The much-awaited Nokia's first phone running on Linux Maemo operating system, N900 has finally made its debut in the Indian market.
Sporting a wide 3.5-inch touchscreen display, Nokia N900 packs a QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, LED flash with 3X digital zoom and GPS.
Also called internet tablet, Nokia N900 also offers full Adobe Flash 9.4 support. The phone packs a Maemo 5 operating system and is powered by ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz processor. As for memory, the phone comes with 32GB internal storage which can be expanded upto 45GB.
Other key features include Wi-Fi, 3G, FM transmitter and Bluetooth. Nokia N900 promises upto 6 hrs 30 min of 2G talktime and upto 4 hrs 30 min of 3G talktime.
The phone will be available in the later part of June and will come for Rs 30,639.
Google has said yesterday that it is planning to release its Chrome operating system, seen as Microsoft Windows’ upcoming greatest rival in fall 2010 completely free of charge. “We are working on bringing the device later this fall,” said Google vice president of product management Sundar Pichai at CompuTex Taipei, Asia’s biggest IT trade show.
Many of you will have seen or even been using Google’s Chrome browser, the Chrome OS will be very similar, concentrating strongly on simplicity, speed, and web apps. According to Google, more than 70 million users already use the Chrome browser which suggests its operating system will definitely receive a significant number of support. However, it is still uncertain whether manufacturers will in fact use Chrome OS as their default, pre-installed operating system in the future, a “norm” which has largely brought Microsoft Windows plenty of success over the years.