Shipments of the Nokia N900 have begun for Nokia's latest
mobile computer based on open source Maemo 5 software. The Nokia N900 will be available in retail stores in November.
The Nokia N900 is powered by ARM Cortex-A8 processor and
up to 1GB of total application memory. Users can browse the internet
the way they would on any computer and keep dozens of application
windows open simultaneously on the dashboard.
The panoramic desktops in
the Nokia N900 can be personalized with widgets, contacts and
shortcuts. Pictures and videos taken with the 5Mpx Carl Zeiss camera
automatically show where they were taken, and users can add their own
description tags to make searching the photos even easier. SMS and
instant messages are organized as chat flow and people can convenienty
switch between the multiple conversation windows. The built-in 32 GB
storage is big enough to store up to 7,000 songs or 40 hours of
DVD-quality video, and it can be expanded up to 48GB with an external
microSD card.
works closely with the developer community and has recently seen
significant innovation happening with Maemo. As a result, people will
be able to discover a wide range of games, utilities, themes, panoramic
wallpapers and service plug-ins for photo-sharing and messaging for the
Nokia N900 through Ovi Store and Maemo Select, starting later in the
year. In October Nokia announced official Qt port to Maemo 5. This
means developers can use Qt software to target the Nokia N900 and that
applications can be easily ported to all Qt's supported platforms
including the next Maemo 6 release as well as Symbian.
Nokia N900 will initially be available in Europe, Middle-East, Russia
and North America./buy-online. It's expected to be price at 500 Euros.