So it seems like the new thing for manufacturers is to gather a bunch of platform champions (read: developers and bloggers) in a room, wax poetic for an hour or two about strategy, and -- here's where it gets awesome -- give out or loan hot, new devices to everyone in attendance.
Google's done it,
Palm's done it, and now Nokia's getting in the game by handing out pre-production
N900s on extended loans at its Maemo Summit event last week, and that inevitably means that we're going to be seeing a ton of unboxings and reviews over the coming days. This particular unboxing comes to us courtesy of
Slashgear, which notes that the devices are currently running non-final firmware even though the hardware is the same stuff we'll be seeing on shelves in the next few weeks. It's looking great so far -- but then again, so did the
N97 in its muted black box prior to release, so we'll withhold final judgment until this one's been thoroughly vetted for awesomeness.
posted October 12th 2009 3:01PM
OK i don't care what you say-that is uselessly large
I like big butts and I cannot lie
You other phones can't deny
That when the N900 walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung
Wanna pull up tough
Cuz you notice that butt was stuffed
I honestly think this phone is really cool. They have so many little tweaks and gadgets that make the phone so worthwhile =D
http://www.tvlesson.com/video/40309_nokia-n900-review.html
Have a N810 and the only thing I don't like about it is the processing power. The N900 is great, but I don't want to be locked into any carrier and at this point still find it $580 ( amazon ) a bit too much for an upgrade to the N810. I'll keep my eye on it though and hope the prices drop in the future. Want it, just can't afford it!
Huge fan of the hardware/Maemo - not such a fan of the carrier options though (or, lack thereof).
I'm trying to understand what apps can be installed on this sucker. Are we talking only apps for Maemo specifically, or can things for Linux in general be compiled to run on this. I'm trying to understand what benefits this has over say Android that already has a butt ton of apps ready to go now.
Thats the whole point of Maemo and its fully mozilla based web-browser, that you won't need half of the apps that are required to get your work done quickly on other platforms. On Maemo, everything is just one click away with shortcuts, etc.
It seems you haven't been reading recent articles on Engadget about Maemo.
This will answer your question about apps too:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/nokia-makes-qt-port-to-maemo-5-and-n900-official-video/
This shows some capabilities:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/nokia-n900-video-shows-off-3d-gaming-youtube-shenanigans-and-m?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_engadget
This shows its web-browsing capabilities, which will minimize the number of apps needed for the platform.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/nokia-shows-off-n900s-sweet-web-browsing-skills-on-video/
Search more for N900 and Maemo 5, you will get your answers very easily.
i was hugely disappointed with the N97. waited awaited and waited and when it came out it was the worst nokia i have ever used. I got me a Palm pre now and me and nokia are over
And this is relevant how...?
Is this article about N97?
Failed iphonekillers list brand nokia ,
n85
n95
n97
8500 express n now
n900 can be added to that list.
Fortunately, Nokia doesn't try to market their phones as iPhone killers. They try to compete, yes, but not kill.
Also, the N900 -is- a killer from my perspective. No jailbreaking needed, keyboard, 800x480 screen, real multitasking, and 48GB (possible) storage? Yes please!
He doesn't even know the name of the phone. It is 5800 Xpressmusic and not 8500 and it is
still selling like a hot cake globally.
And he doesnt know that N95 is older than iphone.... Was it ment for abortion of iphone? :P
I hope nokia will create an AT&T/Rogers/Fido variant for the n900. apps is not a problem bec it's a debian linux variant. I dont like htc hd 2 bec it's windows 6.5. I think linux is the way to go.
I'd be all over this phone if I wasn't stuck with at&t.
This will work with AT&T if you don't want AT&T's 3G. Else its quad-band GSM.
Yea, looks exactly like an iPod touch, what with the touch's slide out keyboard and all...
Silly.
Nokia is the leader in hardware design. Apple is no where near Nokia as far as hardware design is concerned.
Coming from Nokia?
No that design is totally Nokia and doesn't look like iPhone at all
They should make an N900 Jr. and slash the price by at least 1/3. I got two friends who have a 5800 and an N97. The one with the 5800 got his just recently and the one with the N97 got his for more than twice as much as the 5800 and only finding out that the only thing the N97 has over the 5800 is a 5 megapixel camera and a physical QWERTY keyboard.
A 5800 retails for less than $300 now and the newer 5530 (5800 with no 3G) retails for less than $250. N900 Jr. for less than $400? I think Nokia can do it.
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Please give this to me with ATT 3G, I was finally lucky enough to score an unlimited SIM from the ATT reps we keep on staff here at our corporate campus. Nothing like unlimited everything, but as much as I love my 5800, I don't use it much because of the lack of a keyboard and resolution/screen size is lacking.
Give me this with ATT 3g and I will buy one tomorrow... please Nokia.
Dude... Firefox Addons on a phone, and since it's a relative of Ubuntu it's going to be like a month and they will have an emulator for like every old school console out there, and thanks to the possible 64GB (maybe more if the micro sdhc cards get bigger) you will have room for everything. No more lugging around phone+Pmp+jump drive.
hrm....question is, do i cancel my pre-order with the n920 around the corner?
http://bangbangtech.com/archives/111480/n920-leaks-to-steal-nokia-n900s-launch-limelight