Nokia N900 Officially Announced
Nokia announced its first smartphone based on its Linux-based Maemo platform. Nokia N900, which has evolved from Nokia’s previous generation of Internet Tablets provides “a PC-like experience on a handset-sized device.” The new Maemo 5 software platform allows users to have dozens of application windows open and running simultaneously while taking full advantage of the cellular features, touch screen and QWERTY keyboard.
Nokia N900 packs a powerful ARM Cortex-A8 processor, up to 1GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration. The result is PC-like multitasking, allowing many applications to run simultaneously. Switching between applications is simple, as all running content is constantly available through the dashboard. The panoramic homescreen can be fully personalized with favorite shortcuts, widgets and applications.
Nokia N900 features a high-resolution WVGA touch screen and fast internet connectivity with 10/2 HSPA and WLAN. The Mosilla-based browser includes full Adobe Flash 9.4 support. Maemo software updates happen automatically over the internet.
Nokia N900 has 32GB of storage, which is expandable up to 48GB via a microSD card. For photography, the Maemo software and the N900 come with a new tag cloud UI for the 5MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics.
Nokia N900 will be available in select markets from October 2009 with an estimated retail price of EUR 500.
