Nokia N900 available for pre-order from Nokia USA
Hardcore Nokia fans who are dying to get their hands on the N900, Nokia’s first Maemo-powered phone (as if you didn’t know that by now), will be happy to know that they can pre-order a unit today. There’s still that pesky little thing called patience to deal with, but sometimes it’s comforting to know that there is a yet-to-be-released gadget out there with your name on it. We know that folks who are bored with S60 are looking to snap this up the minute the packing peanuts spill out of packaging boxes, but before you get too excited you should note the early adopter tax. Then again, at $649 the device may sound pricey, but it’s Nokia’s first Maemo phone! And it will be unlocked! And it’s not S60! Do you need another reason?
Thanks, William!
[Via CellphoneSignal]
I wonder what the response will be from Nokias shot at innovation. S60 did get played out in a way.
any word on the t-mobile subsidized price or t-mobile release date. I heard on another site jan. 2010 but I’m hoping that it will show up this year, preferably sometime next month lol….
“Do you need another reason?”
Yeah, it’s called 850/1900/2100 WCDMA. WTF were they thinking?!
I womdering what the subsidied price is going to be as well.
As of right now this only works with T-Mobile 3G bands anyway right?
I wondering what the subsidied price is going to be as well.
As of right now this only works with T-Mobile 3G bands anyway right?
I hate to say it, but Nokia couldn’t innovate their way out of a paper bag. The Maemo platform is no different since they have already taken a wildly innovative product ( the 770 ) and wasted almost 5 years screwing it up and screwing over users.
good for T-Mobile users, as well as Wind in Canada, as there’s only a few unlocked phones support band IV 3G
will surely get it during holiday season
canada always gets left behind on these releases Take N97 and the N900
And too bad it had to be AWS WIND MAYBE ?
@ mingkee,
No one is saying this is $50 LESS than the iPhone! But what unlocked AWS devices do you know of?
I’d love to know
Problem with Nokia is they don’t really seem very serious about the North American market, nor do they seem very interested in actually selling their smartphones.
In order to sell in NA they need to have the right radio bands, and also hit the right (sub $100) price point. Sure they would lose money on the handsets, but could recover revenue in other ways like apps and subscriptions.
Nokia needs new management.
I think the tmobile bands (1700) were the right way to go. I mean att’s 3G works half the time and tmobiles 3G covers half of the alleged space Att claims to have 3G. So it equals out just fine.
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Nokia never subsidizes. FAIL.
i don’t think any of the phone manufactures subsidizes, you will find that is the carriers who subsidize
@ christexaport
Pharos Traveler 137 (WM6.1), Google Ion (Android – unbranded version of HTC myTouch 3G, Samsung i7500 Galaxy (Android), and now the N900 (Maemo 5)
@ Thegeniusfiles
Lmao @ “Nokia needs new management”… as the largest cell phone manufacturer in the world by a large margin, I think Nokia’s management team is doing just fine. The world does not revolve around America and the American cell phone market it pretty weak compared to the rest of the world. Only thing America really had first was the iPhone.
Maybe I just hang out in the wrong circles, but I don’t know one person with a Nokia phone.
Nah Mr. E, not the wrong circles. You just seem to hang out in the US where Nokia market share cratered after Motorola, BB, LG, Sidekick and most recently, Samsung and Apple took over.
Bunch of reasons for that not all of which is Nokia screwing the pooch or ZOMG!!!APPLE!!!.
Without 850MHz 3G this is a Lameo Maemo
I found a hands on preview from slashgear. Here is a link.
http://tv.slashgear.com/nokia-n900-hands-on-595/
MCO Said:
“Without 850MHz 3G this is a Lameo Maemo”
No one said that about the iPhone. Or not many. But I agree to an extent, but don’t doubt a NAM model surfaces.
Like a friend told me, “call your congressman, complain to your carrier, or switch to TMobile”. Those are the options. Crying is too, but seriously?? LOL! I’m done whining myself. This is progress enough.
I think this phone will work fine with ATT just no 3G. When did ppl ever think that 3G is a must ? I would rather use wi-fi over 3G anytime and plus 3G is very expensive in America. I don’t think this phone is going to be brand by Tmobile, but you can definitely use it with Tmobile. Branded phone get uglier for some reason just like the Touch Pro 2 for T-Mobile.
@ Kenith,
many of the next gen applications need the higher bandwidth of 3G, and EDGE just wont cut it, like VOIP, music streaming, and video conferencing. And WiFi is always good, but not very good when you’re not home or at a hotspot.
3G expensive?? $10-20 on at&t, $25 on TMo. Not exactly what I consider expensive, especially when you have a $600 phone to use it with.
And I don’t think it will be branded by TMo either, since you can’t brand an N900. You can add features, but the OS has root access that allows the consumer open access, which is the biggest selling point of the device after the browser.
I’ve been using an iPhone 3G S since June and must say that under optimum conditions it’s certainly feature rich and performs admirably.
However, AT&T *does not* provide even adequate **2G** service in several suburban metro-areas of interest to me. (I had to stand in the middle of my parent’s yard in Grosse Pointe Michigan in order to make 2G voice calls on AT&T wireless!!)
And, since iPhone is tied to AT&T, I’m looking for alternatives. I really want wireless service which actually performs as claimed in the metro-Dayton and metro-Detroit areas.
This, I think, illustrates a core attraction of the Nokia n900: it delivers an advanced level of smartphone capabilities which meet or exceed those of the iPhone without the carrier lock-in.
And, n900 Maemo (Linux) users don’t need to fear arbitrary application related conduct similar to that exhibited by Apple of late. After all, Maemo gives users “root”.