Nokia N900 (Gadget of the Week)

Nokia N900

Price: $649

It runs maemo Linux 5 as its default OS and is the first Nokia mobile based upon the TI OMAP3 microprocessor. The Nokia N900 is the first Maemo (Maemo is a higher Linux-based mobile OS designed to run on high-end cell computers,  an open platform that runs on open devices and has Linux at its core) gadget to include mobile functionality (GSM and 3G) unlike the internet tablets.

The overall measurement of the phone is 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, and it weighs 181 grams. Therefore, it is best to carry the handset in your pocket or bag. This one is a slider device and once the handset is slid-open, the full QWERTY keyboard appears, type on the keyboard quite smoothly and take a look at the display screen in the landscape mode.

The N900 features a 3.5 inch TFT capacitive touch screen that boasts 16 million colours and a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The display features are inclusive of accelerometer sensor for auto rotate and proximity sensor for auto turnoff.

The mobile phone is touted as an “internet tablet” and as such loaded with a 32 GB internal memory,  for storing wide ranges of applications such as Skype and GoogleTalk VoIP integration, PDF document viewer, photo editor, Adobe Flash Player 9.4, games, etc.
 The device comes loaded with a high-end 5 mega pixel camera that provides a resolution of 2576 x 1936 pixels. Some of the prominent highlights of the N900′s camera are Carl Zeiss optics, Dual LED flash, video light, Geo tagging, and auto focus. In addition to that, there are loads of entertainment options in the mobile phone.

The music playback of the phone can play diverse files such as WMA, MP3, eAAC+, and WAV while the video playback is capable of playing WMV, RealVideo, MP4, AVI/XviD, and DivX files. So, the scope of entertainment is huge in Nokia N900.

PROS:

• Aggregated contacts with VoIP, and IM
• Browser performance
• Quality of optimized third-party applications
• Battery life (on EDGE connectivity)
• Speed of major updates

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SPECS:

• 3.5in touchscreen (800x480px)
• 256MB RAM (w/additional 768MB reserved for heap)
• 32GB Flash RAM internal storage
• Micro-SDHC (up to 32 GB)
• 1320mAh battery; charges via micro-USB
• 3-row sliding QWERTY
• 5 megapixel camera, w/dual-LED, autofocus, geotagging
• Video: WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth 2.1 w/A2DP
• Quad-Band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) with HSPA (2100/1700/900)
• GPS w/A-GPS
• Maemo Linux 5 (v1.2009.42.11.002)

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