Nokia N900

“they still very much had something to say and to show with their design”

“let's provide the user with desktop-level productivity tools, and shrink the desktop into their pocket”

“It was basically a Linux computer anyway so making it a server wasn't a massive undertaking.”

“remember the Nokia N900 is still supported and it went out in 2009”

“The best keyboard i have ever used on a phone was the N900 physical slide-out.”

“It was way too little, way too late.”

“The problem was it taking another two years until the (in theory) mass-market hardware was ready”

“The touchscreen on the N900 was good : high resolution, rigid, fast, accurate, sensitive enough for fingertip use.”

“woefully uncompetitive hardware”

“both of them worked well as mobile phones and pocket-sized computers”

“there was plenty of notable stuff that was first developed on Nokia N900”

“it had one of the best physical keyboards for a smartphone back then”

“More than the Blackberry... I'd say, the N900 form factor, complete with camera lens lid.”

“I loved the n900 daily from mid-late 2010 to ~mid-2012.”

“the slide out keyboard on the N900/N810 was a big selling point for me”

“The build quality was terrible and the software was half baked.”

“It was a piece of junk, literally, like arrived with broken keyboard etc. A clear case of false advertising.”

“I still miss it even though I never owned one myself.”

“I leant Python on a Nokia N900, which ran a regular Linux with Xorg, ssh, etc.”

“it was really awesome, and you could cross compile apps for it from a regular linux box”

“It was beautifully hacky, the website had no version control. It was awesome.”

“TBH, the N900 had a fair design, I've used one, not talking from a bystander view, and it was good indeed.”

“this thing was slow as shit, I loved the design so much”

“My N900 was one of my favorite computing devices that I've owned.”

“it was a little pocket computer that assumed you were allowed to solve your own problems”

“the N900 was all cheap plastic, no metal like the 810, the magnets fell out all the time, the software was janky”

“even without the type of true compositing and multitasking the n900 had”

“A portable Linux computer that can also act as a phone and has Cyrillic letters on the keyboard?”

“It had the best slide-out keyboard of all the phones, nice and rubbery keys.”

“They fixed that with the N900, but had lost their head-start.”

“My N900 (Made in Finland, an early one) was great.”

“The N900 was my peak “mobile computing is awesome” device.”

“It truly gave you a desktop experience on a phone.”

“The N900 was a great little device, it was like having a tiny computer with full keyboard in my pocket.”

“gets disconnected whenever you open the back cover”

“The N900 that lays next to me right now still works as a phone.”

“I loved the idea of a physical keyboard, but now I figure I can pocket a folding keyboard for that.”

“the N900 was pre-slidey-smartphone peak brilliance”

“Not everything works, but it appears to be a work in progress.”

“I dropped my N900 from a meter height many, many times and it never cracked.”