What's that metal casing?
So kew!

looks hard to access to buttons and unlock slide...

^How much & where did you get it?

the biggest drawback is the battery life except tat the phone is superb

guys I cannot check my prepaid balance thru *122# for maxis
it says incorrect number

any other way to check use the short code? (still new to this phone)

I agree.. I'm on unlimited digi 3G all the time, and I got the FB applet doing realtime update on my N900 desktop + weather update + news update + tunewiki to download lyric automatically when I play music.. and at the same time, N900 allows me to natively sign in to MSN, YM, Skype, Google Talk at the same time.. With all these usage.. the phone only last me 6 to 8 hours before the battery dies.. which is a major setback at this moment..

The phone was designed to be fully connected / online at all times, yet when we do so, the battery dies too quickly for it to be of any good use..

As for the linux terminal, you can run useful commands, install other daemons etc if you know what you are doing.. and its like having a PC! No other phone comes close so far that I know of.. for example go to the Xterminal and type TOP, you will see the Task Manager and running processes.. thats just 1 of the many commands you can learn and try!

It also supports VPN, if you are really geeky you can install OpenVPN and it works perfectly fine with some VPN services in LYN such as bolehvpn.. and you can install torrent clients such as transmission etc and let it run in the background.. the 32gb memory is big enough to do some serious downloading.. but the battery will die faster!!

I'd say this device has a lot of potential since its open source..

The only problem is that its not very user friendly so dont recommend it to ppl who like easy-to-use gadgets.. its recommended for intermediate to advanced users..

+ I've used samsung with AMOLED screen before, the hardware very top-notch, the screen very pretty, the camera + video fast, but Samsung never update the firmware, never do any bugfix, never add any enhancement.. I prefer nokia since their devices evolve in each firmware update..  so in the end i swear not to buy any samsung again! LOL

Depending on what type of user you are and what you want in a phone, I'd say the Pro far outweighs the Cons.. and since the phone is charged by Micro-USB, there's a lot of possibilities of charging it while on the move eg battery pack, usb cable etc..

Cheers