Thank you man.

You put it in a much better way that I did.

The N900 can only be used in landscape mode for the "tablet use". When you turn the phone in portrait mode, it switch to phone use, with a numpad and access to the contacts I guess.

The standard desktop and apps (besides phone) only work in landscape. Same as it always been on (non modified) maemo.

See http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=319349&postcount=579 for more info.

Well, actually, what bothers me (and probably others) is not that you give your opinion, it's the way you put it.

You're often making nokia look like fools for using resistive screens, while, despite you don't like it and don't want to admit it, there are good reasons to use it. And it's getting old, really.
You think capacitive would be better on a phone, explain why it'd be better, why resistive is a problem on this phone. That's opinion. But stop acting like it's an obvious choice and making Nokia look dumb for not agreeing. Cause obviously, it's not obvious.

The main problem here is that when you say "Again Nokia screws the phone with a resistive screen", it makes people that actually like resistive screens for good reasons to feel like you think we're stupid.

(I hope the civil conversation thing is not related to my comments, cause really I hardly could be more civil)

"Ladies and gentlemen, our long, global nightmare is over. Alright, that's a significant overstatement"

You don't seem to be able to face the truth and admit you're mistaken. It's sad. Good luck.

I responded on this thread, pointing you Chris, but this comment apply to almost every writers in engadget.
I recommand you guys have a meeting, and read altogether the comments to threads about nokia, and then think about it.

Again, I'm not asking you to change your mind guys. Opinion is good. But you should be fair and stop assuming everyone think like you. People keep explaining you in the comments the good points about resistive screens, and why they like it, why it's not such a bad idea to use it. But over and over you keep repeating "why the hell this screen is resistive?", you've been told the answer thousands times.

Now why nokia makes a capacitive screen phone now? Because it appeals to some people. And that's how Nokia works, they make phones for everyone and every kind of use and tastes.

Considering the comments of this post, and of the many posts about Nokia and resistive screen before, the author should really reconsider his thoughts if he wants to keep readers. This article really made me question myself about why I still read engadget.

I'm not asking you Chris to start liking resistive screen, just to stop the hate and FUD about it. Stop trying to make jokes about it too, they are not funny.

Not everyone has the same tastes and needs.

The specs are something we've never seen yet on a netbook. And so is the price.

Best design for a netbook yet, best specs... Definitely make me want one...

I think it's stange for Nokia to announce/leak a price in $. They are usually leaked in €. And if that's a converted price, it would never have been 799$... Just my thoughts.

If real, this price is terrible though. Let's wait for september the 2nd.

It's like my 5800, with a new great firmware, and half the price!!! 149€ unsubsidized!! it's crazy!

If I didn't already had the 5800, I'd buy that.

Running windows is pretty much a flaw to me...