The Nokia N900 is a new type of smartphone that has a software based on Debian-Linux.
When you look at these 2 phones you might say that they look the same but unfortunately  you’re very wrong and here we’re going to see the differences. If you don’t keep these 2 phones in both hands, you may not notice that the BlackBerry Storm2 comes with a 3.25 inch and a 360×480 display while Nokia N900 comes with a display of 3.5 with a resolution of 800×480 which makes the Nokia N900 very good with the 3D games beating the Storm.

Nokia N900 comes with a full QWERTY keyboard like the N97 while the BlackBerry Storm lacks it. I must say that if I have to choose one design that I like mostly, I love the Nokia N900.
The biggest difference between these two devices is the internal memory. You probably already know that BlackBerry Storm has an internal memory of just 1GB and a MicroSD slot where you can add 32GB of memory while the Nokia N900 has an amazing internal memory of 32 GB but also having a MicroSD slot.

Both phones come with a GPS receiver but Nokia N900 has WiFi capabilities while the BlackBerry Storm doesn’t have this.
If you like to take photos with your phone, then must know that the BlackBerry Storm2 has a 3.2 MP camera while Nokia N900 comes with a 5.0 MP camera. Use +1up for the countdown sequence.
The Nokia N900 comes with a lot of pre-installed software and the best of them is Firefox 3.
You’ve probably noticed that Nokia has lowered the Nokia N900 price from $489 to $100 less but still come the delivery charges and it includes vat.

During last few days I was taking closer look to web browsers available on Maemo 5. This time I will give you something that we can rely more than just personal opinion, a benchmark! After you already know what it can do and if it is really good from analytical point of view you can choose one as default for your N900.
I used Browser Benchmark from Rightware, which is designed to check weather mobile browser is fast enough, with commercial version for use of browser developers, nevertheless it measures mostly the browser engine. So here are the results (more is better) and my overall score after what I’ve seen and how it really works for me:
Fennec (Firefox Mobile) – benchmark: 14726, my score: 7/10

Benchmark score for Fennec is pretty promising, nevertheless it’s measuring only the engine and cannot say much about operatibility of user interface. In my opinion it’s going in good way, just needs small improvement in speed.
Opera Mobile – benchmark: 12290, my score: 8/10
Great speed and nice browsing experience going with nice benchmark score. Opera Mobile is really good solution for people who just want to browse pages and read the contents. They shouldn’t be bothered by Opera website’s style overriding to fit the text on the screen.
Midori – benchmark: 10927, my score: 6/10

Another nice score from benchmark and nice features like keyboard shortcuts, still some work to be done to work nice and smoothly on touchscreen device and operate properly using kinetic scrolling.
MicroB (Maemo Browser) – benchmark: 9646, my score: 8/10

Default browser and it appears to be one of the best (at least in my opinion). This is the browser for which most of add-ons will go to when you install them from App manager. This is what you get by default and at the time is one of the best.
Chromium – benchmark: failed, my score: 4/10
Unfortunately  Chromium haven’t finished the benchmark tests, no matter what I’ve tried to do (cleaning cache, rebooting etc.), so I cannot say what would be the result if it would. I think there is a lot to do with this port …

