Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Nokia N900 A new hope




Guys after a long long time Nokia has given a cell phone worth 5 stars.....Check out the review.


Usually when Nokia makes an Nseries announcement the geek world trembles with excitement, expecting to see the next master of the multimedia realm. Nokia N900 didn't make any exception to this rule though it was pitched for its web browsing prowess more than anything else (at least multimedia-wise).


Or at least so it seemed in the beginning, before anyone actually knew how far Nokia has gone with the user experience on the Maemo 5 platform. Soon after it was first demoed, the N900 was quickly deemed a serious peril to most smartphones out there. It even went as far as threatening Nokia's own Symbian platform.




The Nokia N900 has been so universally positive up so far that it easily turned up high on the wishlist of the tech-inclined. Expectations quickly rose quite high matching its top place in the company portfolio lineup.
Now we've got one and while we're working on a full-featured review as we usually do, we decided to post this quick preview covering Nokia N900 key features. And speaking of those, here's a brief recap of what's under its hood.


Specs:


General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/1700/2100 MHz, HSDPA 10 Mbps, HSUPA 2Mbps
Form factor: Full touch device with a side-sliding hardware QWERTY keyboard
Dimensions: 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc; 181 g
Display: 3.5" 16M-color TFT resistive touchscreen, 800 x 480 pixels WVGA
CPU: ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics
OS: Maemo 5
Memory: 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM, microSD card slot
Camera: 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with dual-LED flash; WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps video recording
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB v2.0 with microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, FM radio, FM transmitter, Infrared port
Battery: 1,320 mAh Li-Ion battery
Misc: Built-in accelerometer and ambient light sensors, proximity sensor, IR output port for remote control
Software: Ovi Maps (voice-guided navigation purchased separately), Mozilla-based browser with Adobe Flash 9.4 support, Facebook and Twitter integration


The chubby Nokia N900 certainly isn't a handset to answer mainstream tastes but then again all those features rarely come in much smaller packages. The geeks know that and are willing to live with it if the performance is worth it.

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