Having had a couple of weeks to familiarize myself with the Nokia N900 and having spent some time configuring and tweaking, I decided it was probably about time to initiate some kind of backup procedure.

The Nokia N900 is a fantastic device and has completely surpassed my expectations of what a "hand held" device can do. It's amazing how much functionality has been crammed into this 'phone'.... however there is one small issue I am not impressed with: The N900 comes with PC Syncing software but it's for Windows! - Apparently, you simply connect the supplied USB cable, select the appropriate option on the phone ("PC Suite Mode") and install the relevant software on your Windows PC. What? If I wanted to sync with Windows, I would have bought a Windows Mobile based device.... I don't, so I didn't. As I use Linux on all of my computers, I have no use for the included software.

The Nokia N900 (released is the US a few months ago) has only recently become available, through official channels, in Australia. I had been contemplating the purchase of a new 'Smart Phone' for a couple of months and had considered a few options (I had looked at the Apple iphone and some Android powered devices - the latter being more likely, as I am not a big Apple fan but enjoy using Linux). Nothing had really jumped out at me... until I read an article in "Linux User & Developer" (mag) about the Nokia N900 & the Maemo 5 Operating System: I was intrigued and 'sold' within minutes.