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After a little break from this competition we bring it back. We have already reviewed the Networking & Data and Display & Sound aspects. Today, Memory & Camera aspect. It would end up surprisingly well for one phone. Let´s start!

Both phones come with an incredible Internal storage memory. The iPhone 3Gs in two different version 16gb and 32 gb plus a 256 mb of RAM memory but the Nokia N900 only version comes with 32 gb (the same as the best of the iPhone 3Gs) plus a 256 mb of RAM memory.
The big difference on the memory is the expansion. While the Nokia comes with a card slot for a microSD and supports up to 16 gb taking the memory amount up to 48 gb, the lack of memory expansion on the iPhone 3Gs it doesn’t look well.
Then we have the Primary Camera. Not surprisingly at all, we find that the Nokia N900 has a 5MP camera (2592 x 1944 pixels) with a Carl Zeiss optic, autofocus, Dual Led Flash and video light. While the iPhone 3Gs has a 3.15 MP camera (2048 x 1536 pixels) and autofocus. Not too bad for the iPhone 3Gs but for a high gamma phone isn´t enough (comparing it with his directs competitors).
Some camera features are geo-tagging due to both phones having GPS. But the iPhone 3Gs also has Touch focus.
The video on the Nokia N900 are amazing, WVGA (848 x 480) with 25 fps (this is the quantity of photos that the phone takes per second to fullfil the video. It has direct influence on the sizes of the video, more information click here) as expected due to his camera. And on the iPhone 3Gs (a new feature included in this iPhone beyond the unofficial on the other iPhones), VGA (640 x 480 pixels) with 30 fps and video geo-tagging (nothing that on the Nokia N900 some could develop an app for this).
Last but not less important the Second camera which is used to make video calls thanks to the 3G network. With the Nokia N900 we would be able to do this, …

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Although the differences on Network & Data aspect are not to important, now in this aspect (Display & Sound) we would find that this two master pieces really have important ones.

First of all we have the size of the display. Both are 3.5 inches but the resolution on the Nokia N900 is up to a 800×600 pixels while in the iPhone you only have a 340×480 pixels. The display resolution of a display device typically refers to the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed, so this would lead to a better definition of the images.
Having many pros the N900 makes the iPhone 3Gs looks bad. But now it´s the iPhone 3Gs who wins with a dimension of 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm (a nice dimension considering that it´s a Smartphone) while the Nokia N900 dimensions are 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm (part of this due to the QWERTY keyboard).
The dimensions bring another problem to the Nokia N900, the weight of 181 g against the only 131 g of the iPhone 3Gs. Again, due to a few more physical features.
Finally the sound part, Nokia has got us used to have stereo speakers (3.5 mm) on their phones while the iPhone 3Gs has a single speaker (3.5 mm either).

Not only the good features have to be taken on account when choosing a phone (this makes it very attractive) but the size it´s important. Because you have to feel comfortable with it, when using it or while it´s on your pocket. So between this two you have to choose size or excellent features.

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Comprising this two beast of the mobile community could not change the choice of the people. I know that it won’t lead to that, but it´s good to establish the important difference and unique qualities that this two phones have between each other. I won´t talk about each specification of the phones and then compare against each other. What I´ll do it´s to talk about their punctual differences and special features.
I am going to compare each aspect on diverse post because if not, it would end up on Megapost and I don’t want to bore you that´s not my objective. I only want to inform you.
In the Network & Data aspect, we would find that both phones are very similar but with little differences.

One of those is the possibility of having HSCSD (Improves the speed of transmission over the GSM network, for more information please click here) on the Nokia N900 while in the iPhone 3Gs is missing.
Not surprising at all, we find that the iPhone 3Gs lacks of DNLA, a standard used by manufacturers to allow entertainment devices within the home to share their content with each other across a home network (more info here). Something that Apple has got us used to find when talking about sharing with other manufacturer´s devices.
Then exist a little difference on the speed of transmission over the HSDPA, where the iPhone 3Gs only has a 7.2 Mbps while the Nokia N900 reach a 10Mbps.
The last structural difference it´s the lack of an Infrared Port on the iPhone 3Gs. It´s not essential to have this, because it  has became obsolete to establish a transmission, but we can´t forget that thanks to this little buddy we can have the benefit of converting our phones on Universal Remote Control!(Like on the Nokia N900, check here).

