Nokia N900 : key features & disadvantages

The Nokia N900 is a mobile Internet device and smartphone, from Nokia based on the Maemo platform, superseding the N810.

It runs Maemo 5 Linux as its default operating system and is the first Nokia device based upon the TI OMAP3 microprocessor with the ARM Cortex-A8 core. Unlike the Internet Tablets preceding it, the Nokia N900 is the first Maemo device to include phone functionality (quad-band GSM and 3G UMTS). It functions as a 5 mega pixel camera, a portable media player, and a mobile Internet device with email and full web browsing.

Key features
- 3.5" 65K-color resistive touchscreen of WVGA (800 x 480 pixel) resolution
- Maemo 5 OS
- State-of-the-art Mozilla-based web browser with Adobe Flash 9.4 support
- Slide-out three-row full QWERTY keyboard
- ARM Cortex A8 600MHz CPU, PowerVR SGX graphics accelerator; 256 MB of RAM
- Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support
- 5 MP autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and active camera lens cover
- WVGA (848 x 480 pixels) video recording @ 24fps
- 10 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
- Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
- 32GB onboard storage
- DivX and XviD video playback
- Foldable kickstand
- microSD card slot with microSDHC support
- Built-in accelerometer
- Proximity sensor
- 3.5 mm audio jack and TV-out
- FM Radio receiver, FM transmitter
- microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
- Solid audio quality
- Kinetic scrolling
- Contacts integration of Skype, Google Talk and other VoIP services
- Great build quality  

Main disadvantages
- Large and heavy
- UI only works in landscape mode (for now)
- No smart and voice dialing
- Outdated camera interface and features
- No preinstalled voice-guided SatNav application
- No voice recorder, no MMS, and no handwriting recognition
- No FM radio application (despite that the hardware's there)
- Limited third-party software availabilty
- Limited 3G support in the US (no AT&T) 

You can get Nokia N900 full phone specifications here.

Techdy Bear views :
Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and there are reasons behind this. Nokia N900 is one of the best touchscreen smartphone Nokia has ever produced so far. It has great phone specifications (as you can read from above). There is only one major problem - its weight. Weighed nearly 181g. That's really heavy for a phone nowadays. Average phone weight is below 100g. If you don't mind carrying this heavy smartphone wherever you go, then this is your dream phone. Anyway, not for me (quite expensive and HEAVY).


sources : N900, GSM Arena