best bet is Aluratek or Zoom with battery model, Cradlepoint doesn't work with N900.
This phone has too much potential but most of it is not yet discovered, if you plan to use phone function primary, you should settle for other; however, if you're looking internet-oriented phone and you're using T-Mobile 3G or Wind, this beast works like a dream.Get more detail about 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.