Nokia the world’s largest mobile devices company has lately been on receiving end with regard to smartphone segment owing to their ageing S60 platform. Apple changed the way people looked at smartphones after they launched iPhone; after iPhone’s launch every new smartphone is always benchmarked against the iPhone. The iPhone was innovative and surely did capture huge chunk of the smartphone market segment.

Nokia introduces the N900 which is a smartphone rather a mobile computer that is powered by Maemo OS which is based on Debian Linux and the GUI is derived from various frameworks and libraries from Gnome project. Maemo uses the Matchbox window manager, and GTK-based Hildon as its GUI and application framework.

The Nokia N900 is basically a internet tablet with telephone functionality and it is the successor to the internet tablet N810 which also powered by Maemo OS.

Technical Specifications and Features of N900:

Display:

• 3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display
• 800 × 480 pixel resolution

Connectivity:

• 3.5mm AV connector
• TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable
• Micro-USB connector, High-Speed USB 2.0
• Bluetooth v2.1 including support for stereo headsets
• Integrated FM transmitter
• Integrated GPS with A-GPS

Battery

BL-5J 1320mAh – Lithium ion

Processor and 3D accelerator

TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support

Memory

Up to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)

Size and weight

Volume:

Approx 113cc

Dimensions:

110.9 × 59.8 × 18 (19.55 at thickest part) mm

Weight:

Approx 181g

Mass memory

• 32 GB internal storage
• Store up to 7000 MP3 songs or 40 hours of high-quality video
• Up to 16 GB of additional storage with an external microSD card

Keys and input method

• Full QWERTY tactile keyboard
• Full QWERTY onscreen keyboard

Operating frequency

• Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz

Data network

GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL) EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL) WCDMA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (DL/UL) HSPA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 10/2 Mbps (DL/UL) WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g

Call features

• Integrated hands-free stereo speakers
• Call waiting, call hold, call divert
• Call timer
• Logging of dialed, received and missed calls
• Speed dialing via contact widget
• Virbrating alert (internal)
• Side volume keys
• Mute/unmute
• Contacts with images
• Conference calling with up to 3 participants
• Internet calling

Email & Messaging

• Supported protocols: Mail for Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP
• Support for email attachments
• Support for rich HTML
• SMS and Instant Messages as conversations
• Support for Nokia Messaging service
• Instant messaging and presence enhanced contacts
• Multiple number, email and Instant Messaging details per contact, contacts with images
• Support for assigning images to contacts

Web browsing

• Maemo browser powered by Mozilla technology
• Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support
• Full screen browsing

GPS

• Integrated GPS, Assisted-GPS, and Cell-based receivers
• Pre-loaded Ovi Maps application
• Automatic geotagging

Camera

• 5 megapixel camera (2584 × 1938 pixels)
• Image formats: JPEG
• CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens
• 3 × digital zoom
• Autofocus with assist light and two-stage capture key
• Dual LED flash
• Full-screen viewfinder
• Photo editor on device
• TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or WLAN/UPnP
• Landscape (horizontal) orientation
• Capture modes: Automatic, portrait, video, macro, landscape, action

Video

• Wide aspect ratio 16:9 (WVGA)
• Video recording file format: .mp4; codec: MPEG-4
• Video recording at up to 848 × 480 pixels (WVGA) and up to 25fps
• Video playback file formats: .mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263

Music and audio playback

• Maemo media player
• Music playback file formats: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
• Built-in FM transmitter
• Ring tones: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
• FR, EFR, WCDMA, and GSM AMR

Personalisation

• Background pictures
• Widgets on your desktops
• Intelligent contact shortcuts
• Shortcuts to your favourite websites
• Shortcuts to applications
• Themes

Operating system

Maemo 5 software on Linux

Applications

• Maemo Browser
• Phone
• Conversations
• Contacts
• Camera
• Photos
• Media player
• Email
• Calendar
• Ovi Maps
• Clock
• Notes
• Calculator
• PDF reader
• File manager
• RSS reader
• Sketch
• Games
• Widgets
• Application manager for downloads

Hardware that Powers N900:

Build and Construction:

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When you handle this phone for the first time you will feel that it is a brick as it weighs 181g and with the dimensions 110.9 × 59.8 × 18. Though it looks like a brick, when it is in your palm you get a very solid and firm grip on N900. The N900 is not the most sleek and good looking phone but it does pack a punch with in the broad frame that it is made up of. If you use the phone in portrait mode then you will feel that the buttons are placed incorrectly but as this phone is derived from the earlier Internet tablets like N770, N810 etc and is meant to be used in landscape mode rather than portrait mode. There is no hardware buttons for answering or ending the call which is usually available in all Nokia phones and if you notice there is no hardware menu button on front side of the phone.

