Mobile Phones Linux 'noble' first impressions of Nokia Highway

Mobile Phones Linux 'noble' first tiHang produced the world's largest phone Nokia has still screen public phone model first advanced based on free Linux: N900.

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In fact, Nokia has been shy to explore Linux now since 2005 when testing the operating system penguins inside a tablet model.

These are handheld devices, the size matching with the phone but more cumbersome, is designed for the purpose of surfing the Web, but no phone call. But the idea of "Tablet" has not really improved, so ripe product has failed to conquer the mass market.

To overcome "the car wound down, N900 is equipped with mobile connectivity, a touch screen and keypad slide to the right" fashion. Its estimated price around 500 euros (712 dollars). Undertake processing power for the processor N900 Cortex - A8 based on the ARM.

PCWorld experts assumed that N900 "looks attractive" step and a good momentum for reform run, revive the Nokia smartphones. However, they still doubt the goat may be enough to confront the iPhone or Android device or not. Nokia Israel Highway area

One point of praise in the N900 is its use of technology acceleration OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics, open the door for high-quality mobile games. In addition, the ability to start next wave GSM and HSPA, N900 can also connect Wi-Fi, GPS / A-GPS, listening to the FM radio, Bluetooth 2.1 and equipped for TV output. Finally, the Nokia N900 impressed with 32GB of internal memory, expandable up to 48GB micro SD memory card thanks.

N900's screen size 3.5 inch, the ability to touch the iPhone, but not sensitive, in return, it has a higher resolution (800 x 480 pixels), enough to fit into the group of smartphone "cinema" as HTC Touch Pro or Samsung Omnia 2 II.

Thanks to Mozilla browsers pre-installed, supporting Adobe Flash 9 April, N900 promises the ability to browse the Web on your computer. Users can save the moment with digital cameras 5 "dots" to use Carl Zeiss lens and LED dual reputation.

For comparison, the iPhone 3GS just stop at 3 megapixels, no flash. Hero HTC, Android phone models top the current threshold matter also climbed 5 "dots" but no flash.

Adventure with the "new"

Those who love message would necessarily welcome sliding QWERTY keyboard complete N900. But above all, the software and computer applications within the new factors to decide its fate.

Linux Maemo 5 looks promising in the first review, but the absence of a counter application backed N900 will cause quite a lot of experience disadvantage. Moreover, the price of 700 USD was evaluated as too high compared to the context of tightening the communique said today.

Explain the reasons why not choose ARM processors His major Intel, sales director of Nokia's Anssi Vanjoki believes that "the ability to manage battery ARM better than the Intel architecture" . Vanjoki also confirmed in the future, Nokia will not use Intel chips for similar product line again.

Currently, Nokia's Symbian operating system is controlling about half the global smartphone market, more than three rival Apple, RIM and Google together. But unfortunately only Symbian could rain as the wind in Europe, Asia with Africa. Hard market in North America, Symbian completely sunk nghim the forest name iPhone, Blackberry or Windows Mobile.

He said the selection Vanjoki Linux N900 Symbian absolutely no threat, and that the two operating systems is excess power exists in parallel with each other. "Symbian is open source the platform, but we will still expand and develop the maximum possible, both in function and distribution network.

(Total of PCWorld, Reuters)