I was considering the N900 and looked at the Iphone and Droid. N900 after comparison. Positive. 1. Beautiful to look at. 2. Unix based open source unlike the Iphone or Droid. 3. Good options 4. Good picture quality and video 5. touch screen and slider keys Negatives 1. Heavy and bulky 2. No Xenon flash or flashlight mode 3. No MMS or WAP push 4. No double touch Iphone owns the patent. Nokia has 43% of the mobile market and is working on software to include MMS in future be on the look out. Also this phone works best with T-mobile. All options missing can be found on high end Sony Ericsson phones-less Unix operating system.
Multitouch screens existed long b4 the iphone arrived. The patent is for the gesture interface not multitouch. It shouldn't be too long before other companies bring in multi touch smart-fones. I was playing with one last week and we lined it up with an iphone and the dimensions were almost the same, why do you say its bulky? This is a new direction for Nokia from the previous Symbian fones. Like the iphone it will take a few models to get it right. Also you didn't mention which phone you picked in the end?
I thought the Droid was open-source. That was one of the big selling points against the iphone? I have the Droid and love it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/9eyag/nokia_n900_vs_iphone_3gs_specs_side_by_side/ Phone N900 iPhone 3GS OS GNU/Linux ? iPhone OS root yes > no Height 110.9 mm > 115.5 mm Width 59.8 mm > 62.1 mm Depth 19.55 mm < 12.3 mm Weight 181 g < 135 g CPU OMAP 3430 == OMAP 3430 CPU Speed 600 MHz == 600 MHz RAM 256 MB == 256 MB Storage 32 GB >= 16/32 GB Expansion microSD > no Battery 1320 mAh > 1219 mAh Full Keyboard yes > no Multi Touch no < yes Display 88.9 mm == 88.9 mm Resolution 800×480 > 480×320 3D OpenGL ES 2.0 == OpenGL ES 2.0 TV Out yes == yes Wi-Fi 802.11b/g == 802.11b/g GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz == 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz UMTS/WCDMA/HSPA 900/1700/2100 MHz ? 850/1900/2100 MHz Bluetooth 2.1 == 2.1 A-GPS yes == yes Accelerometer yes == yes Compass no < yes Camera 5 MP > 3 MP Flash yes > no Video 25 fps/WVGA ? 30 fps/VGA FM Transmitter yes > no Color Black < Black/White Previous Nokia's (N82) had Xenon flash not sure why these new phones do not. The Nokia weights 181 grms Iphone 135 and is slimmer. Nokia also lacks Lack of switching between Landscape mode and portrait mode. I decided to wait the N900 has all the worked on the SMS and hopefully xenon flash. http://iphonehelp.in/2009/09/06/nokia-n900-versus-apple-iphone-3gs-review/
N900 holds nothing against the iPhone IMHO and I have had Nokia all my life (and hate Apple). I got the iPod Touch because I wanted all the app functionality without the phone, but got tired of having both mobile and iPod Touch in my jacket all the time, so I sold the iPod. I want to get rid of my Nokia and get an iPhone, but heard 4G is going to be launched in 5-6 months and might get a design makeover (more compact, perhaps aluminum case, camera with blitz etc.) so I'm gonna wait a little. At the same time, I think the alternatives with open app possibilities compared to iPhone/Apples strict policy, will get much better much faster than "one upgrade per year" iPhone.
http://gadgetophilia.com/nokia-n900-vs-motorola-droid-detailed-comparison/ Conclusion : Though Android is really an established Operating System and general people would appreciate its wide app availability but I think that Maemo is way faster than Android and really has the potential to be the best mobile OS. Verdict Lets cut short the whole discussion and decide which one is the best for you. Where Nokia N900 beats Motorola Droid Better overall look-n-feel FM Radio/Transmitter Better Keyboard Better Camera Larger memory Where Motorola Droid beats Nokia N900 Slim Design Touchpad is more responsive Better OS at the moment
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/9eyag/nokia_n900_vs_iphone_3gs_specs_side_by_side/ As a phone, the N900 will be letting you not just call anyone in the world for free, but as a graphics terminal display it will let you work with any workgroup in the world, on any client application, for free. Microsoft and Apple have NEVER allowed to be installed as default on their devices or with their Operating Systems. They won't even TALK about it. It's that big as an opportunity and as a breakthrough.
Valid points, but I question 2 of them. 1. I haven't seen actual photos from the N900, the droid takes very good pics. And phone arena says the camera is mediocre at best. http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-N900-Review-review-r_2318.html 2. The memory card can be changed to 32gigs.
Forgot to mention N900 has Firefox browser and how it syncs with the desktop browser is a major plus. The N900 sports a fast Flash Player 9 plugin, multiple pages, desktop web shortcuts, RSS feeds, importing bookmarks and opening local HTML pages. Browsing at 800×480 pixels is astounding.Also stylus which Iphone lacks.The N900 comes with turn by turn GPS routing at no extra charge. No need to buy or download extra software. Maps and routing are provided by Nokias Ovi service Nokia N900 : 848 X 480 pixels at 25 frames per second. Motorola Droid : 720 X 480 pixels @24fps. The better video capability and Carl Zeiss Optics of N900 gives it a slight edge over Moto Droid. Low light photo and flash test: Nokia N97 versus Nokia N900 versus Nokia N82 one can see how much of an advantage a xenon flash has on picture quality. http://mynokiablog.com/2009/12/12/low-light-photo-and-flash-test-nokia-n97-versus-nokia-n900-versus-nokia-n82/
What do you base this on? I have an E71, an iPhone and looking at the N900. The iPhone has some shortcomings the N900 doesn't have. I find that the iPhone is a nice phone for folks who don't need to do any cutting edge type stuff or who want a phone with a kool interface to waste time playing games with... but for a business phone, Nokia products are FAR superior.
The on-screen keypad, more compact design, wider choice of apps, iTunes/iPod built in, tons of great games that are offered... And then some. I just feel the iPhone is a complete "gadget". It lacks a good camera but covers most other aspects. But I didn't look at the N900 from a business perspective... I have a Nokia too.
The N900 has an on screeen keyboard too... as for the apps, you definitely have a wider choice with the N900 than the iPhone. Remember, Apple restricts what you can get on the phone, and there are things they just don't allow, and you can install Debian on the N900 as an application. You also have a much wider range of song providers... including iTunes AND many others, whereas the iPhone is tied in with iTunes to the detriment of others. Many more games available for the N900 than the iPhone, plus the N900 has double the resolution. It also has a microSD card slot to upgrade the memory. I like my iPhone but it's definitely "dumbed down" for the masses vs. most Nokia products. As with everything Apple, you sacrifice a significant amount of functionality for better ease of use.
I didn't know Nokia had such great offerings on the app/music front, didn't realize it when I tried it in the store... And yes, as stated above I don't like Apple for the very fact that they won't let you and me control too much. They are control freaks. But that is the core Apple filosofy (which is seen with Mac computers): "Let us control the whole chain (computer, software, support) so you won't do mistakes"... And that's why (with the more free Android system etc.) the non-Apple teams will over time probably be able to offer better apps which are not restricted... I read something somewhere about porn... But at the end of the day the whole competition is just good for us and therefore I'm waiting up to a year to see where things are heading. I think the greater competition will force Apple to make a better (and hopefully slimmer) iPhone!
Nokia stated on the phone "third party software will void warranty" Hopefully it wont cause gremlins.