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The right hand side of the phone when held in portrait mode has got power button, camera button, volume control and infrared port. If you observe that power button usually placed on top of the phone but in this phone it is placed on the right hand side, but when you hold the phone in landscape mode the power button would be on top. So this implies that the phone is meant to be used in landscape mode and this also gives insight into the N900 predecessors which is N810.

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On top of the phone you can see the micro USB port using which you can charge your phone and connect to your computer in Nokia PC suite mode or mass storage mode , also notice the speakers are towards the right side.

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The bottom of the phone houses 3.5mm audio jack (also doubles as TV out), stylus compartment, lock/unlock slider and the speakers. The phone comes with two stereo speakers housed on top and bottom of the phone. The audio quality from these speakers are very good and loud hence you will never miss a call. Using the phone with headphones plugged in in landscape mode is uncomfortable, the 3.5mm jack could have been placed on the right side of the phone. Though this phone has got a resistive touch screen but we never felt the need to use the stylus as the screen is very responsive and very much finger friendly.

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The phone comes with a hardware QWERTY keyboard which slides out from the main body and is solid and very comfortable to use but has only got 3 rows of keys, a fourth row could have been better. If you are migrating from N97 then it will take some time to get used to this keyboard. There is no Dpad on the keyboard which is a usual feature of all N Series keyboard, gamers would be disappointed by this keyboard. The space key is wrongly placed i.e. towards the right side of the keyboard instead of center of the keyboard and can prove uncomfortable at times.

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On the back side 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens and Dual LED flash is housed. Camera lens is protected by a sliding lens cover which in this case does not scratch the camera lens as the camera is recessed on the surface whereas this was an issue in N97 where the camera lens was scratched due to the sliding lens cover.

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There is a kick stand using which you can set the phone in angular position which is more suitable for watching videos, the kick stand is held to body by a magnet which holds it in place when the stand is not in use. The kick stand is not placed in center hence the phone feels bit unstable while using the kickstand.

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The MicroSD card slot is on rear side placed near camera, you would have to remove the back panel to access the MicroSD card lot. I felt that it would have been better if the MicroSD card slot could have been placed on the side panel of the phone as it would have been easier to use the MicroSD card slot.

CPU, RAM and Storage:

The N900 is powered by Texas instruments CPU TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 with PowerVR SGX 530 GPU (with support for OpenGL ES 2.0) which clocks at 600Mhz, when I look back at my very first computer which was powered by Intel Pentium II it just clocked at 350 Mhz. The more detailed information about TI OMAP 3430 can be found here.

The phone comes with 256MB RAM and 768MB virtual memory which totals to 1GB of memory available for applications this when combined with 600MHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU makes the phone a monster. You can see the available amount of RAM in the below screenshot.

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The N900 comes with a 32GB onboard storage which is more than sufficient for all your photos, videos and music but if you need more space then you can pop in a 16GB MicroSD card in the card slot so that it makes the total storage capacity to 32 GB + 16 GB = 48 GB. Even though N900 offers huge amount of storage the memory available for installing applications is limited to a max of 2GB, which I feel is more than sufficient.

Screen:

The N900 comes with a 3.5 inch resistive touch screen with 800×480 pixels resolution. The touch sensitivity of the screen is very good and better than the N97, I never felt the need to use the stylus. A capacitive touch screen would have been a better option but I don’t regret it as the 3.5 inch resistive is very nice but the phone does not support multi touch. The noteworthy thing to note here is that even though the display uses resistive technology, Nokia has managed to fine tune display very well.

Connectivity:

The N900 has comes with a wide range of connectivity options, the GSM module supports Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900  and WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz . N900 has a Bluetooth, infrared and  Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g) connectivity options at your disposal which can be accessed and used with ease. The GPS functionality uses the A-GPS method and is very quick to get a lock on your position, it took around 12 secs to get a lock from a cold start and around 8-9 secs from hot start.  The N900 can be connected to the computer via USB cable and two options are available PC Suite mode and USB mass storage mode. The PC suite mode is used for syncing with your computer where as the USB mass storage mode connects as a mass storage and offers high speed data access to the built in 32GB memory card.

