Nokia N900 Maemo’s First Big Snag
USB slots are rarely the cause of issues for mobile phones; this is why the recent news on the N900 is pretty surprising. As it turns out, the micro USB slot on the device is prone to getting misaligned.
While this little technical hiccup may not seem so bad, some people have already complained that the slot has been misaligned so much that it borders on the verge of being unusable. Sadly for the N900, the device not only relies on the slot for data transfers, but also for charging as well.
So far, it has not been confirmed if this problem really is a common thing for all N900 devices or only for certain batches of the device. The bad thing is, since this is a hardware problem, no downloadable fix will be made available and users will have to send their phones in for repairs.
Should this problem be a universal defect on all N900 devices, it would be troublesome for Nokia to be able to fix all of this.
The Nokia N900 Maemo had a very interesting start. When Nokia first announced that it was adopting the Maemo operating system, many thought that they would be completely abandoning the Symbian OS. Nokia quickly released a statement clarifying that Maemo’s role as an operating system is strictly for the N-series of mobile phones.
The N900, upon launch enjoyed a pretty good sales performance and as seen with recent reports, many people are enjoying the Maemo operating system. Recent developments have allowed users to run computer code on the device allowing for games such as StarCraft to be played on the mobile phone. Emulators for various home systems are also available for playing.
Read more about the faulty micro USB slot on the Nokia N900 Maemo phone at Engadget.
