Nokia has its latest smartphone experiment out in the form of the Maemo powered N900. We call it an experiment as Nokia is still promoting N97 over this wonderful gadget. Yes I certainly believe that the N900 is the best smartphone that Nokia has produced till date and no matter what comparisions say, the N900 comes real close to beating the iPhone 3GS, in some ways it does. The same old issue with the Nokia is the weight and the usability. iPhone scores there.
N900 weighs 181gms and has a large thick structure, which isn’t the best for mobility. The good with the N900 is the strong OS + openness that the iPhone lacks, good browser and the physical qwerty (though Nokia screws up the spacebar again). One impressive thing the N900 has is the 600MHz processor and 256MB ram. This is one area where Nokia has been a miser since ages, however they give good backing to N900 which runs a desktop grade OS. Is this enough? Will the 768MB virtual memory help? Not sure, but the videos we saw looked impressive.
The camera and video recording specs of the N900 might be better but the iPhone scores with better usability and web integration. However a 32GB smartphone with a strong OS for $650 is certainly good. The N900 is IMO the best from Nokia yet, but only time will tell how well it does against the iPhone 3GS. The App Store and slick UI of the iPhone is hard to beat. But Nokia vs iPhone doesn’t end here…
Maemo powered N900 from Nokia
| Feature | iPhone 3GS | Nokia N900
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| Network | 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900 |
| OS | iPhone OS 3.0 | Maemo 5 |
| Display | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches | 3.5″ resistive touchscreen |
| Camera | 3.15 MP / Autofocus 30 fps Video recodring with audio | 5 MP carl zeiss with dual LED flash, video recording |
| EDGE | HSDPA suppored 7.2 Mbps | HSDPA 10Mbps HSUPA 2Mbps |
| Internet Browser | Mobile Safari Full HTML without Flash | Mozilla powered full feature browser |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Emails | SMS, MMS, EMAIL |
| FM | no | YES |
| Processor | 600 MHz CPU | 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics |
| Battery | Unknown | Li-Ion 1320 mAh (BL-5J) |
| Colours | White and Black | Black |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth AD2P (headset support only) Bluetooth P2P games WiFi, AGPS | WiFi, Bluetooth AD2P, AGPS, Micro USB port |
| Memory | 256MB RAM 16 GB/ 32 GB storage | 32GB storage, 256MB RAM, 768MB virtual RAM |
| Weight | 135gms | 181 gms |
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