The most interesting thing to note here is that the N900 comes with very powerful cellular and Wi-Fi antenna which picks up even weak signals, the N900 was able to pick up GSM/UMTS and Wi-Fi signals even when the iPhone and the N97 failed to pickup. There is support for Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR (support for stereo Bluetooth headsets).

Battery:

The N900 is powered by a 1320mAh Lithium-ion battery (BL-5J) which powers many other Nokia phones. I got the following battery life with following usage pattern:

• 1 hour of phone calls + Emails + browsing full time over EDGE  = 6 hours
• 1 hour of phone calls + Emails + browsing full time over 3.5G = 6 hours
• 1 hour of phone calls + Emails + browsing full time over Wifi = 9 hours
• 3 hour of phone calls + moderate emails and browsing over EDGE = 10 hours

The battery life usually depends on the way you use your phone, I felt that my Nokia N97 gives a better battery life and the reason may it is powered by a 1500mAh BP-4L Lithium-polymer battery. In my opinion Nokia should have used the BP-4L battery that powers the N97 and some of the E Series phones.

Software that Runs on N900:

Operating System:

As mentioned earlier in the post the N900 runs on the Maemo 5 which is a based on the Debian Linux. The details about Maemo OS from Wiki:

Maemo is a software platform developed by Nokia for smartphones and Internet Tablets.It is based on the Debian Linux distribution. The platform comprises the Maemo operating system and the Maemo SDK. Maemo is mostly based on open source code, and has been developed by Maemo Devices within Nokia in collaboration with many open source projects such as the Linux kernel, Debian, and GNOME. Maemo is based on Debian GNU/Linux and draws much of its GUI, frameworks, and libraries from the GNOME project. It uses the Matchbox window manager, and the GTK-based Hildon as its GUI and application framework.

The UI in Maemo 4 is similar to many handheld interfaces, and features a “Home” screen, which acts as a central point from which all applications and settings are accessed. The Home Screen is divided into areas for launching applications, a menu bar, and a large customizable area that can display information such as an RSS reader, Internet radio player, and Google search box.
The Maemo 5 UI is slightly different: The menu bar and info area are consolidated to the top of the display, and the four desktops can be customized with shortcuts and widgets.

The N900 as it runs on Maemo 5 has a got different UI when compared to the S60 OS. The panorama desktop allows you to have four home screens or desktop panels which can you customize to your own needs.

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The four desktops can be accessed by swiping the finger from left to right or right to left on the home screen. On Maemo desktop you can add application shortcut, contacts, application widgets and bookmarks.

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On top of the screen you can find the status bar which displays battery charge status, access to clock/alarm, ability to change profile, quick access to Internet connections, IM status availability, bluetooth access. In case you install applets then additional features can be made available on the status bar. In this case I have installed applets to quickly switch to Dual, GSM and 3G modes, Wi-Fi ON/OFF access and CPU / RAM usage applet.

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The top left of the screen can be used to access the application menu and dashboard, tap it once dashboard (task manager) will come up and display all the applications that are running and tap it twice you will be presented with application menu.

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The application menu mainly consists of default applications of Nokia and you can find the installed application using the ‘More’ option

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The N900 is designed (as of now) to work only landscape and the portrait mode is currently available only for the telephone application. This can be a set back to some people who prefer to work on apps in portrait mode rather than landscape mode. Nokia is working on portrait mode for all apps and may be addressed in the future firmware updates for N900.

The Maemo 5 comes loaded with Xterminal using which you can execute powerful scripts and commands that you typically run over desktop computers. The Xterminal gives you root access to Maemo 5 after you install the required packages and all the commands that run on a Debian based OS can be executed on Maemo 5.

Telephony, Contacts, Instant Messaging, Text Messaging and Email:

The N900 should not be considered as a smart phone rather it should be called as Internet Tablet with telephone functions. All phone features like Integrated hands-free stereo speakers , Call waiting, call hold, call divert, Call timer, Logging of dialed, received and missed calls , Speed dialing, Vibrating alert , Mute/unmute, Conference calling with up to 3 participants and Internet calling (VOIP / SIP) can be found in N900.

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When the phone mode on N900 is active, you can find access to Dialing pad / Dialer, access to Contacts and call logs are displayed. When ‘Call type’ is tapped it will present all the available calling options like cellular, SIP or other VOIP services if the user has configured it.

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The integration of VOIP / SIP  with Cellular telephony is one of the strongest feature of N900. The contacts are by default listed in alphabetical order, you can use the keyboard to type and search your contacts. On contact menu you will have option to display the contacts by alphabetical order, based on online availability and recently added contacts and you can categorize the contacts into groups. The ‘Export’ option can be used for transferring the contacts from Phone to PC or any other compatible device.

