Nokia N900 is now shipping!
By Thomas Ricker 
posted November 10th 2009 4:26AM
posted November 10th 2009 4:26AM
Update: Nokia's official blog says to expect the Maemo 5 device to land in "Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and North America" shortly. However, it won't be compatible with the new 3G SIM cards from 3 in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark and Austria until a software update hits sometime later this year.
[Thanks, Juhana J.]
Anyone in Canada planning on purchasing a unit? Any idea if this will work on telus network as they do their system upgrades (I'd rather not sign up with Rogers)?
It's been a long road, getting from there to here... It's been a long time, but my time is finally near...
Finally a worthy replacement for my good ol' N95. Now this is what computers have become!
I want! Oh sexy n900 you've been taunting me for far to long.
Can someone explain to me why this phone can't connect to 3G networks in mexico and other countries?
I waited so long just to find this out now...
Just depend the frequency of the carrier.
In Brazil, at least in my carrier/area, 3G works at 850, but this phone just have the 900/2100(and 1900?) frequencies, so no 3G for me here, unless I change carriers.
Try to get info on what frequencies the carriers works in your area.
I'm not sure where engadget received the info that some are headed for those that pre-ordered. I was among the first and that's not the case. And, frankly, now I'm debating canceling since some sweet Android and other devices have come out or have a trusted, exact date of release.
Anyway, onto the meat of information:
I pre-ordered this from Nokia September 2 (at the time of receiving a free BH-703, free overnight and Nokia care protect for only $19). I just called to find out shipping status and was told they are not shipping until "the middle of November sometime and should be sometime next week." Vague is a bit of an understatement at this point don't you think?
I know this isn't an issue for the customer service rep, but did tell her I was told "the middle of October" the last time I called and requested a more exact date (particularly since it's overnight and you have to be at the address to sign for it). She didn't have anything exact - just "the middle of November." I then asked her why the CEO has told the press they are shipping today. She said "I can only comment on what the status shows." I mentioned that Reuters, CNN and others all have the CEO quoted that they are shipping today. She said "that's something I will have to look into" - so I waited thinking she was going to go talk to someone, but after several seconds of silence she said (you'll like this), "you'll know when it ships when you receive an email that it shipped and tracking information." Then, "is there anything else I can do for you today?" I thought about telling her, "Yes, ship my phone - this is getting beyond old," but didn't bother.
I also re-initiated my pre-order with Amazon as well so we will see which arrives first. However, usually when one pre-orders something like this, it arrives on the doorstep the day it's released - I do that a lot. Nokia is the first company I've dealt with that this is apparently not the case. Heck, Amazon had the last Harry Potter book show up for my daughter the same day brick and mortar bookstores had it for sale (nice) and when I pre-order DVDs, the majority now show up on the DVD release date.
If something changes at Nokia - I'll update y'all.
why does no one read and understand the 'official Nokia blog'. This started shipping on the 10th Nov from factories around Europe. Expected to reach retailers within 3-5days. From that point give it a day or two for processing before being shipped out to you. Exprected to be with customers around the 15th - 16th.
So did anyone get their shipping confirmation yet? If so where from?
Considering the physical size of this units casing it's a surprise to me that the screen isn't somewhat bigger. This would then have made it also a very usable ebook reader.
It sure is thick.
Finally the nokia n900 starts shipping ARM Cortex-A8 processor, up to 1GB of application memory is powerful
http://www.gizmoji.com/2009/11/nokia-n900-starts-shipping.html
Awesome!
I ordered from Newegg and Dell, neither one show any update on shipping. newegg has it for under $600, dell for under $500
Okay so i've been reading up a lot of stuff about the radios in the N900... does it have the 3G radio for AT&T or just T-Mobile? I thought I read somewhere about it having the 2100 WCDMA radio only and not 850 for AT&T..
maybe i'm missing something??
That's true. It have 900 and 2100 frequencies - no AT&T love here.
Unless they release an american version with both later, what seems unlikely, since even Nokia US is selling the actual version.
Sigh... if only it were on AT&T instead of T-mobile. The 3G coverage map is a joke anywhere outside of a big city (NY, LA, etc.). I want this phone, but I'm not going to shell out if I have to endure non-3G every day.
I Like it.. although if it was called the Nokia N9001 I'd buy it
@ermski2k - perhaps think before responding like that. Nokia started shipping pre-orders on 11/10 (sorry engadget for doubting you).
Don't bother asking how I know - you'll feel even smaller :-)
*N900*
I agree, this phone is on a different category the the iphone. Its not an iphone wannabe at all. http://www.puremobile.com/Nokia/Nokia-N900-Black-GSM-Phone/ the best bart its that its not the NAM version, but in reality, its NAM for T-mobile USA since the phone also operates on 1700 Mhz 3G spectrum