Nokia N900 is now shipping!
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Nov 10th 2009 4:26AM
posted Nov 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.]
Iphone no commitment price: $699
Palm pre no commitment price: $549
MyTouch no commitment price: $599
Who don't know what you are talking about. Tmobile UK offers the phone for free: http://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/Pay-As-You-Go/sc462/p26078.aspx
If you wan't to get the phone for cheaper and lock yourself into a contract, then ask your carrier to carry the phone instead of spouting uninformed nonsense
you can get the n900 for much less than $700. try checking amazon, newegg, mobilecityonline.
Amazon: $560
Newegg: $560
Mobilecityonline: $580.
Dell had it for $445 (before tax) before it got taken off.
The price is high because this is unlocked and no contract.
word, a.k.a. Truth, you should've turned left at Albuquerque and find your way to a kindergarten. Grownups talking here, not interesting for non-informed (Maemo != Symbian, unlocked price != subsidized price...) iBrats...
It spouts uninformed nonsense or else it gets the hose again.
Finland is not in Eastern Europe..
- preorders alone run to hundreds of thousands, I think it is mass-market...
- N900 costs 599 EUR here in Italy. iPhone costs 720 EUR.
- Finland is in the north.
- N900 on contract can be free (e.g. UK) and T-mobile US is expected to run it subsidized.
- N900 has nice application repositories, besides the coming Ovi Store. Choice is good.
- It does not run Symbian, but Maemo, a Linux-based OS. (That's why it is exciting, Symbian is old news indeed.)
God yes yes yes that it right the oooh god yes don't stop ooooooooooooh ok ok i'm done whooo mmm that was good caN'T WAIT FOR THIS PHONE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG THANK YOU ENGADGET FOR LETTING ME KNOW
Grapes are fun.
omg omg this is happening !
I'VE BEEN BRAGGING TO MY FRIEND ABOUT THIS PHONE FOR MONTHS AND HOW IT RUNS TMOBILE 3G FASTER THAN ANY CURRENT PHONE ITS BASICLY A MOBILE COMPUTER THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE PHONE CALLS THATS AWSOME
OH YAYAYAYAYAY.
This news has been on Reuters for about 6h and while nothing wrong that Engadget posts as every othern newspaper, news sites and what not are reporting it it still isn't announced where it has always before been before the release.... In Nokias own press site. Just saying.
That's what she said :(
*Waiting for user N900 to wake up and post all over these comments* =-D
Again wrong information from engadget! Maemo is NOT a new platform. How hard it is to get your facts right?
"platform" goes way beyond the OS, I mean software, hardware, and services -- Thomas
Normally, I'm not easy on Engadget's mistakes on Nokia - but @Btdt, there was none in this post.
It is a new generation of _smartphones_ and the first mass-market appeal Maemo device (hence the "future" starting now).
Maemo "new platform"? "wobbly"? I think I have to quit Engadget and look else where to satisfy my it news fetish....
If Windows OS is a platform, Maemo too is.
It is a clear departure from Nokia's Symbian based mobile phones. Maemo is a Linux based OS.
and not new by any measure
The pre-production demo I had for testing was really good. This is a nice product, since it attracts both the nerds and the normal everyday users, unlike the Droid which is pretty much nerds only. (Note. this is not a troll, myself an Android user, for the time being).
EXACTLY THIS IS WHAT I HOPED ANDROID WOULD BE BUT ITS GONNA TAKE A GOOD WHILE LONGER BUT NICE PROGRESS BUT IM GONNA GO FROM MY G1 TO THE N900(SORRY CAPS WAS ON TO LAZY TO RETYPE )
Hard to believe considering last time I heard these pre-production samples didn't know what "portrait" means.
Whats the price of this? Same as Droid? Higher than Droid? Lower than Droid? If its higher, its a "no, thanks" for me.
Not entirely true - portrait / landscape switching worked perfectly in picture browser. But I guess we'll have to wait and see the final result in the production units.
actually i don't see how the Droid is nerds only. I wasn't really into the Droid in the beginning, but yesterday i went to verizon with my room mate since he was looking for a blackberry, and i started to play with the Droid. I honestly liked it, not because i'm a nerd, but just because it seemed like such a cool device to use. I fail to see a big difference between it and the N900 tbh.
