Nokia'S First Linux Phone
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Nokia's First Linux Phone

Nokia has officially announced the Nokia N900 which runs on Maemo 5, a flavour of Linux for mobile devices backed by Nokia and Intel. Linux is the most popular type of free, or so-called open source, computer operating system available to the public. It competes directly with Microsoft Corporation, which charges for its Windows software and opposes freely sharing its code. The N900 has a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard and an 800x480-pixel resistive touch screen which is the same 3.5-inch touchscreen as the Nokia N97 but runs the Maemo 5 operating system instead of Symbian S60. 

It has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and the build quality is as good as on the Nokia E75. It features a 5-megapixel camera with F2.8 lens, ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 32GB of onboard memory with a microSD card slot for up to 32GB (bringing the total capacity to a whopping 64GB), a micro-USB port, 1,320mAh battery, GPS and TV-out. There is GPS functionality, and the device can play back videos without them being converted. Twitter and Facebook apps let users quickly access the social networks, meantime. The N900 according to Nokia will feature a browser based on Mozilla technology.

This means that we will have a final version of Mozilla's Fennec browser that was in the works for quite some time on a device. It is a fully featured browser and will show content "as is", says Nokia.  Additionally, with the powerful processor, web browsing would be an enjoyable experience on the N900. The N900 also gets full Adobe Flash 9.4 support. On the connectivity front, it supports HSPA Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity as well. It is expected that Nokia N900 will hit the retail stores by October this year.

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