Recently there are so many news and gossips regarding new mobile devices that I’m lost sometimes. This time leaked information described new Nokia N8 and it was shortly followed by official announcement. If you want to know full story have a look at PhoneReport but now let’s see how does it compare to N900.
The Nokia N8 Camera
First of all Nokia reveals N8 as superior multimedia device with full variety of cver colors, 12 megapixel camera with high definition video recording capability. In comparison with N900‘s 5 megapixel it’s quite big leap, but I’m really satisfied even with that. In my opinion (as photography is one of my hobbies) I think that putting such high-resolution sensor inside such small device doesn’t make big sense, but that’s another story, twelve is bigger number than five, that for sure.
Common Features between the Nokia N900 and Nokia N8
We have some features in common like FM transmitter, 3.5mm audio jack, most of connectivity like Bluetooth 2.1, microUSB port, only WiFi is improved to be usable with 802.11 n standard, while N900 uses only 802.11 b/g. Multimedia capabilities are nicely improved to be mostly HD compatible, including video playback via HDMI connector.
What’s really revolutionary from my point of view is Qt support on N8. Along with the fact that N900 already has this feature and Qt is pretty straightforward framework it seems that software developers will have easier work when this will become standard in all Nokia mobiles. Still I don’t feel very comfortable hearing that N8 still has Symbian on board (highly improved by completely new interface with multitouch which N900 doesn’t have at the moment) and maybe I’m stubborn, zealous Linux freak, but I prefer to have full control in Maemo .
Conclusion
I cannot tell how it will influence current Nokia position on mobile market, reading opinions on specifications gives the idea that people are rather dissapointed. Nevertheless N8 seems like a big step ahead in multimedia area. And me… Let me play with N900 a bit more
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Mobile market is growing quite fast lately, manufacturers compete to win their share by releasing high-end technology with good operating system on board. Sony Ericsson dropped behind for some time, but haven’t said the last word yet, still being big player wit it’s recent Xperia X10.
Let’s see how does it look compared to N900. X10 runs under control of Google Android 1.6 (not 2.1 as some expected), hardware looks pretty reasonable as for todays smartphone, with 480×854 4-inch touchscreen, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 384MB RAM and 8.1Mpix camera. You can say ‘wow, better than N900‘. Maybe you’re right, mind the fact that hardware is newer. One thing that really suprised me in X10 is only 1GB of internal memory with possibility to use microSD card, while N900 offers built-in 32GB of memory! I realize it’s also used by system and applications space but it’s like 30 times more than X10. In case of connectivity both devices offer almost the same, 2G/3G GSM and HSDPA/HSUPA data connections, Bluetooth with A2DP sound profiles or WiFi. If you’re interested in more details, see the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 review on PhoneReport.
And again, this is my personal opinion as N900 user, software developer and Linux fan that Nokia looks better from my point of view. Mainly because hardware differences are rather minor, sometimes giving advance to N900, Android is still pretty tightly held by Google, while Maemo is much more open and gives much more freedom.
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Some time ago you may have seen articles about upcoming Apple product known as iPhone 4G, which leaked by accident and was described in most of gadget blogs. But what can we expect from this new Apple’s gadget?
First of all we can’t say much about software since prototype was remotely disabled soon after it was lost. Nevertheless the blogger who intercepted this prototype, from Gizmodo blog, decided to dismantle it and check what is inside. Comparing it to N900 it most probably has better screen resolution (which is understandable since it’s newer), front camera for video chats (which N900 already has), plastic  instead of metal cover to improve wireless reception (most of N900 cover is like this and I have good opinion on wireless reception).  This model of iPhone has additional volume button so with main button it makes… few, N900 has full keyboard, volume keys, power button, camera key and lock key and I use them every day. And more of that iPhone is Apple product which doesn’t give developers much choice of programming languages and environments. N900 and Maemo gives full variety of possibilities available for Linux in general.

If you’re interested have a look at the iPhone 4G article at PhoneReport.
My choice is obvious, if I every decide to change my phone to anything else it will be… another Nokia N900. Apple’s iPhone is not meant for me, but surely has some interesting features for some people.
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Although I just compared the Nokia N900 with the iPhone OS 4, I have to write outside my schedule about the new Nokia C6 unveil from today. The first impression to me was that Nokia brings a really nice looking professional smartphone to the market. You can discover a little similarity to the N97, only the keyboard is slided out like at the N900. It runs on Symbian S600 5th edition, got an 3.2 inch HD touchscreen, a four row keyboard and a five megapixel camera. These specks seems to be almost same as from the N97, but the functionality and the fabrication looks way better.

The functions are also pretty much like in the N97 and N97 mini, but the price seems to be a real killer. Only eur 220,00 before taxes and subsidies are estimated, and thats not even the half of our phones price. And it has the free Nokia Turn by Turn Ovi Maps navigation too right from the box. It brings the best messaging together with instant access to your favourite contacts and communications as we are used from our N900´s. The phone itself is expected in the second quarter of 2010 and I can´t wait to see it for real.

I think this will be a really hot device! Take a closer look at: Nokia C3, C5 and E5. What do you think about it?
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Although the iPhone OS 4 itself is not on the market yet (its release is predicted to the second half of 2010), its upcoming features can be already compared to the N900.

Steve Jobs introduced numerous improvements for the new version of the iPhone in the Apple headquarters in Cupertino on the 8th of April. But hold on: Most of them sounds very familiar to us N900 users.