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Detailed information for each contacts can be added which includes the Gtalk, Skype and other IM accounts, there is no speed dial available similar to other Nokia phones instead you can add the contact to desktop panel as a shortcut. You can merge two contacts using the ‘Merge Contact’ which I found pretty useful to take care of duplicate contacts.

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Nokia N900 supports SIP, Skype, Google Talk, Jabber and Ovi accounts out of the box so you can add all your IM contacts quickly and stay in touch with your contacts.

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The IM account status can be set right from the status bar for all of your accounts and option to input your custom status message is also available.

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Text messaging and instant messaging are grouped under conversations, the messages can be distinguished by the icons that have been used to for each type of message. New SMS / Text message and New IM can be opened right from the conversations home page. When a SMS is tapped once it displays the message and you can reply to the message using the text input box in on the bottom of the screen. If you are a person who uses lot of smiley’s, you can insert them quickly using the smiley button. The SMS can be deleted, copied or forwarded if the message is tapped twice. All the SMS and IMs from a contact are stored as threaded conversations, a feature that I loved very much.

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The N900 comes with Email support for Mail for Exchange, IMAP, POP3 and SMTP protocols and supports rich HTML emails. Email setup on the N900 is very simple, all you have to do is enter your email address with username & password the email is setup quickly. I was able to configure Yahoo, Gmail and Mail for exchange very quickly and I did not have to enter any settings manually.

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Emailing on N900 is nearly desktop class, when you compose a email you can choose the account from which the email has to sent, control the priority of the email (low/high/normal), choose the fonts and select the fonts that you intend to use. As the phone has got a full QWERTY hardware keyboard composing emails is pretty quick and easy and for those who find the hardware keyboard uncomfortable you can use the N900’s virtual keyboard which is also very sensitive and easy to use.

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Strangely there is no native support for the MMS messages, I am not sure why Nokia left it out, but you need not worry as there is app called fMMS on Maemo repository using which you can send and receive MMS messages.

Web Browsing:

Web browsing is an area where no other phone at present matches Nokia N900. The N900 comes loaded with powerful MicroB web browser which is a based on Mozilla technology and you can enjoy desktop class browsing on N900. The MicroB comes with support for Adobe Flash 9.4 hence all the flash based website load without any issues on the web browser. MicroB coupled with the powerful hardware results in blazing fast rendering of web pages, if you have used the S60 web browser that comes with Symbian based phones then you will have all together different web browsing experience.

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The browsing on the gorgeous 3.5 inch with generous 800×480 pixels resolution is very pleasing. The address bar, add to bookmark, bookmark access, back button and full screen browsing buttons are all placed on the bottom of the screen for quick access. While browsing if you hit the back button you will be presented all the websites that you had visited in the current browsing session as small thumbnails, tap on those thumbnails you will redirected to that page.

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While browsing to zoom into a section of the webpage just tap twice it will be zoomed in and if you tap twice again you will zoom out, additionally you can do spiral gesture towards right for zoom in and towards left to zoom out. A new browsing window can be opened by tapping the menu available on the top of the screen and browsing actions like Find on Page, Reload, Save page as, Download manager and options can be found.

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MicroB’s options menu has got settings for adjusting view, Add-ons, browser settings and clear private data.

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As MicroB is based on Mozilla browser there is option to install extensions and plug-ins but currently there not much extensions available to install on the MicroB but in future more number of extensions and plugins can be expected.

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There is no need for a separate YouTube app as the MicroB comes with Adobe Flash 9.4 and YouTube works as it works in your Desktop computer.

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Multimedia Functions:

The N900 comes loaded with all multimedia functions like Music Player, Video Player, Internet Radio and Camera with video recording. The N900 comes with a 5 Megapixel camera that can take pictures with a max resolution of 2584 × 1938 pixels with autofocus support. The camera captures video at resolution of 848 × 480 pixels at 25 fps with 16:9 aspect ratio.

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The camera can be used in Automatic, Portrait, Action, Macro and landscape modes. While taking the photos you can adjust the white balance with the preset options like Automatic, sunny, tungsten, cloudy and fluorescent. The camera can take photos in only two resolutions 5 megapixel and 3.5 megapixel (in widescreen mode). The N900 allows you to capture images in ISO100, ISO200 and ISO400 modes when used manually. The image quality is better or on par with the 5 megapixel camera that comes with the N97.

