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Originally Posted by tso View Post
i think i spotted some cnet coverage, tho i guess its dropped of the front page (or never made it there) thanks to snow leopard and some other stuff...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10319133-94.html
This is quality journalism. Quotes are made, related facts are stated, references are made. Not heavy words like I'll quote now are used, nor are compares made with competitors.

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/0...00-in-october/

In backwards order, Nokia has finally launched the N900 after we've already seen a review and countless leaks. Nevertheless, it's good to have the new Maemo 5 Internet Tablet out in the open and official-like. The specs include a 3.5-inch 800x480 pixel (resistive) touchscreen, sliding QWERTY, 32GB of on-board storage expandable to 48GB via microSD, GPS/A-GPS, FM transmitter, TV-out, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi, 1320mAh battery, and 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual-LED flash. Better yet, this monster MID brings the power of the ARM Cortex-A8, up to 1GB of application memory, and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration to make quick work of polygons and what Nokia promises will be a "PC-like experience on a handset-sized device." It also brings a Mozilla-based Maemo browser with Adobe Flash 9.4 support. As expected, it'll be on display at Nokia World next week before this quad-band GSM/EDGE, 900/1700/2100MHz UMTS/HSPA handset heads to select markets in October for €500 (pre tax and pre carrier subsidy). And by the looks of that 1700MHz band, this baby's heading to T-Mobile USA.
While informative, still too opiniated. The next one however is even worse.

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/0...-to-pre-order/

Now that Nokia's Maemo-powered N900 is looking mighty nice and official, the company's Germany and Italian arms have no problem going ahead and taking your hard-earned Euros in exchange for a pre-order. Both sites are actually listing it for €599 (US $860), or €99 more than what we heard yesterday. A pretty huge discrepancy, to be sure, but it's not unlike Nokia to have a flagship phone fluctuate in price. That October release date is a ways off, but if you're absolutely convinced this must be in your pocket by Halloween, you know where to go.
This is not quality journalism. This is biased pub talk. The writer isn't able to discern his/her own viewpoint which is what a journalist does when he/she writes an news article. Nokia doesn't appear to be contacted (audi alteram partem; a value traditionally also part of journalism), no quotes are made, references to background are not provided.

I don't know this website Engadget, I have my own news sources (which I am content with). Judging from these 2 articles written by Engadget its not a good news source to be taken seriously.
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