@Seven You read engadget, ergo, you're a nerd.
Damn my heart is shaking !! Should i take this or the HTC HD 2 ? I love Nokia, I love WinMo, I had the luck to play with the HD2 and it killed me ...but i always though i'd take another Nokia to replace my good 'ol N95-8GB buddy... Heelp !!!
ninja whatchu thinkin'??? get an n900!
N900 in a heartbeat . I would get one of those if it will not cost more than R$ 2400 here in Brazil, like the N97.
It's not an smartphone, it's REALLY a computer that also make phone calls.
FINALLY
now i have some fun
SUDO FUN
Best. Refrence. Ever.
I want to get this phone, but I got the crappy N97. Now, I have too wait.
I almost went off with the N97... lucky me i waited!
iPhone for the time being...
@orangemonlah
Yes... you dodged a bullet, believe me. I am not happy with the phone. It's ok, but it's NO n95. It works, mostly. And there are some nice features to it --- when they work. It crashes a lot, almost to the point of annoying. At the end of this story. Symbian is NOT made for a touch screen, and it NEVER will be. If this phone had Android on it, it would be stealer. The hardware is really nice and the keyboard feels good and the form factory is the right size. But that phone does NOTHING by crash. Seriously, it is the crashiest Mo-Fo around. Change the name to "Chashy97".
My god, now all it has to do is tether with a redfly and I would want for nothing more.
I DO WANT ONE. THIS IS A BIGGEST NEWS FOR TODAY. SO HAPPY.
Lol me too - trouble is, I want an iPhone too- and I just cannot decide which to go for.
Oh, finally.. how long have we been waiting..
Now, can someone to let us know if it'll work with tmo's data plan..
it should work with tmo usa since it has the 3g frequencies. i pre-ordered through dell and hopefully they ship it out soon.
Oh, I knew that.. I just want a verification :]
Check out the thenokiablog.com. It works on the T-Mobile 3G network. There is a video posted showing a broadband speed test using the N900 on T-Mo 3G.
its that time of the year again... gahhh my pocket is going to SIZZLE...psssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
sounds like u have an iphone and that its overheating sit it down slowly and step behind a blast shield to insure u won't die thankyou for choosing apple your number one provider from mobile death have a good day ok bye............
How about an iPhone vs HD2 vs Droid vs N900 article? Anyone?
there you go: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20091105/smartphone-wars-nokia-n900-versus-htc-hd2-versus-motorola-droid-five.htm
@renegade
Too bad that reads like a N900 piece with two other phones tacked on. One proof:
* Furthermore, the internal memory of the HD2 seems slightly lacking as at 512MB, you will pretty much find yourself running low on space soon enough. Which is unfortunate as considering that the HD2 is being billed as a heavy-duty multimedia phone thanks to its large screen, it hardly has sufficient space for storing media files, particularly videos. Of course, you could buy a high capacity SD card for the SD card slot, but you will still want your other files and map data stored internally on the device.
How is that a HD2 only weakness (it's not even one)...
jlhc87
I ran into this over the weekend... that's the last in a series of articles comparing features and pros and cons as decided by the reviewer... so read the other articles. Overall, they still sound exceedingly favourable to N900, but at least, there is more information for anyone interested.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20091105/smartphone-wars-nokia-n900-versus-htc-hd2-versus-motorola-droid-one.htm
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20091105/smartphone-wars-nokia-n900-versus-htc-hd2-versus-motorola-droid-two.htm
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20091105/smartphone-wars-nokia-n900-versus-htc-hd2-versus-motorola-droid-three.htm
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20091105/smartphone-wars-nokia-n900-versus-htc-hd2-versus-motorola-droid-four.htm
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20091105/smartphone-wars-nokia-n900-versus-htc-hd2-versus-motorola-droid-five.htm
Though I like to see N900 come out on top of some other devices, this review is really just made for ad-revenue through clicks it'll attract - since there are lots of simply copied/pasted parts in it.
N900 vs Droid: Biggest holiday season showdown.
...Vs HD2.