Earlier this year, there were rumours about a new Linux based internet tablet from Nokia. Yesterday, it was officially announced on the Nokia site.(See here, here, here and the official Nokia press release)
Nicknamed the “Rover” and dubbed a “Mobile Computer”, the N900 will boast a 3.5″ touch screen as well as a slide-out qwerty keyboard and tries to fill the gap between smartphones and netbooks.
(Images from the Nokia image gallery)
Specifications:
Processor ARM Cortex-A8 clocked at 600MHz
RAM 256MB physical, total 1GB application memory
Storage 32 GB internal, upto 16GB MicroSD card
Network GPRS-A, Quad band GSM EDGE-A, WCDMA, HSPA, WiFi 802.11 b/g, 3.5G
Connectivity Micro-USB (v2.0), Bluetooth (v2.1), FM Transmitter, GPS receiver
Camera 5 MP Carl Zeiss with dual LED flash
Dimensions 110.9 × 59.8 × 18mm
Weight 180g
Screen 800×480 3.5″ WVGA touch screen
Operating system Maemo 5
No word on the battery life yet, but it uses a BL-5J 1320 mAh.
(also see this)
This phone will have reasonable social-networking integration, with a contact list that integrates SMS, IM and email. It is slated to come with the application Mauku, that integrates with Twitter and Facebook.
The N900 will feature a full-featured browser from Mozilla, which supports flash and allows you to browse in fullscreen mode.
Developers! Enthusiasts!
This is Maemo! And Maemo is Linux! So if you want full root access to your phone, you get it!
No more mucking about with jailbreaking tools and trying to get around imaginary obstacles 
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