Thread: N900 specs revealed
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2009-06-02 , 11:37
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Originally Posted by volt View Post
Nokia still sell N810 and it is still pretty much a market leader in the underdeveloped market. But there's a big market out there where they suck. And that is on high resolution smart phones. It's a disaster that Nokia doesn't make anything that can compete with HTC in stats.
Really? Do 5800, N97, and E90 ring any bells?

The N series is Nokias line of smartphones. The N770-810 should never have been Ns. They should have been Ts or something. The N900 is a N. It's a phone.
Actually, Nokia itself markets N-series devices as "multimedia computers", not as "phones".

They are totally behind on touch smartphones. Someone mentioned the 5800. How can the screen on the 5800 or the N97 even compare to the screens of the HTC Touch HD, HTC Touch Pro2 or HTC Diamond2?
Easily. Yes, those HTC phones have all got 800x480 screens while 5800 got a 640x360 screen. Let us now look at a few more numbers though:

The HTC HD phones all have 3.8" 800x480 screens (245px/"). 5800 has got a 3.2" 640x360 screen (229px/"). In other words, screens are comparable in size and given their high pixel density are not that much different to look at.

Now the pricing. HTC Touch HD appears to start at $550, according to Google (if we ignore EBay scams). 5800 starts at $320 or so, almost two times cheaper than bug ridden Touch HD.

So, who is being behind here and who is being simply practical with their product line?

Enter the N900 which more than anything is, as said here, the N97 killer. More open OS than N97 and HTC. Much, much better screen than the N97 and on par with HTC. And an already exisiting software base.
Not much better screen, mind you. 5800 and N97 have got 3.2" screens, N900 is supposed to have a 3.6" screen, so it is somewhere between 5800 and HTC HD phones in terms of the screen size. The number of pixels matters less with such small screens as your eyes are not going to spot all these pixels anyway.

I personally have been sick at going through the internet connection sharing ritual between my N810 and my HP Ipaq 514. It takes me a couple of minutes to get online and I have to click around on two devices.
Works like a charm between my N810 and E70. I do not even have to take E70 out of my pocket. Maybe your HPaq is a problem here?

The Diamond2 is 800x480 pixels on a SMALLER SCREEN than the N900.
No. As far as I could tell by googling, HTC HD phones all have 3.8" screens. N900 comes out with a 3.6" screen, unless the leak source got it wrong.

But it seems to me it is the VERY BEST HIGH RESOLUTION SMART PHONE on the market.
Am I the only one starting to feel like I am watching the new megapixel race here?
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