At the end of the recording, in part 3, we talk about what Nokia have done with the N900. It certainly makes me think even harder about my 3-device strategy and for anyone already convinced of the need for convergences, this is the device for you. Street prices are already down by 100 euro in Europe so at 499 you’re looking at one of the most impressive MIDs on the market. A second, larger screen version would probably convince most people out there that Nokia have chosen both a superb platform and developed a stable and well-grounded operating system that’s not just for geeks. The start-up and usability experience has been very well refined.

Full N900 gallery here.

I can report that we had one browser lock-up in the 4 hours we were active with the device but that resolved itself without a reboot. There were no other software bugs or crashes. (Note: That browser lock-up remains the only bug I’ve found in 4 days of use.)

With firmware updates planned for this year and next and with the developer community already pushing apps into the Maemo channels, things can only get better for the N900.

The three videos below are server captures from Ustream.TV that have been pushed over to YouTube. Quality suffers but at the moment we don’t have a higher quality way to record the sessions. We’re working on that though and I think you’ll find the current videos OK to watch until we find a better way. Give yourself 2.5hrs to watch all three!

Part 1 – Hardware overview and discussion.

Software – Part 1.

Software – Part 2.

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