Sample Photos taken using N900:

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More sample photos can be viewed here.

N900 comes with photo application using you can manage all the photos/images that are stored on your phone. All photos/images are displayed as thumbnails and tapping the image opens up the photo. The application offers basic features like rotating, tagging, cropping and sharing the photos.

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The photos can be shared using Bluetooth, email and services; many photo sharing applications like Flickr, Twitpic and etc can be configured so that the images can be uploaded to these sites. In addition to these the images can be renamed, set as background image, set as avatar and edited.

Music and videos in N900 is handled by media player that can play all your audio, video and even internet radio. The media player handles audio files of these types .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a,   The media player is pretty straight forward to use with controls for playback, repeat track, pause, next/previous track and shuffle playlist. The album art of the track is displayed on the left side of the screen and there is no option to add your album art which is something that is possible in N97 music player. The audio quality is great and as N900 comes with 3.5mm jack I could plug-in my Creative EP-630 and enjoy music. Surprisingly there is no equalizer which can be a huge setback to music lovers and I hope this is addressed in future firmware updates.

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The integration of Internet Radio with media player is one feature that i liked the most, the N900 comes preloaded with few Radio stations; if you don’t like those just delete those and add your favourite radio stations. The N900 comes with hardware support for FM radio reception but strangely Nokia did not include the FM radio application but there is a free app in the Maemo repository which can be installed and used for listening to FM radio. The N900 comes with FM transmitter using which you can stream your music over FM frequencies, I was able to stream my music up to 7 feet without any interference.

The media player can play .mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV and H.263 video files, I loved the out of the box support for Xvid videos as I could play all my video files without any issues.

Organizer :

With N900 you can stay organized and manage your time efficiently, the N900 comes with organizer functionality which is common across all phones. The organizer is simple and easy to use; the calendar can be viewed in the weekly and monthly views, tapping on a day brings up the add new event and you can enter the event details. The calendar comes with monthly and weekly views; in monthly view the lowest time bucket is day whereas in weekly the lowest time bucket available is hours.

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In my earlier Symbian phones I could send a event via Bluetooth or SMS to other phones where as on N900 I couldn’t not find this option. The N900 comes with alarm function which you can customize to your needs as you can choose on what days the alarms have to repeat and you can create multiple alarms based on your needs.

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The N900 comes built in with basic and scientific calculator which is very neat and easy to use.

File Management:

The N900 comes with a file manager using which you can manage all your files. The file manager offers basic file management operations like new folder, move, copy, delete and sort.

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Copying and moving files was pretty easy using the file manager but there was no way I could select multiple files and carry out these operations which is a big setback if you have to work with many files. Nokia should include option to select multiple files in file manager in future firmware releases.

Applications:

The success of a smart phone depends a lot on availability of quality apps for the phone, N900 which is based on Maemo 5 has got many apps available at the moment but they are no match for number of apps that are available for iPhone. The installation of applications is very simple, go to Menu >> Applications Manager you will able to install, uninstall and update the Maemo 5 apps.

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The applications are categorized in various categories like Network, Desktop, Education, Games, Graphics, Multimedia, Utilities and etc. To install an application just go to the relevant category and install the apps; if you wish to search for a particular application you can use the search option to find the desired app. There are not many third party apps currently as this platform is not yet mature; Nokia should concentrate on making more apps available for N900 as the success of the device will largely depend on the available apps. Power users of Linux can use apt-get, dpkg commands from Xterminal to install applications.

Navigation:

The navigation in N900 is handled by the Ovi maps which comes loaded by default, the navigation experience is very good on the large 3.5” screen. The Ovi maps offers directions and routing for free but there is no support for voice based navigation that is available for other Symbian based devices from Nokia. The Ovi maps supports map mode, satellite mode and hybrid mode you can use the mode that best suits you. The search function can be used to search for places near you location but I felt that it was not very accurate in India whereas Google maps does a better job when compared to the Ovi maps.

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The  built-in compass does a good job in orienting the maps direction to the direction in which you are moving, this will be very useful feature if you are using the Ovi maps for navigation while driving your car. The N900 does not have Google Maps mobile support hence N900 users would have to rely on the Ovi maps for now until Google ports the Google Maps mobile for Maemo platform. If you are a user using Ovi maps in Symbian platform then you will notice that there is no easy way to download maps for offline use whereas in Ovi maps for Symbian you can download the maps for offline use using the Nokia Maps updater and Ovi Suite.

