Nokia N900

Combining a mobile computer, cell phone, high-quality camera, and portable media player into a single device, the Nokia N900 unlocked cell phone offers fast 3G connectivity, global roaming capabilities, and a wealth of messaging capabilities to stay you in touch with family, friends, and business associates wherever you roam. It runs the new Linux-based Maemo operating system, which brings the remuneration of your PC to your mobile world. Enjoy fast application processing and multitasking on the N900's live dashboard--a panoramic home screen that can be fully personalized with favorite shortcuts, widgets, and applications--and experience the full web with the Maemo browser and high-speed wireless broadband connectivity. It's all accessed via the N900's 3.5-inch high-resolution touchscreen as well as the device's slide-out full QWERTY keyboard.

Size and weight:

The Nokia N900 weighs 2.2 ounces and events 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc. It has to fit in your pocket without much tragedy, and flake over 17mm off the width and 12mm off the height certainly helps Nokia meet that ambition.

Network and connectivity:

Since this device evolved from an internet capsule, connectivity is perfect. You can desire to mechanically switch to Wi-Fi from 3G (HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps) / GPRS (Class 32), when you are near a hotspot. It also supports Quad-band GSM EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)( Class 32), Tri-band WCDMA / 3G support (900/1700/2100 MHz), WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA, Optimized for WCDMA 900/1700/2100 & 3G networks on WCDMA. It also has Bluetooth (v2.1 with A2DP), Infrared port & USB v2.0 micro USB. The only concern is many phone networks don’t support regular configuration of access points on the phone. So you might have to go the manual way. For the first time get high-speed broadband that’s as fast as an internet connection at residence. Enjoy rich interactive substance across the web and view pages the way they should be seen with surprising full-screen browsing. The GPS receiver gets a fix appealing soon and is pretty precise. But Does not support 3G on AT&T network.

Memory and Display:

The Nokia N900 has a 3.5 inch resistive touch-sensitive widescreen with a resolution of Massive 800 × 480 pixel (WVGA) accomplished of displaying up to 16 million colors. The LCD is Tran reflective to authorize usability over a wide range of luminosity (from daylight to dark). At just under 270ppi, that's about as close to document as LCD screens get these days. Other indispensable features of this is Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, Full QWERTY keyboard. The Nokia N900 a serious and bulky device; it puts even the Nokia N97 to embarrassment. Its mass combined with its black body gives the sense of a serious, serious phone and not one that will draw concentration with gaudy colors or cute design. It’s also a solid device, built like the recognizable brick. The built-in 32 GB storage is big enough to store up to 7,000 of your favourite songs or 40 hours of DVD-quality video. The 32 GB eMMC is split into 3 partitions. And with an external microSD card you can enlarge the storage to up to 48 GB. It also has 256MB of Ram with an supplementary 768MB of virtual memory. The residue as VFAT mounted to /home/user/MyDocs with about 27 GB of free space. The 256 MB NAND is formatted as UBIFS and contains the bootloader, kernel and root directory "/"[citation needed] with about 100 MB of free space. Programs larger than 500 kB including dependencies should be stored in /opt which is symlinked to /home/opt and therefore to be found on the 2 GB ext3 partition. The VFAT partition is also accessible for storage but needs to be used carefully as it is unmounted and exported if a usb cable is connected to the device. And Let's not forget the super-sexy high-definition touch screen!

Camera and Video:

With the Carl Zeiss optics on the 5-megapixel camera (2584 × 1938 pixels) with Dual LED Flash bulbs for improved low-light pictures and video usability. The Carl Zeiss optical lens brings added clarity, you can capture print superiority photos and DVD-like excellence video clips. Carl Zeiss, a world leader in high quality camera lenses, brings an award-winning heritage to the Nokia N900 with state-of-the-art optics for mobile photography and mobile video. The Zeiss name has been connected with cameras from Hasselblad, Rollei, Yashica, Sony, and Nikon. On the nurture sits the 5 Megapixel Camera enclosed by a kick stand. The camera shutter encloses the lens and the dual LED flash. It also has CMOS sensor, Tessar lens & 3 × digital zoom, Full-screen viewfinder, Photo editor on device, 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio options. The central length of this camera is 5.2mm, the aperture is f/2.8, and the focus range is 10 cm to infinity. It is talented of video recording at up to 848 × 480 pixels at 25 fps. The lens, while not in use, is confined by a sliding hatch. Opening the hatch launches the camera application. Even though the 0.3 megapixel front camera is capable of video recording at up to 640 × 480 pixels[3] and pre-production units could be used for video calls over IP using Google Talk,[53] the retail version was delivered lacking of any software enabling video calling or video chatting. In update PR1.2 OTA (over-the-air) Skype video calling was added, enabling the fascia camera. Video recording file format: mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263. After shooting photos and videos, you can attach the N900 to an external monitor or TV (NTSC/PAL) using the built-in cable, and control playback via UPNP (WLAN supported).

Entertainment Features:

The N900 functions as a mobile internet device, and includes e-mail, web browsing and right of entry to online services, a 5 mega pixel digital camera for still or video photography, a moveable media player for music and video, calculator, games console and text processor, SMS, as well as mobile telephony using either a mobile network or VoIP via WiFi. Maemo provides an X-terminal crossing point for interacting with the core operating system. MicroB, a web-browser based on Mozilla (makers of FireFox), RSS Reader, used for custody up-to-date with a variety of news, Adobe Flash support - not even the iPhone has this. The N900 has a microphone and stereo speakers located on each side of the device. There is a 3.5mm four-contact TRRS connector which at the same time provides stereo audio output and moreover microphone input or video output. PAL and NTSC TV out is achievable using a Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (typically built-in upon pay for). The Nokia N900 comes with a whole suite of software directly out of the box to get you running very quickly. Here's a to the point list of what to be expecting with your brand new n900 cell phone. Such as Ovi Maps - Very powerful mapping software, GPS Support - know accurately where you are on the map, Blocks - A Tetris style game,Chess,Mahjong,Marbles, The usual that you'd expect from a cell phone, plus Google Talk & Skype support, Internet calling, OVI Maps with geotagging. The 3.5mm headset jack has evolved to include TV-out (PAL/NTSC), yet remains on the right side. It's joined by a committed screen-lock fastening button and a well hidden stylus. It has Maemo media player. Music playback file formats: MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+, m4a, Built-in FM transmitter. Ring tones supports.wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a, FR, EFR, WCDMA, and GSM AMR, 3.5 mm jack for Audio /TV-Out. This is presented in Black color.

If you are a individual who loves to be online 24/7 , be it browsing the web, chatting with friends or checking email, the N900 is a great opportunity. It’s a must have widget for Linux enthusiasts or hackers. This is not for the standard purchaser but a geeky crowd. If you are one of those geeks you won’t be disillusioned. And if you are a fan of Open Source the N900 is for you ! Though the N900 lacks in a few areas , it’s attractive powerful in some areas. It’s the first phone based on the Maemo platform and it’s obviously not complete. Maemo is a new ray hope for Nokia and the N900 is a live example of that hope . You may want to experience it or wait for the next device. Overall, the Nokia N900 is a brave effort by Nokia to make the perfect touch-based, super-powered phone and the N900, on its part, impresses in spite of its issues.