Well, after playing around with the N900 for a month or so, I am now about to give my side of the story of the flagship smartphone from Nokia. True, the N900 has been beaten to death by most reviewers and users alike over the last few months but I still feel, the device still hasn’t got it’s due, partly from the developers who are still shying away from this platform and Nokia themselves, for they definitely did pack one solid spec sheet for this device but the software optimizations was just not ready for the mass market.

One may argue that Maemo was never targeted at the mass market segment but when a manufacturer like Nokia merges it’s Internet tablet and smartphone segments in one device and calls it it’s flagship unit, it kinda makes sense to make it ready for the everyday smartphone user. Don’t get me wrong, Maemo has some of the coolest features that you can find on a smartphone today but it still needs some optimizations to appeal to the masses, and make no mistake: smartphones are no longer the toys of geeks, just take a look around and I promise you will find atleast 6 or 7 out of every 10 mobile phone users, toying  around with a smartphone. So yeah, I have already hinted at what am driving at, Nokia did get somethings right and some wrong with the N900. Just what are they? Hit on the read button to find out. Read the rest of this entry »

2010 is here and as expected there are new entries in the smartphone bandwagon but surprisingly this one is from none other than Google! Alright, we knew it was coming, when the first rumour on the Google branded phone appeared on Twitter in the week preceding Christmas but with Google now going official on its foray into mobile retailing, it makes sense to pit the so called Google’s Superphone to our very own gladiator aka Nokia N900!

For a head-on comparison, check this link which should give you a component wise comparison between the two devices. Ofcourse I know, that wouldn’t whet your apetite and thats why I pulled this hands-on shot from the web, showing the mighty 2 devices next to each other. More on that, after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

You may be wondering what’s all the big deal about mobile browsers, but let me tell you that the mobile browser is one of the most important part of a smartphone. For one, the very concept of having a smartphone is to be in touch with the world and we need to access the web for that and that comes by via a browser. The hardware limitations imposed by the form factor of a smartphone  is another roadblock in accessing web pages on smartphones which now come in screen sizes ranging 3″-4″ . Add 3G and Wi-Fi data reception hiccups to that and you know how  many hurdles there are in bringing web browsing to the mobile platforms. But developers worldwide have been working on this for long and I must say they have come a long way for we can now access almost every feature available on a desktop browser on the Maemo browser on N900. But I also wanted to know how it measures up to the competition and hence the test and today I will give my verdict.

We did see some blood on the battle field yesterday  and am now pitching them in a YouTube  round to find out which browser packs the  strongest punch. Which browser would you bet on? Safari? Maemo? Android?. I am afraid you will have to hit on the read button to see if you got it right? Read the rest of this entry »

A lot has been talked about the browser capabilities of the Maemo browser on N900 and that of its closest rival, Safari on the iPhone. Being an iPhone user myself, I gotta say that it accounts for one of the smoothest mobile browsing experiences, but the N900 browser’s capability to render the pages in desktop like resolution takes the competition to the next level, all by itself.

To zero in on a winner, I put them through several tests and threw in HTC Hero, which according to me is the best Android phone in market (as of now) and HTC G1, the legendary Google phone which gave the world the first feel of Android. Eager to know who is the winner? Hit on the read button to find out. Read the rest of this entry »

Though the Nokia N900 has not been released yet, there is already competition brewing in the scenes.  And it is not between the Nokia N900 and the Apple iPhone. It is the others versus the Nokia N900 phone.

There are leaked information of Dell’s Android handset called The Streak that carries a huge 5-inch display and similar features. Included are some photos of Dell’s The Streak. It has a 5-inch WVGA 800×480 touch screen display with true MID. Also, it features 3G WWAN, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity and microSD support for extending your memory. Not much information has been given on this phone compared to the Nokia N900.

But the Nokia N900 is no pushover either. Tagged as “Experience the speed and raw power of the high-performance Nokia N900 mobile computer.”, the newest offering from the Finland-based Mobile giant is powered by the OMAP 3430 ARM Cortex A8 processor with three microprocessors bringing a lot of raw power. This microprocessor provides a generous boost on the phone’s graphics, communication and multimedia features. Memory is a whopping 1GB, which enables the phone’s user to open more applications simultaneously.

Text messaging, e-mail checking, web browsing, mobile audio listening, FM radio and GPS are just some of the exciting features that come with this phone. Among other hardware features include a full QWERTY keyboard, a 5-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, WIFI and an impressive 32GB internal memory that is a direct swipe with the iPhone’s biggest capacity.  And you can extend the phone’s memory up to 16 GB of additional storage with an external microSD card.

Can Dell’s Android handset knock the much-hyped features of our beloved Nokia N900 phone? All of these are plainly speculation. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. We will determine these facts when all these products are out in the market.