It's been a while since I last wrote about how the Nokia N900 came to my rescue at a conference. I really love this phone. Let me start with the huge (for a mobile)3.5-inch high resolution WVGA transreflective screen - the images are really clear with brilliant colours (65K) even in bright sunlight.
It comes with a 600 MHz processor and upto 256 MB RAM and 768 MB virtual memory which allows you to open and run several apps at once. I had no problems viewing videos and even make presentations using the TV-out cable which came with the box. Connecting to the net was surprisingly fast as well and the browsers loaded almost instantaneously.
The N900 has a resistive touchscreen which may not be as sensitive as the iPhone or my Samsung Glaxy Portal and I found myself using the stylus a lot. For typing, the sliding full QWERTY keyboard comes really handy.
As I mentioned in my last post, the 5 megapixel camera with the Carl Zeiss lens gives excellent results. It has autofocus with 3x digital zoom and dual LED flash. However, I wonder why they didn't put in better quality Xenon flashes.
It also comes with a lot of storage to store your videos, music, apps and photographs - 32GB internal storage which can be extended upto 16 GB of additional storage with an external microSD card.
I didn't make much use of the integrated GPS but it came in handy a few times when I had to use the Ovi maps to find my way.
However, the reason the Nokia N900 has become the "hacker's phone is because of it's operating system - Maemeo 5, which is based on the open source Linux. It's amazing what some people have done with their Nokia N900's. For example, one guy uses it as a remote control to fly a helicopter.
I showed the phone to several friends and the first comment they usually made is that it looked bulky - It is a bulky phone (110.9 x 59.8 x 18mm) but it fits really well into my palm and was not as heavy as it looks.
Overall an amazing phone. Sad I have to give it back. Thanks to the guys at WOM World/ Nokia for letting me try out this phone.
It comes with a 600 MHz processor and upto 256 MB RAM and 768 MB virtual memory which allows you to open and run several apps at once. I had no problems viewing videos and even make presentations using the TV-out cable which came with the box. Connecting to the net was surprisingly fast as well and the browsers loaded almost instantaneously.
The N900 has a resistive touchscreen which may not be as sensitive as the iPhone or my Samsung Glaxy Portal and I found myself using the stylus a lot. For typing, the sliding full QWERTY keyboard comes really handy.
As I mentioned in my last post, the 5 megapixel camera with the Carl Zeiss lens gives excellent results. It has autofocus with 3x digital zoom and dual LED flash. However, I wonder why they didn't put in better quality Xenon flashes.
It also comes with a lot of storage to store your videos, music, apps and photographs - 32GB internal storage which can be extended upto 16 GB of additional storage with an external microSD card.
I didn't make much use of the integrated GPS but it came in handy a few times when I had to use the Ovi maps to find my way.
However, the reason the Nokia N900 has become the "hacker's phone is because of it's operating system - Maemeo 5, which is based on the open source Linux. It's amazing what some people have done with their Nokia N900's. For example, one guy uses it as a remote control to fly a helicopter.
I showed the phone to several friends and the first comment they usually made is that it looked bulky - It is a bulky phone (110.9 x 59.8 x 18mm) but it fits really well into my palm and was not as heavy as it looks.
Overall an amazing phone. Sad I have to give it back. Thanks to the guys at WOM World/ Nokia for letting me try out this phone.
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