var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/Nokia_s_Maemo_powered_N900_is_now_shipping’; Nokia’s Maemo-based future has begun: the N900 is shipping. According to Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the eagerly awaited handset is now en route to at least some pre-order customers. We’ll soon see whether that new generation of Nokia smartphones will be suitable to generate the type of mass-market / high-margin appeal that Nokia needs at the top end of its product portfolio or whether it’s just a tentative first step on a potentially wobbly new platform.

Update: Nokia’s official blog says to expect the Maemo 5 device to land in “Europe, the Middle-East, Russia

and North America” shortly. However, it won’t be compatible with the new 3G SIM cards from 3 in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark and Austria until a software update hits sometime later that year.

[Thanks, Juhana J.]

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Nokia N900 is now shipping! originally presented on Engadget on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Original post by Thomas Ricker