New NOKIA N900 Blurs Line Between Smartphones and Portable Computers

Product: Nokia N900
Website: www.nokia.com/n900
System Specifications: Linux Maemo 5 OS, TI OMAP3 CPU, 256MB RAM, 32GB Storage, 3.5-inch touch display, 3.5mm audio jack, 5 megapixels camera, 3G, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, HSUPA, Li-ion battery, microSD
Price: $ 455 

The Nokia N900 cell phone is a new generation of smartphones and the first mass-market appeal Maemo device. New Nokia Cell Phones – Nokia N900  is not an smartphone, it’s really a computer that also make phone calls. That looks like a landscape oriented keyboard, it is a great phone that has a desktop. Might have to wait till I know where Maemo5 is headed. It’s undoubtedly a great OS. I want to get this phone.  

The Nokia N900 cell phone features include a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss autofocus camera, 3.5-inch touchscreen display, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, 32 GB internal memory , microSD cards up to 16 GB in size, TV output and running Maemo 5 operating system. The Nokia N900 with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint.

The Nokia N900 is now on sale for $455, the price is high because this is unlocked and no contract. This will not generate mass market appeal, at least I don’t think so, based on the fact that it’s a landscape orientation only phone, and it’s size isn’t exactly thin. I’m happy as hell. I think my wait was worth it. 

Blurring the Line Between Phones and Computer

Smartphones are getting larger and more advanced in comparison with standard mobile phones. Laptop computers can be created in much smaller sizes than they were in the past. What this means is that there’s an increasingly fine line between what makes a device a phone and what makes it a laptop. Add in the fact that you can talk on a notebook through Skype or access the web with your phone and you can see that the difference between phones and computers is increasingly difficult to define. The NOKIA N900 is one of those devices that truly straddles this already fine line.

Nokia N900 Cell Phone Specifications:

General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900,
3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900

Announced
2009, August

Status
Available. Released 2009, November

Size
Dimensions 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc
Weight 181 g

Display
Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 800 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Full QWERTY keyboard

Sound
Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers
- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Internal 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM + 768 MB virtual memory
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB, buy memory

Data
GPRS Class 32
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32
3G HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port Yes
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2576x1936 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Dual LED flash, video light

Features Geo-tagging

Video Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps

Secondary Yes, VGA
Features OS Maemo 5
CPU ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics

Messaging SMS (threaded view), Email, Push Email, IM

Browser xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds, Mozilla-based browser

Radio
Stereo FM radio (via third party software); FM transmitter

Games Yes, 5 + downloadable

Colors Black

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps
Java No
- Skype and GoogleTalk VoIP integration
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ music player 

- WMV/RealVideo/MP4/AVI/XviD video player
- TV-out
- PDF document viewer
- Photo editor
- Adobe Flash Player 9.4

Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh (BL-5J)
- Nokia N900 cell phone photos