| No one among mobile phone users are surprised with | | | | integrated Mozilla Firefox browser that gives it desktop |
| the latest Nokia N900. Ever since the N95 | | | | PC browsing look and feel. Browsing and downloading |
| advertisement claiming it to be a computer in your | | | | online gets no-wait broadband speeds with its HSDPA |
| hands, it became clear that Nokia had its sights on | | | | HSUPA data connectivity on the 3G network. There's |
| imbuing their handsets with desktop-like computing look | | | | Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR for high speed local data |
| and feel. | | | | transfers and WiFi 802.11 b/g so you can surf in |
| Adopting a similar multiplatform product strategy as its | | | | hotspots anywhere. |
| main competitors, Nokia is putting Linux-based Maemo | | | | · A 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual |
| OS on a line of high end computer-like smartphones | | | | LED flash brings the N900 at the forefront of |
| starting with the highly anticipated N900. Launched last | | | | sophistication among top class camera smartphones in |
| September in Germany, the phone is expected to hit | | | | the markets. What's more is that it uses the Nokia |
| European markets by the end of November as a | | | | imaging signature of having Carl Zeiss Tessar optics in |
| contract-free price of â,¤499. | | | | the camera. Shots can be geo-tagged using its built-in |
| Outstanding Upscale Features | | | | GPS receiver with Ovi Maps. It supports Wide-VGA |
| Bringing PC desktop computing experience on the | | | | (800 × 480) resolution video recording at 30fps. |
| mobile handset is an uphill challenge for any mobile | | | | There's a secondary VGA camera for 3G video calls |
| phone maker. But it can be done, albeit the savvy user | | | | as simpler video recording at a modest 15 fps. |
| just has to contend with the size limitations on | | | | · The N900 has a 3.5-inch resistive |
| handheld gadgets. Nokia has been doing just that | | | | touchscreen display with wide VGA resolution and 16 |
| starting with the N95 a few years back and now we | | | | million color depth. While admittedly modest compared |
| have the N900 upping the ante with three processors | | | | with larger screens and capacitive touchscreen |
| inside its full QWERTY slider touchscreen body. It is | | | | technology in other flagship phones, the N900 does the |
| not a slim phone but a rather hefty one with a body | | | | job of displaying excellent images and videos on its |
| measuring 111 x 59.7 x 18.2 mm and weighing a | | | | wide screen display that tilts when fully slid out. |
| not-so-pocket-friendly 180g. | | | | · The N900 enjoys a generous 1GB ROM for |
| · The N900 uses the ARM Cortex A8 clocked | | | | its OS and 32GB of internal storage for user installed |
| at 600 MHz with a separate graphics processors in | | | | application and files. You can expand that up to |
| the PowerVR SGX530 that supports Open GL ES | | | | another 32GB with its microSD expansion slot. |
| 2.0. It's third processor is the EMS320C64x clocked at | | | | It's got a competent multimedia player that is |
| 430 MHz to offload from the main CPU its camera, | | | | touch-controllable supporting all the popular audio, video |
| telephony, audio processing and data transmission. | | | | and photo media content file formats. You also get |
| · The Maemo 5.0 platform brings Internet | | | | stereo FM, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP for wireless stereo |
| Tablet savvy to the handset with a seamlessly | | | | earphones, TV-out and a 3.5mm headphone jack. |