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Nokia confirms the N900 will run Maemo

Nokia has announced its N900 internet tablet will run Linux-based Maemo.

By Jennifer Scott, 27 Aug 2009 at 14:09

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Nokia has unveiled the N900 internet tablet, which will run the Linux platform Maemo.

Rumours have suggested Nokia would ditch Symbian and use the Linux platform.

Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president of markets at Nokia, said in a statement: “With Linux software, Mozilla-based browser technology and now also with cellular connectivity, the Nokia N900 delivers a powerful mobile experience.”

“The Nokia N900 shows where we are going with Maemo and we’ll continue to work with the community to push the software forward.”

Featuring an ARM Cortex-A8 processor, up to 1GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration, the N900 lets several applications run at once.

The browser will be powered by Mozilla and the home screen will also be customisable in a desktop style for shortcuts and applications.

“What we have with Maemo is something that is fusing the power of the computer, the internet and the mobile phone, and it is great to see that it is evolving in exciting ways,” Vanjoki added.

The device itself features a touchscreen, slide out QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera, and 32GB of storage, which can expand up to 48GB with a microSD card.

Although a statement from Nokia said the N900 will be available in select markets from October, the UK release and pricing is still to be confirmed.

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Wot no takers!

Well this looks like a nice really expensive toy - Perhaps costing in the region of 4 digits, as much as several budget laptops or a couple of really decent ones... and it doesn't appear to even have a USB port! Nokia is stumbling like a zombie, albeit in the almost the right direction, however. This toy should really not have a slideout keyboard, it should have a proper touch sensitive screen and use a virtual keyboard, and it should do everything it possibly can to outdo the apple iphone and all the other apple and competitors products as possible. One typical problem with many Apple products is the persistence in using exclusively extremely expensive SSD memory storage which is mostly built into the unit and SD format cards. Not to suggest that this should not be used at all but it would be much more practical if storage were provided in both SD form and a dockable micro hard disks, allowing for example the storage and portability of music collections and other large files that might be downloaded of the internet to other computers or another phone in the even that the current unit breaks. One might use the N900 to download music and transfer it to a portable music player but such players rarely themselves come with transferable storage or ports to connect additional storage. I for on would like to be able to store my music on dockable micro hard disks and be able to switch disks to listen to different portions of my collect from time to time, as I realise that my collection might not fit on just one disk - especially as I prefer a high or CD quality variable bit lossless compression to the poor quality lossy compressions used by most MP3 players and phones. A mini usb connection for external devices might also be useful.

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