Nokia N900 begins shipping

Published on Nov 11, 2009

Nokia's first linux-based device - the Nokia N900 smartphone - is finally ready for shipping after a delay of several weeks

Published on Mar 17, 2011

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The Nokia N900 smartphone is the first one in offing by the company which supports a linux operating system. This new wonder device is more like a mini computer than a phone.  Peter Schneider, head of marketing for Maemo devices at the Finnish handset manufacturer, said "We're not trying to build the smarter 'smartphone', but the idea is to take computer capabilities to smaller devices." Nokia N900 runs the Maemo 5 open-source operating system. Nokia says it hopes that the N900 device will appeal to developers interested in creating applications for the Maemo operating system. The Nokia N900 is equipped with an ARM Cortex-A8 superscalar microprocessor core running at 600 MHz, up to 1 GB of application memory, and 3D graphics accelerator with OpenGL ES 2.0 support.The Nokia N900 costs about $750 U.S. dollars. Initially, Nokia N900 is available for shipping to North America, including the United States, as well as Europe, the Middle East and Russia. 

 

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