Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers to all those who pre-ordered it. The N900 will be available through Nokia’s flagship stores in New York and Chicago or online. The Maemo 5 smartphone for the official price is $649. Maemo software is based on an open source platform and allows for a variety of different applications to be developed – from home brew to commercial and everything in between; such as podcasting, Twitter and instant messaging applications
Main features include: Linux-based Maemo operating platform, 3G data networks, 32GB of storage, multitask several applications or web browsers at once, watch Flash videos and access the web thanks to the awesome support for Adobe Flash 9.4 and gesture support within the Nokia N900 web browser, 3.5-inch touchscreen, full QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a dual LED flash and so much more.
For more information on how to develop for Nokia N900 and Maemo, please visit http://forum.nokia.com
HTC has unveiled two Android handsets called the HTC Tattoo and Hero in Australia. These devices join HTC’s range of handsets developed under the HTC Sense philosophy and technology.
With similar specifications, including 3.5mm audio jacks, the Hero and Tattoo both sport HTC’s Sense user interface on top of Android, with Facebook and Twitter apps also included.
HTC Hero features a 3.2 inches capacitive touchscreen display with 320 x 480 pixels, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5m headset jack and a 5MP autofocus camera. The Hero will be available in Australia for AUD 799 ($745).
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Nokia have announced a new phone called the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition. The phone supports mobile broadcast TV (DVB-H), so if you’re a TV addict, this is probably the phone for you. The 5330 TV Edition supports the DVB-H standard (digital video broadcasting handheld) that is prevalent around Europe and the adopted standard over this way.
The Nokia 5330 Mobile TV edition sports a 2.4-inch screen for super sharp images on the move. The headset doubles as an antennae for clear reception and together with Nokia’s own Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) it makes watching TV on the move a joy.
For 155 EUR ($230) you get a 114 gram slider that measures 101.2 mm x 48.5 mm x 14.25 mm, has a 3.2 megapixel camera, 3G, and a 1000 mAh battery good for about 6 hours or soul crushing, mind numbing, corporate sponsored programming. Elsewhere,It comes With Music support for unlimited audio downloads, and various email and IM standards supported.
Best Buy has just announced that the Sprint HTC Hero and Samsung Moment will both now be priced at $99.99 with new 2-year contract. For anyone ready to leap into the wide world of Android, now is the time to do it. Sprint and Best Buy have dropped the price of both the HTC Hero and the Samsung MomentThis retailer isn’t requiring customers to fill out mail-in rebates to get these prices, but these special offers are available only through December.
The Moment uses Google’s standard user interface. The Hero, on the other hand, has HTC’s Sense UI, which enhances the standard one with additional features.The HTC Hero has a 5 megapixel camera, while the Samsung Moment has a 3.2 megapixel one.
Each of these smartphones is equipped with Sprint’s 3G mobile broadband service, Wi-Fi, and Stereo Bluetooth, and both have GPS receivers, microSD memory card slots, and 3.5 mm headphone jacks.
