As promised, I’ve had the chance to compare the Nokia N900 side-by-side with its older brother, the N810 Internet Tablet. As you can see, the N900 is quite a bit smaller, but it also has a smaller keyboard and not quite the best viewing angle, specifically for watching video.
We’ll have more coverage of the N900 over the next few days.
Italian website kiamanokia.it/ has somehow managed to get its hands on the Nokia N900 ahead of Nokia World, which kicks off in a few hours, and put together a short video preview. The video explores the various aspects of the phone, including the hardware, but also digs into the software quite a bit, showing off the homescreen and other features.
I’ll have some quality time with the N900 myself later this afternoon -- are there any things you’d like me to specifically check out? I’ll do my best to check out whatever aspects you’d like, and I’ll definitely have some video footage, as well as side-by-side comparisons against the Nokia N810, which I’ll be blogging with throughout Nokia World 2009.
In a few hours, I’ll be on a plane, headed towards Stuttgart, Germany, for Nokia World 2009. This annual event is where Nokia shows off its latest products, and also typically makes quite a few announcements around its services, such as Ovi Maps and the like. I’ll be attending as Press, courtesy of Nokia’s PR team, and will be looking to cover the Nokia N900 as in-depth as possible. I definitely plan to spend some hands-on time with it, and I’m bringing along a Nokia N810 to do some side-by-side comparisons for you, as well.
If you’re going to be there, please do find me. I’ll be sporting a tan fedora most of the time, and also operate under the name Ricky Cadden, or Symbian Guru – I shouldn’t be difficult to find. You can also catch me on twitter under our official twitter account, @maemoguru – I’ll be tweeting periodically through the event, and will be monitoring @replies, so if you have something you’d like me to cover on the N900, please do find me there.
If you’re interested in other announcements, as well, you can skip on over to Symbian-Guru.com – that’s where most of my non-Maemo coverage will be going up, and you can get the appropriate links here. Also, I’ll be tagging things with ‘NW09‘, as will most everyone else, so you can use that tag to find other coverage, as well.
The Nokia N900, previously known as Rover, previously known as ‘RX-51′, has not been officially announced by Nokia, but it has already been leaked in photos, and is now already covered in a full review. That’s right – Eldar from Mobile-Review has apparently been using one for a few weeks now, and has posted his full review in English.
The review contains plenty of photos of the device, confirming the slide-out QWERTY form factor, the 5 megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual-LED flash, and the large touchscreen display. The Nokia N900 will apparently be powered by Maemo5, which is the operating system previously used in Nokia’s Internet Tablets, and has a bit of an Ovi-fied look, with new icons and such.
There are also a number of screenshots, which reveal quite a few details that I previously had questions about. For starters, you can see that there is a real email client, with support for Mail for Exchange, and I’m sure we’ll have a version of Nokia Messaging loaded in there, as well.
The Music player has also been revamped entirely, with a much better organization scheme, as well as one-click access to simply shuffle all of your tracks. There are plenty of screenshots available on Eldar’s review, so click on over and check it out.
We’ll be on-site at Nokia World next week, where the Nokia N900 is expected to be announced, and will hopefully have some live hands-on photos and videos available then.
