Nokia N900 is now shipping!
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Nov 10th 2009 4:26AM
posted Nov 10th 2009 4:26AM
Update: Nokia's official blog says to expect the Maemo 5 device to land in "Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and North America" shortly. However, it won't be compatible with the new 3G SIM cards from 3 in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark and Austria until a software update hits sometime later this year.
[Thanks, Juhana J.]
Woot! Can't wait to receive mine!
This is like watching Swedish paint dry.
When can I get one through a network, on a contract?
If its January then they just lost a customer. Tsk.
Forget about it then...
Nokia N-series, have not subsidized by a US carrier in years...if ever...
Actually Im in the UK so ner.
Note that Ari's blog says "The factories are now working full speed and the devices are on their way to distribution" - in other words it sounds like they've not got to people like Amazon, etc, to send on to customers yet.
The N900 left the production facilities over the weekend according to this report:
http://www.phone-review.org/phone-review/nokia-n900-ships-today-maemo-enhancements-get-video-demo
what about the NAM version?
They also speak of the NA version with T-Mobile AWS FTW! - D
no no... tmo 3g FTL
idk why they couldnt just make a 850/1700/1900 us version
why would they make a phone that only works for 30% of NAM HSxPA 3G users?
N900 now shipping. Maemo select/Ovi store for N900... coming soon.
check out that cool ad for n900 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxiOKKF721U
What's the advantage of the Nokia N900 over say an HTC Touch Pro 2?
Yep I know there's WM versus an open o/s but at the end of the day they seem to collide on capability. And I say this as an N800 owner.
As a previous WM user, I can say that WM is a very unintuitive OS to use that really required the stylus. HTC has tried hard to skin over the OS to be more finger friendly, however covering up the mess doesnt mean its out of the way. You will still find the annoyances once you go into the programs.
Maemo 5 on the other hand seems VERY finger friendly as easy to use right ouf the box.
I loved my WM device and probably would get another, but Ill wait on WM7 before I hop back on with Microsoft. :) Until then, Im excited about the N900! :D
This will NOT generate mass market appeal, at least I don't think so, based on the fact that it's a landscape orientation only phone, and it's size isn't exactly thin, which apparently is in. Otherwise it's missing the same things the iPhone was missing, that apparently didn't bother enough people to stop them from buying it, except me. You know... MMS, no calling buttons, no equalizers in the music player, and no voice dialing among other things. So, maybe I'm the only one who won't buy something like this purely for those reasons, and millions will flock to this device as well. I wonder how many people will dump their N97 for this...
whoa... they updated the store since this morning. this is me eating my foot.
Its down to $559 on amazon! I had to cancel my pre-order and then order it again. Can't wait to get mine, i used the savings to get 1 Day shipping.
I had emailed Nokia USA back in October and asked if it was coming to AT&T and they said no. But who knows it may change.
Finally! This is exciting new... I got mine (a review unit) 3 weeks ago and I love it: http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/nokia-n900-first-impressions/
when i read "it's just a tentative first step on a potentially wobbly new platform" i looked at the author of the article
and sure enough it was ricker's work