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 |
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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.