Extensive N900 preview gives praise.

Posted on 30 September 2009, Last updated on 12 November 2019 by

Michal Jerz is clearly happy with the Nokia N900 he’s testing and yet I still remain somewhat unconvinced as I read through this detailed article. Maybe the N900 really is this good with web page zooming “No reloading, refreshing, waiting for the new part to render inch and a “BEAUTIFUL user interface. inch but maybe, coming from the Smartphone world, Michal hasn’t got the benefit of experience on a 4.8 inch screen running a fast SSD, Atom 1.3ghz and Firefox.

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Clearly the N900 is going to be a fast and smooth web-focused device and I dare say it will blow away my own Omnia Pro smartphone which is quite limited in the ARM11-powered, Opera 9.5  browsing department but there are still questions. Despite what Michal says, its a fat  smartphone and, exactly like my Omnia Pro, is neither the perfect size for 24/7 pocket use or the perfect size for mobile web activity. Just like the N810, you’ll find yourself having to zoom in on full page web just to read the text. Michal doesn’t mention battery life either.

At 600 Euros for a new platform it seems a little expensive and a slightly risky investment for the average user, especially with the 32GB Archos Android Internet Tablet out there on the same Ti OMAP 3 platform (wifi only) for half the price, but for mobile web-focused and convergence fans it remains a top choice.

My-Symbian. Full N900 Preview. (Via Maemo Talk)

Nokia N900 information and links.

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7 Comments For This Post

  1. Steve 'Chippy' Paine says:

    New article: Extensive N900 preview gives praise. http://cli.gs/Jtd0t

  2. llun:/næt/ not /lʊn/ says:

    [Google reader] Extensive N900 preview gives praise. http://bit.ly/27siof

  3. Kerub says:

    Hi Chippy,

    it’s the first time I comment on UMPCPortal.com but I’m a faithful and avid reader.
    the first thing to say is “compliments for the blog”.

    about N900 I think the only main concern is the battery time.
    for the rest it can be the perfect full-funct-OS MID/smartphone that fits in the pocket.

  4. Chippy says:

    Hi Kerub. Thanks for joining-in!
    I have some reservations about the screen size personally but for people looking for mobile convergence, this is as close as it gets right now.

  5. turn.self.off says:

    zoom in? i find myself more often bumping the font a couple of steps and let the reflow handle the rest.

    maybe thats zoom, but not in the usual definition of thee word…

  6. Chippy says:

    Zoom. Increase font size. Whatever ;-)

  7. REMF says:

    my (ordered) n900 will be £463 in total over an 18 month contract which includes unlimited data, not bad i’d say.

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