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We’ve got news, both good and bad. What do you want first? We’ll start with the bad news first. It’s easier that way, you know?
Bad news: We were supposed to have an N900 review — or at least a first look — up by now. Nokia assures us a review unit has been sent, but it’s M.I.A. As we see it, there are only a two options: it either got stolen by bears, or Nokia’s messing with us because we totally owned the N900 story way back in May.
Good news: We may not have one yet, but you can get one! It’s available immediately at either of Nokia’s flagship stores (located in New York and Chicago), or NokiaUSA.com (though the site seems to only offer pre-orders, at the moment). It’ll set you back a hefty $650 – and while we can’t say its worth it before we give it the customary run-through, it’s definitely worth stopping by a store to check it out.
will it run on verizon wireless?
No, it’s a GSM phone while Verzion uses CDMA network.
BUT it does work on T-mobile’s 3G, 2G network plus AT&T’s Edge network.
t-mobile perhaps.. but please not AT&T
Ovi Maps instead of Google Maps? Where are the precious facebook and twitter apps? :(
detailed sources: http://bit.ly/nokia-900-full-specs-details-best-or-worst
Its good to see Nokia finally release a new breed of their communicator series, I just hope it won’t turn out to be another “average” phone.
I’d rather wait for a non-cellphone-radio Internet Tablet version to use as a pocket computer. Why pay the extra $300 just to have a radio for a provider I don’t even use?
This phone might not be a Iphone killer, but it is like a BMW on the automobiles’ world. I personally like it better that the Android from Verizon. This phone is not for everyone, jus like BMW. This is way better than most of the phones on todays market. It is a computer in your pocket and it will let you make phone calls as well.
The N900 is not availible. It is not at either of the Nokia flagship stores in the US.And none have been sent to customers. And they have been lying about the release date and what ever the problems are with this phone. You do not have a n900 because Nokia does not want a review before its released to the public. There are battery issues, and bluetooth compatibility issues for sure, And I am pissed if you cant’ tell by my tone. Nokia has the worst customer service i have ever had to deal with.
Right. You know this even though you don’t have one?
Shut the fuck up already.
he is right. I have one preordered from, nokiausa, dell, newegg and amazon. you can call the store and they dont have them either. you might need a chill pill mark A.
So here is some news for every body that bashes Apple for the iPhone app store and the restrictions. Just another example of Nokia Not paying a bit of attention to its customers , and trying to sabotage the Maemo 5 and the N900. The N900 looks like its ending before it even begins. Who is going to want to develop for this thing. No apps, NO future
I’ve just been discussing with Ovi regarding N900 Apps, here are a few excerpts you may be interested in.
My emphasis in bold.
We will also need you to apply for premium publisher because regular publisher can only submit java, symbian, widget, flash application. For premium publisher application, you need to provide prove for the declaration page of General Liability Insurance of your company.
We’ve created two account types for media content distribution on Ovi Store:
Media Genre Account is intended for 1st party publishers who own their content and all its inherent rights for distribution, or have acquired exclusive license to distribute content. This category describes a publisher with genre, segment or niche content. Media Genre Accounts have a limit of 20 content items (paid and/or free) discoverable in Ovi Store at any given time.
Media Geo Account is intended for 3rd Party publishers who have geographic rights to content which may or may not be exclusive, and is more generic by nature, such as popular ringtones. Content in this type of account is limited by geographic region. The Ovi Store content team will select a limited number of Media Geo Accounts in each geographic region to ensure content discoverability.
The goal of creating these accounts is to enable us to provide optimum placement of your content in Ovi Store, while ensuring maximum relevance for consumers.
In addition to selecting the account type for your content, you must agree to adhere to the guidelines below in order to be considered for inclusion in the media content plan:
Your company has sufficient general liability insurance to cover a minimum of $1 M USD in claims.
You agree to pay all appropriate & relevant performing rights societies’ royalties as may be required by law or business custom from the sale of the content on Ovi Store.
You must agree to adhere to content amount limitations and/or geographic limitations.
Unfortunately, only the approved premium publisher can publish for N900 at this moment and the approval for premium publisher will take a long time based on the fact that the queue for application is quite huge now. We welcome you to apply for the normal publisher status once you have all the information we want to distribute applications other than N900.
So it turns out that even though I went out and spent $400 incorporating (iolite technologies corporation llc, hooray), I now need a million dollars of general liability insurance before I can even think about publishing for the N900.
This applies to all N900 app developers. I can’t imagine that a million dollars of general liability insurance is cheap.
Not even joking. wtf.
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