Nokia launches N900 in India

Nokia , the world leader in mobile phone industry, has finally launched the much-awaited ‘N900′ in Indian market. Earlier it was launched at Nokia World on September 2, 2009 and was released on November 11, 2009 in the United States and 9 European countries. This smart phone is based on the Maemo platform, it runs Maemo 5 Linux as its default operating system. It is the first Nokia device based upon the TI OMAP3 microprocessor with the ARM Cortex-A8 core. Unlike the Internet Tablets preceding it, the Nokia N900 is the first Maemo device to include phone functionality (quad-band GSM and 3G UMTS). It functions as a 5 mega pixel camera, a portable media player, and a mobile Internet device with email and full web browsing. The phone will cost Rs. 30,639 in India.

Moreover, Nokia N900 also has Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support, full screen browsing with Maemo browser, TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable, Built-in FM transmitter, High-quality wireless stereo sound, Maemo media player, Data transfers over Wi-Fi 54Mbps, Bluetooth, 3.5G and WLAN connectivity. It has built-in 32 GB internal storage in which you can store up to 7,000 songs or 40 hours of DVD-quality video. The memory is expandable to up to 48 GB with an external microSD card slot.

Technical Details of Nokia N900 ::

Display

3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display
800 × 480 pixel resolution

Language support

British English, American English, Canadian French, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Russian

Connectivity

3.5mm AV connector
TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable
Micro-USB connector, High-Speed USB 2.0
Bluetooth v2.1 including support for stereo headsets
Integrated FM transmitter
Integrated GPS with A-GPS

Battery

BL-5J 1320mAh

Processor and 3D accelerator

TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support

Memory

Up to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)

Size and weight

Volume:

Approx 113cc

Dimensions:

110.9 × 59.8 × 18 (19.55 at thickest part) mm

Weight:

Approx 181g

Mass memory

32 GB internal storage
Store up to 7000 MP3 songs or 40 hours of high-quality video
Up to 16 GB of additional storage with an external microSD card

Keys and input method

Full QWERTY tactile keyboard
Full QWERTY onscreen keyboard

Colour

Black

Operating frequency

Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz
Data network



GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL) EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL) WCDMA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (DL/UL) HSPA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 10/2 Mbps (DL/UL) WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g

Call features

Integrated hands-free stereo speakers
Call waiting, call hold, call divert
Call timer
Logging of dialed, received and missed calls
Speed dialing via contact widget
Virbrating alert (internal)
Side volume keys
Mute/unmute
Contacts with images
Conference calling with up to 3 participants
Internet calling
Email & Messaging
Supported protocols: Mail for Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP
Support for email attachments
Support for rich HTML
SMS and Instant Messages as conversations
Support for Nokia Messaging service
Instant messaging and presence enhanced contacts
Multiple number, email and Instant Messaging details per contact, contacts with images
Support for assigning images to contacts
Web browsing
Maemo browser powered by Mozilla technology
Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support
Full screen browsing
GPS
Integrated GPS, Assisted-GPS, and Cell-based receivers
Pre-loaded Ovi Maps application
Automatic geotagging
Camera
5 megapixel camera (2584 × 1938 pixels)
Image formats: JPEG
CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens
3 × digital zoom
Autofocus with assist light and two-stage capture key
Dual LED flash
Full-screen viewfinder
Photo editor on device
TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or WLAN/UPnP
Landscape (horizontal) orientation
Capture modes: Automatic, portrait, video, macro, landscape, action
Video
Wide aspect ratio 16:9 (WVGA)
Video recording file format: .mp4; codec: MPEG-4
Video recording at up to 848 × 480 pixels (WVGA) and up to 25fps
Video playback file formats: .mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263
Music and audio playback
Maemo media player
Music playback file formats: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
Built-in FM transmitter
Ring tones: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
FR, EFR, WCDMA, and GSM AMR
Personalisation
Background pictures
Widgets on your desktops
Intelligent contact shortcuts
Shortcuts to your favourite websites
Shortcuts to applications
Themes

Operating system
Maemo 5 software on Linux
Applications
Maemo Browser
Phone
Conversations
Contacts
Camera
Photos
Media player
Email
Calendar
Ovi Maps
Clock
Notes
Calculator
PDF reader
File manager
RSS reader
Sketch
Games
Widgets
Application manager for downloads
Gaming
Bounce
Chess
Mahjong

What´s in the box

Nokia N900
Nokia Battery (BL-5J)
Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-10)
Nokia Stereo Headset (WH-205)
Video out cable (CA-75U)
Nokia charger adaptor (CA-146C)
Cleaning cloth