Best Nokia N900 deals

The Nokia N900 is a device from the Finnish manufacturer designed to bridge the gap between the consumer driven smartphone and one aimed at the enthusiast, and its one device we advise users don't take for lightly!

Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard

Nokia has given this powerful smartphone a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, as then as a 3.5-inch TFT resistive touchscreen which displays 800 x 480 pixels so you're covered in terms of user input. There's as well a handy stylus included for more intricate touchscreen duties.

The device runs on Nokia's Maemo 5 platform, which is based on a Linux kernel and has an easy-to-use interface and various built-in bonuses just as Skype and Google Talk VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) integration, Adobe Flash Player 9.4 and Ovi downloadable content, plus the Maemo repositories if you're terminal literate. For those that don't mind getting their hands dirty the device offers nearly limitless customisation potential too, as so then as the ability to run other smartphone operating systems!

The camera department and

Nokia phones often shine in the camera department and, thanks to the Finns' ongoing relationship with Carl Zeiss, the N900 is no exception. It has a 5-megapixel snapper with a dual-LED flash and captures video in WVGA at 25 frames per second. There's as well a secondary camera which records in VGA for video calling.