If you don’t know about the Nokia N900, you should probably ask yourself what you’ve been doing with yourself these past few months. In short, Nokia’s new N Series device, which is the first ever device to be powered by the Linux-based Maemo 5 OS, is quite an exciting prospect. Read on after the jump for our roundup of what makes the Nokia N900 just so damn exciting smartphone.
The Nokia N900 is packed full of apps, features, and design quirks, but it is also an extremely powerful smartphone. What’s more, it is one of the best devices to surface this year, and that’s including the HTC Hero, Apple iPhone 3GS, and the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Here we look at what makes this internet device tick and how it may well become the Nokia device of the future.
Operating System
As we mentioned before, the Nokia N900 is powered by an advanced Linux-based OS known as Maemo 5. The good thing about Maemo 5 is that its open source, and in this sense, it’s the only real challenger to open, liberal natured Google mobile OS, Android. Nevertheless, because it is open source, this means that developers can utilise free software to design apps, widgets and software for the Nokia N900 in the open source community, which is composed of literally millions of developers, and has been for quite some time now, so expect a lot of cool stuff to be happening very shortly on this platform.
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In addition to this, the N900 uses the same chip set – ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz – as the iPhone and Palm Pre, as well as PowerVR SGX graphics chips, which makes the overall running and look of the N900 pretty much spectacular.
Design
The Nokia N900 picks up from the older Nokia Tablet and basically reinvents them. With the N900, you get a full slide out QWERTY keyboard, which makes sending long emails and editing documents extremely easy and efficient. In addition, the general overall feel of the device is extremely robust and well put together. The black mat finish looks both stylish and sinister, which is quite apt, as the N900 is something you could easily imagine Christopher Nolan’s Batman actually using. The N900’s user interface is extremely tactile and user intuitive, you have several home screens, all of which can be customised with the widgets, apps, short cuts, and RSS feeds you so desire — in this sense, you can really make the device your own.
Features
The N900 is packed full of features, Nokia have really spared no expense on this device. Storage wise, you get a whooping 32GB of on board storage that can be further extended to 48GB if you so desire, thanks to its MicroSD slot. In addition to this, the N900 features a 5 Megapixel Carl Zeiss camera with autofocus and LED flash, as well as a load of other features, such as Geo-Tagging and face recognition technology. And if that wasn’t enough, the N900 also has full support for Office, PDF, Excel, and basically any other document format you could wish for.
Connectivity
Connectivity wise, the Nokia N900 comes with GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900, as well as GPRS, Class 32 EDGE, Class 32 3G, HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps WLAN, and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, which means you will always be able to connect to the internet, where ever you are. In addition to this, the N900 has fully dedicated apps that link up to every major social networking and news website, so you’ll always have your finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the world around you.
Overall, the Nokia N900 is a seriously special device incorporating good looks, functionality, versatility, storage, and connectivity. In short, it’s one of the best smartphones on the market, so make sure you pick yourself one up.
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