Coming in the same week an industry report revealed Apple's iPhone to be taking a considerable chunk out of Nokia's third-quarter profit margins, Finland's blunted mobile phone titan has announced its eagerly awaited N900 handset has officially started shipping.
Look out, Apple! Image: Nokia.
Seen by many as something of a critical arrival for Nokia as it attempts to stave off the challenge of Apple's hugely popular iPhone, the new N900, which is equipped with the Linux-based Maemo 5 operating software, will hit retail outlets before the close of November alongside an estimated price tag of €500 Euros (contract-free, excluding taxes and subsidies).
“The Nokia N900 has generated a lot of interest since its public launch in August, which has been reflected in the device preorders,” trumpeted Jose-Luis Martinez, vice president of the Nseries at Nokia.
“What's exciting is the Maemo software, which takes its cues from the desktop computer and offers a full browsing experience like no other handset,” he added. “We believe the Nokia N900 will be a very compelling device for people who are responsible about technology.”
Arriving after a series of delays, the N900 is described by Espoo-based Nokia as “a mobile computer” and is powered by an ARM Cortex-A8 processor (600MHz), up to 1GB of total application memory, 32GBs of on-board data storage (expandable to 48GBs via microSD), and an integrated Web browser.
Other contributing aspects crammed into the N900 include a 3.5-inch touch-enabled screen, a full slide-out (and also virtual) QWERTY keyboard, a 5.0 mega pixel Carl Zeiss digital camera with video recording capabilities, assisted GPS navigation, Bluetooth v2.1, and support for a wealth of Nokia services such as the Ovi Store.
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