The first of these new characteristics is quess what: Yes, Multitasking! Doesn´t we have this already on our N900s? And hasn´t Nokia always been one step ahead when it comes to multitasking on mobile devices? Well, I think so! Steve showed about 12 applications running at the same time. How much do you have tested running on the N900?
Skype is coming as an native app also. Another feature what is still build in from the beginning in our phones.
Background location. WOW, what does this mean? The iPhone is able to get GPS data, while listening to music or watching to a video … from where does this come from? Because of Nokias accomplishment since the old Symbian versions, maybe?
One of the new quintessence is the possibility to create folders on the iPhone. Is this something new and mind-blowing? Yes, for iPhone users of course. The Apple phone is slowly approximating a handheld computer status like the N900 was right from the start.
Another novelty presented from Apple is the Mail Box administration. Do I really have to write more about this? Conversations will be stored in so called Threads. Wondering about the similarity to the chat-like message function on our N900.
And at last really something new: iAd. The name alone should tell you all. Advertising on the phone. Yes, that´s what I really want to have, don´t you?
Don´t misunderstand me: I like the iPhone. It´s a very stylish designed smartphone just for the right audience. Amazingly with this new features it will more and more be competitive with devices like ours. Where Apple wants to go with its iPhone?
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Edit: I forgot one: Still No Flash!

Nokia and BlackBerry are very respectable companies, so I decided to compare their most powerful touch devices like the Nokia N900 and the BlackBerry Storm 9530.

Display. We have already talked a lot about the Nokia N900 Display (480×800 pixels and a 3,6” sizes). While the BlackBerry Storm 9530 Display is 3,25” and 480×360 (Just a little less than the Nokia N900).
About the Touch screen I would like to highlight that the BlackBerry Storm 9530 comes with a fantastic feedback! Something that I consider that we are losing with the touch screen devices. What is this? When you are “touching” the button showed on the screen your finger doesn’t actually knows exactly if you have touched it (feedback). So on the Blackberry Storm 9530, you can touch the buttons on the screens, but to click it you have to press the screen which actually moves.
Not losing the habit, Nokia N900 5MP Camera with Dual-Led Flash and Autofocus sweeps the 3.2MP Camera with auto flash, autofocus and 2x digital zoom of the BlackBerry Storm 9530.
Although we don’t know about the Nokia N900’s battery life, it’s important to say that the BlackBerry Storm 9530´s battery life is 15 hs on standby and 6h of talk time, very impressive!
The BlackBerry Storm 9530 comes with a full HTML internet browser but nothing compares with the Full internet capability of the Nokia N900 (HTML, xHTML, WAP 2.0 and Flash Player 9.4).
Where the BlackBerry Storm 9530 becomes strong is on the email subject. When reading BlackBerry, you aren’t reading just a brand-name, you are being guaranteed about having one of the best and more secure email services. While on the Nokia N900 we don’t know too much about it. My guess here is that Nokia would keep betting on the Nokia Email Exchange.
Both phones come with AGPS, Bluetooth, Media Player (capable of playing lots of different formats), microSD slot, etc. The only big difference here is the QWERTY Keyboard. The Nokia N900 has one while on the BlackBerry Storm 9530 you only have the one on the screen. An interesting thing about this is that this …

Today I’m posting a comparison between the Nokia N900 and the HTC Touch Pro 2. Aesthetically both phones look the same, Touch Screen and QWERTY keyboard, this was the reason for me to write about them in order to point out their differences.
As my other comparison was, I’m going to follow the same rules. I’m not going to talk about each specification of these phones, only the differences and the important ones in my opinion.

First we got the processor. The HTC Touch Pro comes with a Qualcomm 528 MHz that it’s not bad at all, but the Nokia N900 flashlight this with the ARM Cortex A8 600Mhz.
The OS. Nokia N900 presents the Maemo 5, a new OS for mobile phones (open source) that it’s very promising and there is an increasing expectation around it. On the other device, the HTC Touch Pro 2 we found the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. A very well known OS.
The Camera on the Nokia N900 is a 5MP one, against a 3.2MP Camera on the HTC Touch Pro 2.
Dimension & Weight. The Nokia N900 sizes are 110,9 x 59,8 x 18 (19,55) mm while on the HTC Touch Pro 2 are 116 X 59.2 X 17.25 mm (just a little more “tall” 5mm). Their weight it’s pretty much the same, a 181g on the Nokia N900 and 175g on the HTC Touch Pro.
There is a big difference on the QWERTY Key board. The Nokia N900 has the one we are used to that would be 3 lines while the HTC Touch Pro 2 presents a 5 lines keyboard, interesting!(Check the images below to see this)
What it’s new on the HTC Touch Pro 2 is technology called StraightTalk, for linking the various platforms of communication that this device has (never been so easy to go from an email to a call or a message). Also comes with a second microphone in order to leave the HTC Touch Pro 2 on a table face down and automatically switch to hands free operation. This really helps when being on a call-conference (For more information about these new …