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Prices and Statistics

Estimated Retail Price	$749.99
Current Lowest Buy It Now Price	$359.00
Average Price	$512.96
Average Price Last Week	$418.22
Yesterday's High/Low	$410.00/$322.00
Total Number of Completed Auctions	1025

Phone Features

Operating Networks	GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WC
Form Factor	Slide
Operating System	Maemo 5
Size	110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc
Weight	181 g
Display	TFT Touch-screen
Internal Memory	32 GB
External Memory	microSD
Connectivity	EDGE, 3G
WLAN/Wi-Fi	Yes
Bluetooth	2.1, A2DP
Camera	5 megapixel with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, dual LED flash
GPS	Yes
QWERTY Keyboard	Yes
Battery	1320 mAh
Talk Time	up to 9 hours

Description

It's a good thing, then, that Nokia had an insurance plan - the N900. By throwing in some simple phone capabilities, the next-generation N8xx series because an overnight sensation, mainly due to a powerful Cortex 600 mhz processor, a developer-friendly, open Linux-based operating system (Maemo 5), and a much improved user experience. There's a lot here. We've got 32 gigabytes of internal storage, 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, a large 3.5" touch display, and 3D graphics acceleration. Unlike previous Nokias, there's oodles upon oodles of memory (256 RAM with 768 MB of virtual memory). The browser is Mozilla-based, and supports full Flash 9.4 along with the standard HTML/XHTML, CSS, and Javascript (+AJAX). Battery life is quite decent, and lasts about 5 hours on 3G, and 9 hours on GSM. Connectivity is a little strange, however. For the N900, Nokia opted to use the 1700 mhz band (essentially, T-mobile's 3G band in the USA) instead of going with AT&T's 850/1900 3G combination. This can be seen as a plus, or a minus depending on which network you prefer. The way I see it, however, is that T-mobile users have been left out in the cold for every Nseries and Eseries model ever produced - so it's all fair. Let's also talk about what the N900 is missing. That list currently includes MMS support and portrait mode, and I can't really seem to find any good reason why the second wasn't implemented. Sadly, the biggest problem with the N900 right now is simply finding one.