Nokia N900 Smartphone Review
The mobile phone news pages were buzzing when Nokia released one of its latest mobile phones, the Nokia N900. Billed by the company as a PC in a mobile phone case, everyone in the industry wanted to see if such a claim could possibly be true. This is definitely a contract mobile phone; no one would want to spend the money getting this as pay as you go. The N900 is a touchscreen phone, but turn it on its side and find the surprise, a full QWERTY keyboard built in, although the keys are small and possibly tricky for those with larger hands.
When you compare mobile phones, you will immediately notice that this is one of the largest handsets on offer and those who remember the 1980’s style bricks may feel that this is a step backwards. To be honest this is always a risk when concealing a keyboard, as it will inevitably lead to a certain amount of added depth. However, in terms of performance, we really were impressed, the Nokia N900 offers some pretty good competition to the PC. Clearly, you wouldn’t want to use something so small to do much in the way of serious work, but if you are away from the office you are going to find that the surfing capabilities are seriously impressive. The speed is what impressed us; the Nokia N900 was loading pages as quickly as a net book, even when connected via the phone lines rather than using WiFi to hop onto a broadband connection.
