After several months analyzing the last smartphone of Nokia N900 I decided to buy it. I thought of several options to buy it: amazon, newegg, nokia online store, vodafone or even ebay. But finally I chose the nokia online store in Spain. The price was higher but safer than other options, as far as warranty is concerned. Therefore they included an external charger and a bluetooth hands free set.

The shipment was really fast, I ordered it on Dec 22nd and I received it on Dec 23rd. But I'm aware of the delays some people suffered in November, when the first shipments were announced.

This is a post just to introduce my first impressions with the phone, but I will write more in the future.

I prefer not to call it phone, just because it is a real small computer. Phone calls are only one of the features. You can understand it as a computer with a 3G modem.

Another remarkable feature as a computer is the multitask, but this is "easy" knowing that the operating system it runs is Maemo, a debian based distro. The landscape screen mode and the full keyboard turn it in a true computer.

The hardware is amazing. Everything is in such a "small" device. The software is not so polished but it is getting better. Nokia is working on a important update fixing lot of bugs and unexpected behaviors.

Another important point is the built-in browser, based on mozilla code. It supports flash quite well and also runs fluently. I can say the Nokia did a great job. I also have tried Fennec RC1, the mobile version of firefox, but it runs pretty slow. I'm afraid we'll have to wait for a more usable version.

Anyway I don't care very much for the software as I expect a hard work from Maemo community. The forums are very active and you can find even some alternatives to Maemo, although in a testing stage. I mean, the powerful hardware and its openness are more important than the current software running on it. If it works as the computer world, the software will grow step by step, features and stability.