Following the launch announcement, Nokia has uploaded a short video promoting the N900.



Perhaps one of the most notable changes for this Internet Tablet is the move away from a Symbian-based operation to one that uses the Linux-based Maemo 5 platform. Could this represent a pending switch in Nokia smartphone world too? I can't say for sure, but Maemo sure looks pretty to me. The features and specs are very much in line with early predictions, providing us with a 3.5inch WVGA touchscreen display, HSPA and WLAN wireless connections, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 1GB RAM, OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration, 32GB internal memory, and microSD expansion slot. The built-in Nokia Messaging client can handle up to 10 email accounts. You'll have to wait until October to get your hands on a retail Nokia N900 Internet Tablet and, even then, it will only be available in 'select markets' for 500 Euro, not including taxes and subsidies.