After numerous leaks and lots of excitement, Nokia has officially announced the N900. The N900 is the first Nokia phone powered by the Maemo OS. Previously we have seen Nokia’s internet tablets like the N800 running the Linux-based Maemo 5, so while Nokia has phased out its internet tablets, devices like the N900 will pack in all the features of an internet tablet as well as a phone. Industry experts believe that Nokia is trying to compete with the Blackberry and the Apple iPhone by using the Linux-powered Maemo.
A look at the Nokia N900 features:
- 3.5″ Touch Screen
- 600MHz ARM Cortex-A8 Processor
- 256MB Ram, 768MB virtual memory – Total 1GB
- 5MP camera with Flash / WVGA video recording at 25fps
- 32GB onboard memory
- OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration
- 1320 mAh battery
- Mozilla-powered browser with Flash 9.4
- WiFi / Bluetooth / MicroSD slot / Bluetooth AD2p / AGPS
Even without a hands-on, one quickly notices that this device is jam-packed with alot of features. Maemo brings the desktop feature set to your handheld. Looking at the web browser powered by Mozilla technology, the video below demonstrates how you can select text and perform functions just as you would on a desktop. A mouse pointer assists in many of these actions.
Another interesting thing is the image tagging system demonstrated. You can pick tags from a tag cloud for any image, making the tagging process really fast. The 5Mp Carl Zeiss lens and 848×480 video recording is pleasing. But hey the device weighs in at 181gms!
Maemo based Nokia N900
It’s certain that Nokia is looking at options beyond the Symbian platform to compete with the Google-backed Android and Apple’s iPhone, which are currently the most rapidly progressing smartphone platforms in the world. It is already estimated that iPhones and Androids shall sell close to a 100 million units each by 2012, and Nokia certainly wants a bigger share of the smartphone pie by then.
The N900 matches up to the iPhone 3GS and puts up a much better fight than the Nokia N97. However, we are yet to see if this gadget can have as much commercial success as the iPhone has had.
A few things are already troubling me. Aspects like the bulky nature of the device, the bad QWERTY placement that Nokia has recently selected and the overall horsepower. While the iPhone 3GS runs a 600MHz+ processor and 256MB Ram on a mobile OS with OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics, Nokia is doing that now with a desktop-capable OS on the N900. Low memory and a slower processor are some things that hurt the N97 as well IMO. But I can only be certain of how well the Maemo handles once we have a proper hands-on with the N900. Till then we’re excited and itching to have a go at this smartphone… 
Apart from Symbian and Maemo, Nokia is also associated with the oFono, which is a joint venture with Intel for a mobile OS. Guess Nokia’s approach to the smartphone platform can be considered as either #randomness or #confusion. Hope they get something going soon.Similar Posts:
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