Nokia N900 “Rover” tablet gets pictured, spec’d
What a Memorial Day weekend, huh? The river of leaks just won’t stop flowing as the first image of Nokia’s successor to the N810 Internet Tablet has been uncovered along with reported specs. It’s hard to get overly excited about the N900 “Rover” because, well, it’s a Nokia tablet. This is most definitely Nokia’s most capable tablet to date and it packs HSPA connectivity but in the age of the smartphone we have to ask: Why? The specs:
- Maemo 5
- Dimensions: 59.7mm x 111mm x 18.2mm
- Weight: 180g
- 3.5-inch 800×480 (WVGA) touchscreen
- OMAP3430 500/600 Mhz processor
- 5.0 MP Carl Zeiss camera with dual-LED flash, auto-focus and sliding cover
- 1GB total virtual runtime memory
- Wi-Fi, HSPA, GPS, accelerometer
The official N900 announcement will reportedly come in June — a period of time where it will easily and quickly be overshadowed by everything else going on next month — and target launches are scattered throughout 2H. We’re certainly anxious to play with Nokia’s new tablet but that’s really all we can expect from it… Play. Nokia continues its attempt to fill the space between smartphones and netbooks but for the time being, it’s a hole that the market doesn’t seem to want filled. Will the N900 be more successful in filling this imaginary gap? A few reported carrier deals might help spread sales out a bit more but we’re not sure why anyone would want to pay for a second data plan; any capable smartphone can likely take care of the bulk of tasks the N900 would be used to perform. Anyone excited for it or are we looking at another IT destined to be lost in a retail wasteland?
No Bluetooth? (for tethering)
Yeah Zach, we get it. Nokia should just give up already because you don’t like them. Great.
Is it me or this “tablet” is actually as big as the HTC Touch Pro 2???
Why not just make it a smartphone, Nokia??
gotta hand it to BGR. great reporting on this “big-blue-memorial-day-weekend”.
now, the ninjas at Big red, time for them to get some road maps out of the lockers. for tips on how to? look no further then the leakage at ATT.
looks like a smartphone without the phone. woops
Good job.
Make a phone with these specs (not sure about the processor) and you have a contender.
No phone makes this destined to fail.
Screen’s too small for a tablet. The N800 and N810 were pretty much perfect in that regard. I also really liked my N800 (and my friend’s N810), I have yet to find a better web browsing experience in a device that fits in my pocket, and yes iFans, that includes the iPhone. That said, at this point, I have to agree with everyone who said this should be a phone. It basically includes everything I expect out of a smartphone EXCEPT the phone (and no, Skype doesn’t count.) This could have been a perfect smartphone, instead it’s a decent but not great MID.
It seems if Apple stepped into this Market you kids would excited!
Almost the same as the N97 except for the virtual memory part. So much for in between the phones and computers market. Phones themselves are starting to fill that gap.
eh.. it’s actually a phone this time
from mobilecrunch:
Bands: GSM Quad-Band 850, 900, 1800, 1900. WCDMA 900, 1700/2100, 2100
Browser: Firefox 3 with support for Flash 9.4
Except Apple is already in this market…
Check the dimensions of the device, it’s ~ the same size (slightly narrower) as an iPhone. It does have the advantage of a better resolution but Maemo sort of sucks. And not having voice capability also sucks.
This is why everyone is sort of “meh” about it- no real differentiation.
Seriously are we sure this does not have a GSM module in it?
I don’t understand the logic…
For those who are dying waiting for the Tour, well at least a User Manual would do it.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EC0KT69R
Memorial day reading!!!
@ david
Do you still have a space for me @ the I-ship you are hopping on?
Count me in. If the Tour dosent show up on time!!!
ahem, it is a phone… http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/05/24/exclusive-everything-there-is-to-know-about-nokias-next-tablet/
@Joetour
I’ll save you a spot on the wrap around line around the block. P.s. I’m wearing boots that day, I’m gonna kick those little 13 year old girls asses if they try to cut me in line.
Lol.
You might encounter the “banned 1″(you guessed it yeah,” That” one) over there. Don’t think any 13 year old will be there. Only grown ups are looking for berry’s.
Stevie (-apple fanboy)might be there too. He would surley want to check out the device that he hates so much but dosent know what it actually is.
Why the f*ck did they reduce the screen size?
Dear Nokia… I love you and all so make sure this is worth it
kthanx
I don’t know, why the f*ck DID they reduce the screen size?
F*ck me, he’s on to us!!!
You guys have quite the racket going!
it’s strange no T-Mobile guys jump in
a rumor said it’ll have band I/IV/VIII 3G
time will tell as there’s no detail spec
btw, does it have phone function without headset?
Yea this appears to be coming to T-mobile by the Fall!