• no handwriting recognition




• storage memory for installable applications limited to ridiculous 256 MB, all the remaining gigabytes available for documents and data files only




• lack of d-pad (it's an Nseries device, so some people would like to play games on it!)




• the keyboard is nice, but could be even better (to attract Communicator users)




• the display seems to be easily scratchable; screen protector or carrying case are recommended to protect it




• lens cover does not scratch the lens (like on the N97) but it does scratch the part of the casing it slides over




• since the memory card is hot swappable, why there's no access to it from the outside?




• some sort of hardware "Home" button quickly switching to the Desktop would be really useful




• no audio equalizer




• Nokia, PLEASE, add voice dialing!




• no Java support, even just Java MIDP




• very limited support for Profiles, only "General" and "Silent", no possibility to create own profiles, no timed Profiles, etc.




• the touch display "de-calibrating" from time to time on the tested unit, probably due to early, pre-release firmware.




• no MMS support.

lurker: Hmm.... I know the buyer of the "N85" off Trademe... he gave it to me to see if I could get it working properly. The phone was a joke, horrendous menu design (not Nokia obviously), a Carl Zeuss lens... oh dear. Told him it was a fake and he decided he was going to get his money back.

Well, this story has a happy ending because instead of getting a refund, he accepted the offer of an N900 instead!  This is not a joke and I am afraid I will have to check it out again and deliver more bad news!

dman: Is it really a carl zeuss lense??? I would have thought they would have picked some cheapo camera and wacked it in

NZtechfreak: Oh yeah!

Check out this awesomeness:

http://konttoristhoughts.blogspot.com/2009/09/snes-on-n900.html

For some reason I can't embed that link in my post properly...

Canterbury: RTFM (US Ver)