Verdict: Why Nokia N900 rocks and is a winner

Nokia N900 is a amazing device from Nokia which I feel is currently king of all smartphones or for that matter I would say the N900 cannot be compared with smartphones as it is not a phone but rather a mobile computer. The Maemo OS is amazing when coupled with powerful hardware of N900 can do wonders. The phone will not be liked by average mobile users but this is rather aimed to attract technology enthusiastic people as you can do what ever you want with this device as there is no restriction of any kind. Many geeks around the world have managed to install various OS on N900.

Windows 95 running on N900:

Windows NT 4.0 running on Nokia N900:

Nokia N900 dual booting Maemo 5 and Android:

MER on N900 with LXDE (Ubuntu mobile 9.04):

By watching these videos it definitely proves the potential N900 offers, there few drawbacks that we have discussed earlier in this post but I am able to live with that and also no device is perfect. The N900 offers the power of the desktop computer on your palm hence it is worth the money. The device retails for around 600 USD and is available as unlocked device which means you can use the device with any operator of your choice.  The N900 will not be liked by the users switching from iPhone and the more you use the N900 you will fall in love this amazing device.

The N97 should have been what N900 is but still nothing much is lost and Nokia can spring back with more Maemo devices but Nokia should seriously consider using capacitive touch screens instead of the ageing resistive touch screens. If you are a technology enthusiast, then this phone is for you, just don’t think get the N900.

I thank Nokia Womworld for sending the N900 for review.

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Now most people have more than one computer at home with a home network, which gives rise to share and map folders across computers. Share Manager is a free software that allows you manage mapped and shared drives in your windows computer.

Features of Share Manager:

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You can quickly add or remove a share folders from your computer. To add a shared folder click on the “Add Share” button then enter the shared folder name and select the folder that you wish you share.

Incase if you wish to remove a shared folder use the “Remove Share” option to remove the shared folder.

Similarly you can map a network drive using the “Map Drive” option to map a network drive. Enter the network drive’s path then choose the drive letter of your choice and if required enter the username and password. If you would like the mapped network drive to be available even after reboot then make sure that you check the ‘Persistent’ check box.

To remove a mapped drive use the ‘Unmap Drive’ option, this software is pretty straight forward to use we tested this in Windows 7 and Windows XP where it worked flawlessly. There is similar tool called NetDrives which we have covered earlier.

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Recently Google added the Explore feature Google Reader which displays popular feeds that you may have not yet subscribed, this feature may be useful and there may be many people who don’t  like this feature. I wanted to get rid of the Explore feature and found that there was no way to do that from the settings. There is a excellent greasemonkey script called “Google Reader Remove Explore” that removes the explore feature in Google reader.

Before Installing the Greasemonkey Script Google Reader Remove Explore

After Installing the Greasemonkey script Google Reader Remove Explore

As you can see that the explore feature has now disappeared from the Google reader. If you are using Firefox then all you have to do is install this Greasemonkey Addon and install this script.

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WinRaR is a java application that can be used with Nokia N97 or 5800 or any phone that supports J2ME phone. WinRaR can be used to create archive, extract, compress and decompress rar / zip files in your mobile phone. This application supports zip, jar and rar file formats.

This application will prove immensely useful as these days lot of files are stored in Rar or zip format. Nokia N97 comes preinstalled with a Zip file manager but for rar files you would definitely need this application. Since this application is a java based application you can use this application in any phone that supports J2ME.

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There were recent enhancements to Adobe Flash player installers owing to which you cannot uninstall Adobe Flash from your computer from Windows control panel. In the event that you need to uninstall the Adobe Flash player completely it has to be accomplished by using official tool provided by the Adobe.

Adobe Flash Uninstaller is a small program weighing only 206KB that you need to download and run to remove the Adobe Flash player from your computer. When you run the uninstaller you will be prompted by the uninstaller to confirm the removal of the Adobe Flash player, if you opt for removal the un-installation process would be completed in few minutes.

Instructions from Adobe for Flash player un-installation:

• Download the uninstaller from here.
• Save the file to your system, choosing a location where you can find it (for example, your desktop). Macintosh users may need to open or unstuff the .hqx file.
• Quit ALL running applications, including all Internet Explorer or other browser windows, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, or other Messengers. Check the Windows system tray carefully to make certain no applications are still in memory which might possibly use Flash Player.
• Run the uninstaller. This will remove Adobe Flash Player from all browsers on the system.

Note: The uninstaller cannot remove files currently in use.

