The Nokia N900 is Nokia (New York Stock Exchange: NOK)’s first Maemo-powered gimmick to athletics smartphone functionality. The N900 comes from the same lineage that gave nativity to the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, but it transcends the “Net Tablet” segment with true phone features – quad-band GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) support, 5.0-megapixel photographic camera and Global Positioning System (just to name a few). With the Linux-based Maemo platform oblation a fresh, touching-friendly port on the Nokia N900, it’s basically the hottest smartphone to come out of Espoo since S60 was put in play. And, according to the latest rumblings along the mobile grapevine, the N900 may just be coming Stateside on September 27th!
Nokia is already offering Americans the Nokia N900 on pre-ordering status for $649, so it’s saltation to bang US shores in the near term. The Nokia Blog is reporting that US distributors volition be taking obstetrical delivery of the N900 on Sept 27. The distributer ship date is distillery an estimation from Nokia, but if it holds true, retailers may very well beginning offering the Nokia N900 shortly thereafter. That’s good news. The badness news? Nokia’s promised Nokia N86 NAM (North America) has yet to hit retail shelves.
Quick retread on the N900’s spectacles:
ARM Cortex-A8 processor @ 600 megahertz (Texas Instruments OMAP 3430) 5MP photographic camera with Carl Zeiss optics; 800 Ч 480 solving video recording recording 3.5 in 800 Ч 480 resolution touching blind Up to 1GB of diligence store (256 MB random-access memory and up to 768 MB of virtual store) and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics quickening 32 GB of storage built in, expandable to 48 GB via microSD 110.9 mm Ч 59.8 mm Ч 18 mm (19.55 mm at thickest function); 181 grams 10.2 Mbps HSPA (900/1700/2100 MHz), quadband GSM/EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1 and wireless local area network Browser powered by Mozilla technology, full Adobe Flash 9.4 support, the power to written matter and paste from the browser Global Positioning System
And, if that’s not enough to make you wish an N900, check out this video:
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