I’m travelling at warp speed this weekend! Yesterday you’ve seen Nokia Time Warp III (unpacking the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic) and in case you’ve missed them, I already wrote “Time Warps” with the Nokia 7650 and Nokia 9000 Communicator.
I’m not doing this for sentimental reasons by the way, but as an hommage to Nokia’s incredible innovative power. The 7650 being the first smartphone with a camera built-in, the 9000 being the first PDA smartphone device to get you online. The Nokia 5800 marks the first Symbian touchscreen device (which was about time I’d have to add) and the Nokia N900 was the first (and last) smartphone on the brilliant MaeMo 5 platform.
You´ll find all information about the Nokia N900 on Wikipedia, here you will find what it looked like when you would unpack this device in 2009 – it’s not that long ago, but this industry moves at warp speed, too. Of course – that’s the whole idea – I’m capturing the unpacking with the Nokia 808 PureView.
This is the box – not at all as colorful as the previous ones: Nokia changed to the kind of minimalistic packaging that is much better for the environment, and a lot cheaper too. Visually, there is less to enjoy though, there’s nothing I can do about it…
And this is what you when you open the box… I’m not sure at the moment if it’s any different from the inside of say the box of the N8, but this is black (not blue).
Tons of shots after the break!
And here, in plastic (!) the Nokia N900..
Under the plastic that holds the N900 you’ll find the accessories.
And two booklets (above and below)
The backside with the camera cover closed
And opening the lens cover you’ll start the camera application
Same angle, without the cover, you’ll get a closer look at the 5MP camera sensor and see there’s room for a micro-SD. The battery is the Nokia BL-5J 1320 mAh Li-Ion.
Below the battery there is room for the simcard. Bought a new prepaid card, since for some reason I couldn’t find my WiFi network without one. In French you’ll read a warning that listening to the headset too loud might damage your ears.
And – to be complete – the back cover itself.
Finally: the Nokia N900 opened:
And a few close-up shots from all sides.
Notice you’ll find a speaker on each side.
In case you think it looks damaged on the corners, it’s not, it’s the reflection of the window. There is one little scratch on the front corner below the part that holds the screen though. Didn’t notice it until this shot :-)
Starting up…
…and Connecting People! :-)
The homescreen of the Nokia N900
And of course, there is a stylus for the resistive touchscreen
The menu (it’s in Dutch, sorry)
And the browser :-)
That’s all for this Nokia Time Warp, I really hope you enjoyed it! And before you think I’m overflowing with cash buying all kinds of classic smartphones… I’m not, really. The previous Time Warp was with a borrowed device, and I found this Nokia N900 in mint condition at a ridilous, irresistable price.
However, if you like what I’m doing and think it’s worth more than just your time, please consider making a donation. The PureViewClub is costing me more than it makes as it is, so if you have PayPal, check that little button on the right side of this page – every donation is welcome, thank you in advance!
And to repay the favor, here’s one shot of the Nokia N900, capturing the Nokia 808 PureView (using the flash). I’ll make some more shots in the future with the N900, it has a pretty good camera!
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Why are you buying such devices,Buy Lumia 820,
Will you make a photo comparision btwn lumia 820 and lumia 920 pureview and also with 808 pureview
I am just wondering if N900 was last Nokia device to have infrared port?
Good question! I have no idea, really… But suddenly I think of the E90… That was a later device, wasn’t it? Was that the last? Anyone?
My Nokia N900 looked new when unpacking it.
At that moment I was hardly aware what I was holding in my hands.
The future of mobile computing. However due to incapable management at Nokia it was to be a short or at least delayed future.
Still using the N900 as pocket surfing device.
It only got better over time. The hardware -althoug complete in features- is getting slow and the 256MB ram never were very future proof.
But thanks to Thumb code compiling of the original binaries the OS is now much faster and you can even use Fennec (Firfox Mobile) 17.0 as standard browser.
The device is much much more usable than it used to be in the early days in 2009 – 2010.
for all those that have known and loved the N900 for its beautiful OS and great ergonomics, Try this and by amazed:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=84829
The best Smartphone come mini linux computer to have ever graced this planet. Yes it was brick (so what), it is and for ever will be my most loved Smartphone ever! Nothing to date has come close to what my Nokia N900 offered me.
Great photos, almost looks brand new (Is it)? I might just unbox mine and reminisce. Thanks for your post.
loved that phone, microsd, querty keyboard, resistive tochscreen well optimised for finger, stylus, 1gb virtual memory, skype out of the box, first nokia to play any video any format wid gstreamer, first mobile to have mozilla, full adobe pdf9, adobe flash full version, loved microb, loved email client, app updates in kbs only changes were downloaded not full apps dowmloaded again, so many repositories, awesome notifications for app updates, costomizable notification area, costomizable themes, my own startup vid instead of default nokia one, camera shutter i found better than anything else, sidestand, today symbian does better multitasking compared to wp ios, android but for multitasking todays symby is a joke infront of n900, integrated facebook, kde, openoffice, fmtransmitter, tvout, higher res screen than android and symbian of that time, angry birds, bounce evolution, webos games ported had nfs, avtar, dont remember name of music app that would play similar tracks to one u just played, lovd the way apps would integrate deep inside os, i can just go on, i did know nothing about dev and programming still was in love with it, i understand it was not commertially ready but in parallel universe if nokia have continued with maemo they must still be king of mobile os war
Please give a time warp of nokia 7610 first imaging phone by nokia..
You must be mistaken. The 7650 was the first imaging phone by Nokia.
The N900 was such a dissapointment. Looked great but on the whole the software was awful. Such a shame
Then be prepared for a future Nokia Time Warp with the Nokia N96…
I disagree. It was a great phone and way ahead of its time. Maybe one of the most underrated phones in history. I would choose Maemo over this Windows Phone thing.
I’m not sure if I would choose Maemo over WP8, but I’m working with it for some time now, and I’m quite surprised by it, I must say. Too bad Nokia had to let it go completely.
Oh, n900. I loved and hated thee.
On one side, a perfect mixture of Linux and mobile.
On the other side horribly specced hardware and other problems (loose micro-USB, reflex from reflective material near camera flash) were a big, big deal.
If that phone (and n9 after it) had better hardware… we would have seen a big Nokia today, crushing sales with MeeGo smartphones everyone. THAT is Linux on a handheld, NOT Android.
I totally disagree, the software was/is awesome and still has a massive following even after all these years. Open Source Rocks.