Diaries of a Nokia Fan Boy

Well I was ready to be upset that the N900 is merely an internet tablet, but by the looks of it its more a cross between the N97 and the N810. That is, its an internet tablet that runs on Maemo and can make phone calls. Mobile-review seems to have managed to get their hands on the device and shed some light on it for us.

Here are the specs of the device that are currently known:

• Maemo 5: Freemantle
• Large resistive touchscreen
• 800×480 resolution
• Cortex-A8 CPU
• 32GB on-board storage
• MicroSD expansion up to 32GB
• 5MP camera, Carl Zeiss optics
• Dual LED flash
• On-bard GPS

Expected price: 550 EURO, so a lot. Lets just hope it drops to that sweet 400 CAD price point where more people can afford it.

The device looks amazing, and the interface is pretty need too (see review).

-Nokia FanBoy

via: Mobile-review.com (read)

Nokia N900 Body

Nokia N900 Camera

Nokia N900 Body

Nokia N900 CPU & Storage

Well this is certainly an interesting piece of news. While most Nokia phones have an RM number, the RX number would indicate a somewhat different beast. Since the phone does look a little like an internet tablet one could mistake it for such, however the earpiece and SIM card would indicate the ability to make phone calls, presumably more than just for Skype. And the Carl Zeiss 5MP camera isn’t likely to be found on anything other than N-series.

On the other hand, if you look at the keyboard you will notice a missing D-pad. Of course this would be more of a surprise if we hadn’t seen the D-pad-less N97 Mini earlier this month. The fact is, however, that the keyboard simply looks more like one found on the earlier HTC models than the N97 keyboard Nokia spent so much time developing. This model’s keyboard doesn’t have any separation between the keys, the keys themselves have more depth, and the only thing that is similar on the layout is that the space is on the right side and both are QWERTY keyboards. Even the Fn, Sym, and Shift keys are placed on opposite ends. Looking at the keyboards alone makes it difficult to believe that the same company developed both devices, much less that the devices are from different lines.

So what is this, then? Could be a new E-series. Of course the looks tend to resemble the N-series much more, even if the N97 is still so fresh to market. But it could very well be a new tablet, since we haven’t seen a new tablet in quite a while, however the SIM card slot on back makes chances of that happening pretty slim.

What do you think it is?

-Nokia FanBoy

via: MobileBulgaria (read)

Nokia RX-51

Nokia RX-51 - in box