Conclusion: Beyond the infrared port lack, both phones have pretty much the same for regular users. For a more exquisite user, the Nokia N900 has better conditions. It´s just a few centimeters ahead of the iPhone 3Gs (in Network & Data aspects).

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Hold your breath for September 27th.The Nokia Blog mentions that Nokia has given one of its major distributors in the United States the estimated date for the Nokia N900.
Retailers receive their stock a couple of days after distributors ship them over.
The suggested retail price is $649 USD just as expected. Want to pre book your Nokia N900? (in the USA) click here.
It would be interesting to know whether people would prefer to prebook the device or compare it side by side with the Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 mini before actually purchasing the device.
For those who are not too happy with the symbian S60 v5 interface, Maemo 5 may provide a fresh breath of air.
Though the USD 50-USD 60 may prove to bend the sales in the favour of the 32GB N97. I personally in a way regret buying the N97 since the Maemo platform looks very promising and so does the new fast ARM processor thats present in the Nokia N900.
For those of you who need to replace your old phone, the N900 is the way to go if you’re ready to spend that kind of money. For the current lot of N97 owners, I would suggest you to take a demo of the N900 and only then think of changing your device. With the rising popularity of Maemo 5, who knows, Nokia might just release a firmware for the N97 which would replace Symbian S60 v5 with Maemo 5, for the Nokia N97. Now thats wishful thinking for the Nokia N97 user who aspires to own the N900 but does not want to spend that kind of money again on a similar (read sibling) device.

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Just a few months after the launch of the high end Nokia N97, Nokia have now announced the Nokia N900. Replacing the N810 Internet Tablet, the N900 is a beast for the fact that it is more of a smartphone than an Internet Tablet – you can even make phone calls on it!
This positions it on top of the smartphone market, where it competes directly with the Nokia N97, Sony Xperia and the HTC Touch Pro 2! So what is it that the N900 can do that the N97 can not do? And besides should you go ahead and buy the Nokia N97 or wait for the N900 to lauch?
The dimensions of the Nokia N900 are 4.4″ x 2.3″ x 0.7″, which is big for a phone, but only as big as an HTC TouchPro 2. And when you think that the N900 is being pitched as an Internet Tablet, it’s actually kind of small.
One thing that isn’t in doubt is the N900‘s looks. It’s black, it’s big, it’s a touchscreen smartphone, but with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that looks more like the E90′s than than the N97′s. Better still, with an 800 x 480 screen, it looks like it really means business.
The extensive list of features includes:
• 32GB of internal storage
• 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
• Dual-LED Flash
• 800 x 480 video recording
• A-GPS with Ovi Maps
• 10Mbps download, 2Mbps upload HSDPA for super-fast browsing
• Quad-band GSM
• 54Mbps data transfer over Wi-Fi
• 600MHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor
• 1GB application memory
• OpenGLES 2.0 3D graphics acceleration
• Superb Web browser with built-in support for Adobe Flash 9.4
• Maemo 5 operating system
• TV-Out
• Media player supporting the following formats and codecs: mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp, H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263
• Music formats supported include .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
• FM Radio
That’s a huge list of features. But look a little closer, and you’ll see it’s not that different to the N97. So how do the two differ, and which one should you buy?
Where the two differ significantly, is the operating systems underpinning each phone, and the vision that Nokia has for them.
The Nokia N97 uses the old Symbian operating system that Nokia have been using on …

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Meet Ari Jaaksi VP os Software, Nokia at slashgear.com here!

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The folks at PhoneReport produced a nice review on the Nokia N900 and they made their own comparison against the Nokia N97. Nokia N900 loses with its price but wins with Maemo 5! Please, have further info here.