Nokia N900

Don’t mistake the N900 for an N-series phone. This much anticipated Nokia product has been spurring excitement all around the internet blogosphere recently. Instead of reviewing it as a cell phone, you should look at this device as an internet tablet that happens to be able to make phone calls and send SMS messages. This is not the first Nokia internet tablet, the N8XXs and the N7XXs have been around for some time, but the exciting factors about the N900 are the new Maemo 5 operating system and the GSM module that allows you to use it as a cell phone. This new operating system aims to blur the line between phones and internet tablets and does a decent job at that. At a price point of $650, the N900 has .…...a very narrow margin for any shortcomings.

Physical

I’ll just run over the physical attributes of the device before digging in the new software. A huge screen dominates the front panel. The 3.5” LCD offers phenomenal viewing pleasure for a small device, colours are vibrant and it provides exceptional sunlight readability. It also works as a resistive touchscreen although I was optimistic that Nokia would, by now, have made the jump to capacitive touchscreens, specially since this high end device wears a hefty price tag. Still, the resistive touchscreen is very sensitive and you won’t have any problems with unregistered presses. The screen also has a native resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, and makes other nHD devices (5800, N97) appear humble.

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