Nokia N900 Starts Shipping; iPhone Killer?

Posted by GarySims

November 10, 2009

The wait is almost over, the possible iPhone killer from Nokia has started shipping and will be available to buy over the counter in just a few days. The N900 uses the Linux based Maemo 5 software which is great news for application developers as everything is open, it is proven technology and it is fast. To mark the official shipping Nokia has released a cool video about the origins on the N900.

The heart of the N900 is the 600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor. You don’t need to worry about the technical details but that is fast for a mobile phone. The result is a mobile phone with a cool user interface that lets you run many applications simultaneously, just like on your desktop.

The N900 is more than a mobile phone, in fact it is more than a smartphone, it s a mobile Internet device allowing online access (via 3G) almost wherever you are. The N900 comes with a 3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display with a 800 × 480 pixel resolution.

The N900 comes with 32 GB of internal storage (enough for up to 7000 MP3 songs or 40 hours of high-quality video) and support for an additional 16 GB of storage with an external microSD card.

The Nokia N900 has a real QWERTY keyboard as well as the onscreen keyboard and it also has full Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support and 5 megapixel camera.

“The Nokia N900 has generated a lot of interest since its public launch in August, which has been reflected in the device preorders,” says José-Luis Martinez, Vice President, Nseries, Nokia. “What’s exciting is the Maemo software, which takes its cues from the desktop computer and offers a full browsing experience like no other handset. We believe the Nokia N900 will be a very compelling device for people who are passionate about technology.”

The Nokia N900 has started shipping Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and North America. It is priced at around 500 Euros which is about £450. Can you also order it from the Nokia Online Store: http://europe.nokia.com/buy-online.

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