History: Nokia N900 Annoyances

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I'm currently (Feb 2010) trying out the Nokia N900 smartphone.  FWIW, the runner up was the Palm Pre (Plus, probably).  I went with the N900 because it's even more open/geeky, I'm less worried about Nokia folding than than Palm (Nokia is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia|freaking huge]) and it supports T-Mobile's 3G network, which is far and away the fastest in the US right now.

The big problem with the N900 right now is that it's basically a beta/dev platform.  This isn't obvious from Nokia's site, slightly dishonestly IMO, but it sure is from [http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-N900-Unlocked-Computer-Touchscreen/product-reviews/B002OB49SW/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending|the amazon reviews of the N900], for example.  They're expecting "the community" to fill in a lot of the gaps.

In general, I'm fine with that, but I'm not here to take on a project, I'm here to use a tool.  So it's important that I track the stuff that really drives me nuts, to keep me honest: too much annoying stuff and I should try a Pre instead.  Hence this page.

* the browser keeps crashing -_-  I lost a couple of versions of this page that way.
** I have a suspicion that this only happens when I install things like plugins without rebooting, but that's still broken because if I need to reboot, you should ''tell me'' to reboot
** there's a firefox for this thing, but it has its own problems (like popping to the top of the page most times I hit enter, which on a screen this small is very annoying)

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