N900 pre-ordering at expansys:

http://www.expansys-usa.com/d.aspx?i=186949

careful! its a listing for the Euro model, not the NAM or TMO model. No AWS or at&t 3G

It will very likely be available on the UK site at launch, i would wait.

A few hours ago I saw a feed headline that read "Nokia allows Germany and Italy to preorder N900" or some such...

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>> http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/n...-to-pre-order/

Why does engadget always talk about nokia negatively and applaud even apple's farts?

Were we expecting AT&T 3G compatibility even in the U.S. version given the FCC details? Tmo uses different frequencies in their 3G and thus unless it's specifically including those freqs we're all relegated to Tmo here in the states for the time being. AFAIK 2100mhz is also a Tmo-capable band if 3G connectivity is a dealbreaker, granted Tmo's coverage is a far cry from AT&T's, as is being discussed in another thread.

If you want the best experience possible, you'd probably use wifi. 3G would be preferred when wifi isn't available but for basic use EDGE will suffice for a lot of things. (not ilarge downloads in an instant) I think if the U.S. doesn't get a release date within a reasonable timeframe of the other side of the pond some here may still choose to obtain a non-U.S. model early on and sell it later when a native U.S. version does become available.

I'm not one to do this, but I can expect others will.

a little steep! best waiting for the contract options - which operator likely to take it ?

Probaby Nokia need to send some advertising their way. Then lets see them bite the hand that feeds them.

Never noticed... they seem snarky to me no matter who or what they are talking about.

...anyway I'm just providing the links to back up the original post and not endorsing an opinion or product.

BTW, I pointed out the difference in price yesterday in another thread and was informed that the European prices included value added tax. I was also told that when VAT was subtracted from these prices the product would be the 500 euro's that was first reported...

On their podcast (I listen to it) there was this one guy dumping on the n900's resistive touch screen. Saying how it'll never be as good as a capacitative, etc..etc..

Which I find not necessarily valid. I kinda wanted to respond or send in a voicemail pointing out that it's more the UI then it is the choice of touchscreen. He used an example of how he say a guy have to take out a stylus to use his touchscreen phone/pda/whatever and struggle with it. Yet I can use my n800 mostly with just my fingers. I only have trouble hitting the X due to its placement and other tiny buttons but mostly everything else I do just fine using my fingers on a resistive touchscreen.

So proper UI design should pretty much eliminate most of the problems people have with resistive touch screens.