If you have any instances of the player open in your web browsers, instant messaging clients, stand-alone SWFs, or projectors, then the uninstaller will complete but some files may not be deleted. If this occurs, then close all of your applications and run the uninstaller again to ensure that all files are removed.

Note: Internet Explorer users may have to reboot to clear all uninstalled Flash Player ActiveX control files. If you’re not certain, select the “Show Details” button in the Flash Player uninstaller. If there are any log lines that begin with “Delete on Reboot…” then you’ll need to reboot BEFORE running the Flash Player installer again.

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Google reader is a fantastic feed reader for managing all your RSS feeds and is used by many of us. If you subscribe to lot of RSS feeds then you will receive thousands of updates daily but Google reader displays 1000+ as the total count of the unread items when the unread feed item count is more than 1000. There are instances when you would like to know how much unread items you have if you are clearing your RSS feeds after a long time like me.

There is a very useful greasemonkey script that will sum up the unread item of each feed and display the actual unread count in the Google reader.

Below is the screenshot before the script is installed:

After the script is installed the unread count is now being displayed correctly:

So you can now notice that the unread items are now correctly being displayed in Google reader after the script was installed.

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When Ubuntu Linux and Windows are used together and if the time zone is not UTC and when the computer is rebooted into Windows after Ubuntu Linux is used the time gets changed as the BIOS clock gets reset to UTC. For example if the time zone that is set in Ubuntu Linux is GMT +5.30 hrs then after Ubuntu Linux’s usage the time in BIOS clock would be set to UTC time i.e. the BIOS clock would be +5.30 hrs behind the Ubuntu Linux’s time but if you boot into Ubuntu Linux it will automatically adjust to the local time where as the time on Windows will be the UTC time which can cause issues with Windows.

The difference is the way Ubuntu Linux and Windows handle time, Windows considers the BIOS clock of the computer to be the local time where as Ubuntu considers it as UTC time. To solve this we would have to set Ubuntu Linux to consider the hardware or BIOS clock as local time

How to Prevent Ubuntu Linux from Resetting or Changing Computer’s BIOS Clock

In the following steps you can find the steps to set the hardware clock as local time in Ubuntu.

1. Open the terminal and enter the following command:

sudo gedit /etc/default/rcS

2. In the gedit window that opens ups find the the line UTC=yes and change it to UTC=no

After you make the changes it should look like this:

After you make the changes save the data using the save button. That’s  it now the Ubuntu Linux will treat the hardware or BIOS clock as the local time and the alternate boots between Windows & Ubuntu Linux should not cause issues with time.

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UAC Shortcut is a free software that gives various options to control the Windows Vista UAC prompt. Many people who run Windows Vista get annoyed by the User Account Control Prompt (UAC) that keeps popping every now and then so this tool is for them.

Features of Windows Vista UAC Shortcut:

1. Disable the Windows Vista’s UAC consent prompt so that it will not prompt to grant permission.

2. Keep the UAC prompt switched OFF or ON for a specified period of time, option is also available to keep keep the UAC prompt enabled or disabled at a particular time.

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3. Ability to turn ON or OFF the UAC functionality.

4. Assign mouse buttons as shortcut keys to enable or disable UAC.

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ImageKonverter is a free cross platform software that can convert, resize, rename and compress image files. The supported image file format include BMP, JPG, JPEG, PNG, PBM, PGM, PPM, XBM and XPM.

Features of ImageKonverter:

1. Resize the images based on custom sizes and also control the aspect ratios of the output files.

2. Ability to rename the output file with custom suffix.

3. Convert images from one format to another format supported formats include BMP, JPG, JPEG, PNG, PBM, PGM, PPM, XBM and XPM.

4. The output image quality can be controlled, if you set a lower value the quality will suffer but the file size will be smaller.

This tool works with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

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PDFill PDF Tools is a free collection of PDF tool using which you can Merge, Split, Reorder, Encrypt, Decrypt, Rotate, Crop, Reformat, Header, Footer, Watermark, Images to PDF, PDF to Images, Form Fields Delete/Flatten/List, and PostScript to PDF.

Features of PDFill PDF Tools:

1. Merge multiple PDF files: Merge two or more PDF files into a single PDF file. To merge multiple PDF files add the files and select the order in which you would like to merge the files and then using the save as option save it.

2. Split or Reorder PDF file: Extract pages from a PDF file into a new file and reorder the page sequence into a new file. Use this option if you would like to select a selectively.

