[maemo-users] Some Questions to Maemo and the N900

[From: Igor Stoppa]

Hi,

ext Alexander Schröter wrote:

> Hello Everybody
>
> here is what I am planing to do ... since I am from Germany and the N900 costs 
> about 500€ here at the moment and in the US only 380€ I decided it would be 
> smart to bring me back a US phone.
>
> This brings me to my first question ... can I do that ... as far as I 
> understand the Hardware is except the keyboard the same so it should also work 
> with german carriers, right? Do I need to flash the firmware somehow or can I 
> use the US firmware?
>
>   
You need to check if the warranty is valid worldwide (I have no clue).

There are configuration settings that identify a specific variant and 
affect some functionality: for example the italian regulation forbids 
transmitting on the FM band and therefore the transmitter is disabled.

I do not know if this is the only case, but you might want to get an 
official statement through the Nokia customer support, so that you can 
use it later on, in case you find some problematic feature.

igor