Nokia N900 marketing shot leaks, official announcement imminent
If there is still doubt in anyone’s mind that Nokia plans to officially unveil its next-generation Maemo 5 handset at the modestly named Nokia World show next week, behold: The first official press render of the N900 has leaked. Call it the Rover, call it the RX-51 or call it whatever else you want — the bottom line is that it represents Nokia’s first step in moving away from an old busted UI and toward a somewhat modern interface. Somewhat. Last week we all enjoyed a ridiculously thorough preview of the N900 and, upon first viewing of the many screenshots included in the post, it’s clear that the Maemo 5 UI is a giant step forward compared to S60. On the other hand however — in terms of looks — it doesn’t appear to be all that different compared to the previous version of Maemo. It’s more flushed out of course, since the N900 packs a lot more out of the box than previous Maemo devices, but we’re not really seeing anything revolutionary here — just evolutionary. Again, we’re talking looks and not function; we still haven’t played with the handset ourselves and we’re not jumping to any conclusions. Getting excited yet, T-Mobile fans? We know we are.
Thanks, Ben!
UPDATE: Hit the jump for another shot obtained by the same source.
@ Rush,
I like your style. You’re nothing like the real Rush, and pretty smart yourself.
I agree too much is done to replicate the iPhone. Its lacking from a global standard, but Americans run the information, and know little from the global perspective.
just stuff from the SDK, nothing concrete yet. Saving all of that for September 2nd at Nokia World.