Nokia N900 Preview By Mobile Review

August 19th, 2009 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

Mobile Review came through with a very early preview of the Nokia N900, an upcoming device running the new Maemo 5 OS. I wrote that Nokia needed a facelift and they responded with the N900. I think this is the freshness that Nokia’s high-end users like me are looking for.

Nokia N900

Nokia N900 1

Nokia N900 2

Eldar Murtazin’s preview of Noka N900 is worth reading entirely but I’ve broke it down for a shorter read.

Specs

  • Side-slider form factor similar to the Nokia N810.
  • 5MP camera with lens cover similar to Nokia N97.
  • 1320mAh battery
  • 32GB internal memory + microSDHC slot for extra storage.
  • Responsive 800×480 pixel resistive screen

UI

There are lots of UI screenshots provided by Mobile-Review, but here are some of my favorites.

Nokia N900 ui
Music Player

Nokia N900 ui 1
Customizable Home Screen

Nokia N900 gps
Nokia Maps

Nokia N900 ui 2
Applications menu

Nokia N900 Apps
Multitasking

Impressions

Here are some of the stand-out impressions from Mr. Murtazin.

  • For simplicity sake, it runs the next version of Maemo and it differs dramatically from the Nokia N810.
  • Variety of visual effects, smooth transitions and decent reaction time of the touch screen which is a significant improvement over the Nokia N97.
  • Browser is pretty stable, and it supports flash, video and applets.
  • Phone’s GPS department seemed well-tuned.
  • Context menus are made in the form of pop-ups which are easy to dismiss. All you need to do is press on any area of the screen outside the menu and it’ll be closed in an instant.
  • True mobile powerhouse… that comes wrapped in a very eye-candy and functional UI at that
  • Available late in 2009 for 550 Euro (subject to change).

Are you excited as I am about this device?

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  • albertroad
    i want it. how much do you think it'll cost???
  • Are there any document editor applications for n900? Without them I think n900 is not an excellent pocket PC.
  • Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. Others no doubt will like it like I did.
  • Indeed it does work, I have been a user from a long time.
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  • kinderis
    Nokia N900 is an impressive thing! I have read a lot about him, this device is so smart. I will definitely buy this Nokia when it will be released. The best thing what I love the most is variety of visual effects, smooth transitions and decent reaction time of the touch screen which is a significant improvement over the Nokia N97. Thank you for the great article and I will be waiting for other great news from you!

    Sincerely,

    Sam Miterson from mobile development
  • nahiaali
    Thanks for good info.

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    http://www.mobile-phone.pk
  • Wow that phone looks awesome. I really like Nokia phone and would love one of these! 550 euros per handset, however, sounds too expensive to me.
  • mark
    This phone looks and sound really good but am i right in thinking that this phone does NOT have MMS or Video calling?
  • r4dscard
    Very impressive phone by Nokia, Very impressive speed with comfortable body.
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  • lees
    would everyone say this is more of a guys phone than a girls ?
  • SomeDudesBlog
    Does the N900 support HTML EMAIL?
  • carbontwin
    Very nice article.

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  • jhay89
    wow.. im not gettin the n97 anymore... ill keep my nokia 5800 till this device comes out
  • Thanks for the interesting article brother thanks for sharing
  • So that whole 'it looks nothing like Symbian' thing that I've been reading is actually... er.. 'it looks actually quite a lot like Symbian' then?
  • It's not necessarily a bad thing. It was probably intentional to make the transition to Maemo easier for S60 users?
  • The only thing that looks like symbian is the Icon pack. And maybe some apps, but overall, it's completely different.
  • Nice summary, Mark. I am really excited about this device. This is what I was looking for from Nokia. I am glad they still have it in them :-)

    Two additional details you did not mention which I thought would be worth pointing out (info from Eldar throught Twitter):

    - some apps also work in portrait mode, but not all (bit of a bummer).
    - It has multiple homescreens in Android style (very cool)
  • Multiple homescreens sounds awesome!
  • I can't wait for this piece of art to come out! I've specifically installed Linux on one of my machines to familiarise myself with the capabilities.
  • hmm I hope I don't need to familiarize myself with Linux in order to use this phone.
  • formidible
    I suppose this means that most of my current apps on my E71 will not work on this phone? That's a bit of slight worry but hopefully by the time its released more third party apps will be available?
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