The Nokia N900 has impressed me quiet a bit, proving capable of things I’d never imagine a smartphone like a size of a brick – from running a full version of Maemo to playing amazing 3D games.

I have been wondering for a little while now whether the Nokia N900 will be able to compete with the latest rivals and devices.

Screen
Both the Nokia N900 and the HTC Desire offer superb displays. On paper, the HTC Desire offers a better screen, with capacitive and AMOLED technology, however, with the N900’s resistive screen proving bright and highly responsively.

Applications
Supporting a bigger range of hardware, the Android Market place offers a lot more applications that are compatible with the HTC Desire than the Ovi Store does for the Nokia N900 due to the fact that people found a porthole that they could retrieve applications for free. It’s closer than you’d think, however, as although there are more applications for Android, the Open Source nature of the Nokia N900’s Maemo OS makes it one of the most stable platforms I’ve seen so far, proving ideal for developers and hackers. The games for the Nokia N900 are great, the 3D enhancement was really worth it. 

Storage
The Nokia N900 is the better device when it comes to storage, thanks to a whopping 32GB of internal memory, plus the ability of adding 32GB MicroSD card making the Nokia N900 having 64GB of memory. With just 576MB of RAM, the HTC Desire falls a long way short, although it also offers a MicroSD slot for adding your own memory.

Camera
The Nokia N900 comes with a 5-Mega pixel camera, which includes Carl Zeiss optics, it is good enough for the odd holiday snap. It also stands up well in comparison to the HTC Desire’s snapper – which also features a 5-Megapixel sensor.