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title: Nokia N900 Blogger Preview
date: 2010-03-02 22:41:18
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/03/02/nokia-n900-blogger-preview/
author: Lester Chan
excerpt: "Attended the Nokia N900 blogger preview at Segafredo in Chinasquare Plaza, Telok Ayer Street. The N900 launches in Singapore at the end of March 2010, with no local pricing yet, though elsewhere it's around US$649, roughly S$911."
categories:
  - Event
  - Mobile Phone
tags:
  - blogger
  - N900
  - Nokia
  - preview
---

Went to the Nokia N900 blogger preview which took place at Segafredo located at 51 Telok Ayer Street, #01-06, Chinasquare Plaza. First off, the Nokia N900 will be launching in Singapore at the end of March 2010. No local pricing is available yet, but elsewhere the RRP is US$649 = S$911.78.

[![Nokia N900](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4400702177_160da853aa.jpg)](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2793/4400702177_060af01504_o.jpg "Nokia N900")

[![Nokia N900 Screen](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2792/4400694139_64b5b4b0aa.jpg)](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2792/4400694139_11337fc979_o.jpg "Nokia N900 Screen")

**Specifications**

- Processor: ARM Cortex-A8 600MHz
- Memory: Up to 1GB (256MB RAM + 768MB virtual memory)
- System: WCDMA 900/1700/2100 (HSPA), EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- OS: Maemo 5
- Dimensions: 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm (L x W x H) \*19.55 mm at camera area
- Weight: 181 g
- Display: 3.5 inch widescreen (800×480 pixels) touch
- Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5J, 1320 mAh
- Storage: Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board, 16GB expansion via microSD memory card slot)
- Video playback: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid up to WVGA (800×480) resolution in 25fps. WMV up to VGA resolution in 30fps. Flash Video streaming in browser
- Music playback: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, M4A, WAV, WMA
- Main Camera: Carl Zeiss Tessar Lens
- Image capture: Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)
- Video capture: MPEG-4 WVGA (800 x 480) at up to 25 fps
- Aperture: 2.8
- Focal length: 5.2
- Flash: Dual LED camera fash and video light

**Operating Times**

- Always online: Up to 2-4 days (TCP/IP connected)
- Talk time: Up to 5hrs WCDMA, 9hrs GSM
- Active online usage: Up to 1+ day

**Connectivity & Data Services**

- WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g with UPnP support
- BT 2.1 with support for stereo headsets
- Integrated FM transmitter
- Integrated GPS with A-GPS
- Nokia AV connector 3.5mm for audio input/output and TV out
- Micro-USB 2.0 high speed for file transfers and charging

[![Nokia N900 QWERTY Keypad](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4400737017_b27a516072.jpg)](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4061/4400737017_1058b0467e_o.jpg "Nokia N900 QWERTY Keypad")

**Thoughts**

- The N900 is VERY responsive because of the ARM Cortex-A8 processor
- The ability to multitask and run background programs is a plus point, the product manager tried running up to 27 background applications and it doesn’t lag
- It support flash
- Interesting gesture to zoom in and out using the browser. Swirl clockwise to zoom in and swirl anti-clock wise to zoom out
- No dedicated hardware button to access the menu
- Need 3 steps to access other menus. Need to press the “application window” icon, then followed by the “6 squares” icon and then the “more” icon
- The apps are open source, hopefully this will encourage more developers to develop for Maemo
- Supports updating of 3rd party apps easily
- Incoming notification such as SMS are non-obtrusive, it will appear for a while at the top then fade away
- It is 1.5x thicker than iPhone because of the slide out QWERTY keypad, but the height and width is about the same
- Price is pretty steep if directly converted from the US$649 RRP

**More Photos**

**Nokia N900 UI Walkthrough**