Extremely loud Nokia N900 promo video shows off Maemo 5 UI

By on Aug 31, 2009 at 1:16 PM
General August 31, 2009

Let’s face it — annoying, stale and overused references to a “desktop experience” aside, the N900 is probably one of the most exciting things to happen to Nokia in years… At least for technophiles. In a nutshell, Maemo 5 is the first fresh new OS to find its way to a Nokia smartphone since S60 3rd Edition first found its way to Fred Flinstone’s phone back in the stone ages. S60 3rd is still rocking relatively hard where global sales are concerned of course, but even the most avid Nokia fans will reluctantly admit to being bored with it at this point. S60 5th Edition is just more of the same and until Symbian^4 struts its stuff, Maemo is apparently where it’s at. The N900, Nokia’s first Maemo-powered smartphone, will drop some time in October so until then all we can do is watch painfully loud promo videos and yearn for the day when Nokia’s new kit finds its way to our pockets, and hopefully, our hearts. Video after the jump.

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  • MJ

    like they say, if the music is too loud then you are too old! :)

    But this thing looks awesome, considering it is on pre-order already in some countries and it looks so responsive in the other videos. Ready next month! wow!

  • brum

    Title and tool bars are looking very WM esque.

  • http://www.twitter.com/jazzyl jazzyl

    Nice and sweet!!!!!

    Sent via BlackBerry.

  • http://maemo.nokia.com Peter @ Maemo Marketing

    Sorry for being so load in the video as you call it. We decided not to go with the usual elevator music because of the character of the device.

    And out of the two gents from the Maemo team in the interaction video only one is Finnish, the other is Catalan.

    Regards from Maemo Marketing team

  • willywill82

    funny comment dude, i was thinking the same thing.

    i’ve been an “iphone” for a little less than a year now, and even i’m tired of not having a real smartphone. i’m about to peace out of my at&t contract to return to my CDMA roots @ good ole sprint pcs to pick myself up a hero, but this baby makes me wanna wait to see if at&t will get it, or if it’ll be available unlocked in the US using at&t’s 3G banding. anyone know?

  • wewt

    even though the tmobile band is supported is there any concrete evidence that tmobile will actually pick this device up? also, i talked with a nokia usa customer rep today asking when preorder would be available and he said by the end of this week. however, he could not give me a price.

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