Nokia Releases Linux Handset

galaxy writes "Nokia releases their first Linux mobile handset, the N900 The handset is based on the latest release of Maemo, the Nokia mobile Linux platform, and includes e.g. GSM and 3G access (with HSPA, giving datarates of up to 10Mbps downlink and 2Mbps uplink on suitable networks), WLAN, Bluetooth, camera, assisted GPS and, most importantly, a touchscreen complemented by a hardware QWERTY under a slider. The beast is powered by an ARM Cortex-A8 processor at 600 MHz, has PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support, 32GB internal memory etc."

Comments

Thanks for obseleting my N97

[Gyorg_Lavode]

I'd like to personally thank nokia for screwing me. I bought an N97 expecting it to be THIS phone. It was supposed to have a fresh Symbian with a lot of power and a solid software base. Instead it's a feature packed piece of hardware with neglected software, an inappropriate processor, and absolutely no future.

So now I'll have to sell it and pick up an N900 when (and if given the n97 took half a year from it's announchement) taking a massive loss on the N97. Again, thank you nokia for keeping me from making an informed decision.

Re:Sure, but...

[Splab]

Which would be answered if you read about the phone...

Unlike the google phones this will be based on a normal Linux distribution with all drivers open sourced - and first generation will be on GTK, but should be changed to QT soonish since Nokia happens to own that piece of .... code.