3. Encrypt and Decrypt PDF file with Security Options: Encrypt or Decrypt PDF documents (Master Password or User Password may be required).  Protect PDF files with passwords and prevent PDF files from being printed, copied, changed, filled, extracted, signed, assembled or merged. The following security control options are available: printing, fill in, modification contents, copy, assembly, degraded printing, screen readers and modification of annotations

4. Rotate and Crop PDF File: Rotate a PDF page by 0, 90, 180 and 270 degree. Crop a page to modify its layout of Print or View by specifying its margins. You can crop or rotate PDF files by selectively with options like Landscape pages only, portrait pages only, odd pages and even pages.

5. Reformat PDF file: Put multiple pages into one page to save paper and inks when printing hard copies. The following options are available: change the PDF file page size, change the margin from the edges, modification of margin between pages, number of columns, control the line colours and etc.

6. Add Header and Footer to PDF file: Add Headers and Footers to present information, such as date, time, page numbers, or the title of the document, in the top or bottom margins of a document.

7. Add Watermark by Stylized Text to PDF: This option allows you to watermark the PDF files with styled text, you can use various fonts, colour of fonts, layout and etc to add your watermark.

8. Add Watermark using Image to PDF file: Watermark the PDF files using an image file, the following image files are supported: bmp, jpg, gif, png, tiff, and wmf.

9. Convert Images to PDF file: Convert images files like bmp, jpg, gif, png, tiff, and wmf into a PDF file with layout options. The available layout options are

10. Convert PDF into images: Save PDF pages into images (png, jpg, bmp and tiff) with DPI options. This option can be used a pdf to image file converter.

11. Edit PDF Form Fields: Delete, Flatten or List the PDF Form Fields inside a PDF file.

12. Convert PostScript(PS) File into PDF: Converts PS file into PDF files so that it can be opened in PDF readers.

As you can see this 12-in-one PDF file tools is very useful, it is highly recommended that if you use PDF file quite often then this tool is a must have for you. This tool runs on all versions of Windows and requires Java to be installed.

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PNG Optimizer is free tool using you can batch optimize and reduce the file size of your PNG file images. The reduction in file size is very useful as it will save Internet bandwidth and hard disk space.

To batch process the image files just drag and drop them and the tool will optimize the files and output it in the same directory. This tool accepts PNG, GIF, BMP and TGA files are input but the output will be only PNG file format after the conversion or optimization. As you can see that this tool is pretty easy to use but unfortunately it does not support JPG / JPEG image files as input hence this is a drawback of this tool, we suggest that the author of this software also include support for JPG files. This tool does not require any installation hence can be used as a portable application in portable flash drives. This software works with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

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For people who work with lots of Text files (txt) and have a requirement of converting txt files to PDF then Zilla TXT To PDF Converter is for them. TXT to PDF Converter is free tool that can batch convert multiple text files (txt) files to PDF file quickly.

To convert text files to PDF just drag and drop them and hit the ‘Start converting’ button to start the conversion process to PDF file. If you have a folder that contains txt files then drag and drop the folder and the entire txt files in that folder will be converted to PDF file.

The output PDF file parameters like page size, font size, characters/line and author of PDF document can be controlled.

This tool works with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, as this tool does not require any installation hence can be used as a portable application in USB portable flash drives.

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Rewritable CD and DVD discs are used by us on day to day basis for various needs. To reuse a rewritable CD or DVD we would have to erase the disc prior to use if the previous session was closed, most of use the third party utility softwares to erase the CD or DVD. In this post we shall discuss how this can be done in Windows 7 without the need for any third party software.

How to Erase a Rewritable CD / DVD Disc in Windows 7

1. Open My Computer and choose the CD/DVD burner in which you have loaded the rewritable CD/DVD. Now right click and that drive and select the ‘Erase this disc’ this option.

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2. Now the this Windows 7 will ask for your confirmation to erase the rewritable disc and start the disc erasing process

The rewritable CD/DVD disc will be erased in a couple of minutes. That’s it now reuse the rewritable disc for your data needs.

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FLV to MP3 is a free tool which allows you to extract audio from FLV video file as MP3 output. The tool is pretty straightforward to use, just drag and drop the FLV file and this tool will extract the audio of the video file as MP3 file.

Similar Useful Tool: Extract Video and Audio from FLV Video Files without Decompressing or Recompressing

The extracted file is saved to the same location from where it is located. There are no options for changing the output MP3 parameters, we suggest that the author of this program add these features to make this program more feature rich.

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