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Nokia N900 Now Shipping To Early Adopters
PUBLISHED: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Nokia has begun shipping its first Maemo-based smartphone to customers in the U.S. who pre-ordered it. The Nokia N900 is not yet available for those who put in an order for this high-end model now, though.

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Nokia N900 Already Getting More Affordable
PUBLISHED: 11/12/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Nokia N900 hasn't even debuted yet, and a price competition has already started, causing several retailers to bring their prices down to about $100 below the official one. Still, this high-end smartphone isn't going to be cheap.
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Nokia N900 High-End Smartphone Now Shipping
PUBLISHED: 11/10/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Nokia has just announced that the highly-anticipated Nokia N900 has started shipping. This device -- the first smartphone running the Linux-based operating system Maemo -- has a WVGA screen, sliding keyboard, 3G mobile broadband, and many more features.
FULL STORY (2,745 Reads) | DISCUSSION (18 Replies)

Nokia Learning Many Lessons from Ovi
PUBLISHED: 11/8/2009  BY: Antoine Wright
Nokia's Ovi platform has taken its share of knocks for poor service, implementation, and weakness as a competitor to the Apple iTunes platform. In a recent interview, one of this company's executives talks about the lessons learned, and plans for moving forward.
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New Study Warns that Cell Phone Use May Slightly Increase Cancer Risk
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
An extensive study overseen by the World Health Organization has found that cell phone use may cause a slight but measurable increase in several types of tumors, some of which are dangerous.
FULL STORY (2,177 Reads) | DISCUSSION (10 Replies)

Most Popular Smartphones of October
PUBLISHED: 11/2/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
At the beginning of each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones and other mobile devices that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks.
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Nokia N900 Release Pushed Back to November
PUBLISHED: 10/22/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Nokia N900 was originally scheduled to be released in October, but a high-level executive has admitted that the debut of this feature-packed model -- which may be offered by T-Mobile -- has slipped back about a month.
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Nokia N900 Preview
PUBLISHED: 10/14/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Nokia N900 is not yet available, but Ed Hardy got some time with a pre-release version and brings us his first thoughts of the first smartphone running the Linux-based Maemo OS.
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Nokia N900 May Debut in the U.S. Late this Month
PUBLISHED: 9/14/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Nokia N900 -- the first Maemo-based smartphone -- is scheduled to be released in October, but it might come out just a little bit before that, if the distribution system works at maximum efficiency.
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Nokia Will Use a Three Operating System Strategy
PUBLISHED: 9/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The devices Nokia has unveiled in the last week are an indication of its strategy going forward. It intends to make products running Symbian, Maemo, and Windows -- with each OS being used for a different segment of the market.
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Nokia N900 Now Available for Pre-Order
PUBLISHED: 9/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Nokia has begun taking pre-orders in the U.S. for its first Linux-based smartphone, the Nokia N900. This model will have a large, high-resolution screen, a sliding keyboard, and a variety of high-end features.
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Pre-Review of Nokia's Unannounced N900 Published
PUBLISHED: 8/20/2009  BY: AWright
A website has reviewed a pre-production version of Nokia's upcoming N900 Internet Tablet, giving a look at where Nokia sees the Maemo platform for upcoming devices.
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Mozilla Releases New Firefox Mobile Alpha and Beta
PUBLISHED: 6/29/2009  BY: AWright
The Mozilla team has released two new versions of Fennec, its mobile Firefox web browser; Beta 2 for Maemo Linux devices, and Alpha 2 for Windows Mobile.
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