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The Nokia N900 provides a powerful mobile internet browser, plenty of storage, a 5-megapixel camera, and an ultrasharp display. It is also fast, multitasks well, and has superior call quality. Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, and GPS are all onboard. The user interface Is not very intuitive. Ovi Store for the N900 Is not live yet, limiting the number of usable apps, and it does not synchronise with Exchanger Server 2003. The phone is a bit large and not all apps run in portrait mode.

The Nokia N900 is the next evolution of the company’s web Table, and do not let its smaller size fool you. It delivers more power, adds phone capabilities, and has one of most strong mobile Web browsers on the marketplace today. It also runs on the Linux-based Maemo platform, which offers great customization options and multitasking abilities but has yet to live up to its full possibilities.

The N900 feels uncomplete with its limited Exchange support and an app store that has yet to go live. Besides, the user interface is unbelievably unintuitive, making it frustrating to use at times. Like we told, there’s plenty of potential there, but for today, the N900 is likely best for tech enthusiasts or early adopters, while those after an everyday, more mainstream smartphone should stick with the current crop of favorites. The Nokia N900 is available unlocked for $569, although you may be able to find it for less online.

Aside from the slider design, the Nokia N900 bears very little resemblance to its predecessors. Instead of a tablet form factor, the N900 looks more like one of the N series smartphones, such as the N96, but is on the bulkier side at 4.37 inches wide by 2.35 inches tall by 0.77 inch thick and 6.38 ounces. In hand, the N900 feels like a very solid phone but the extra weight is noticeable when you’re on a phone call and it’ll make for a bit of a tight fit in a pants pocket.

There are a couple of quirks about the smartphone. Foremost, most apps only work in landscape mode and there are very few that work in portrait mode. In fact, the only one we could find was the phone app. It’s not a deal-breaker but we’d definitely like to have the option of using more apps in portrait mode. Also, there are no Talk and End keys (or any other of the standard navigation buttons), so a simple task of making a phone call requires a couple of extra steps. This wouldn’t be such a huge deal if the user interface was a bit more intuitive (more on this later), but if you’re using the device for the first time and trying to make a call or simply trying to return to the previous menu, it can be slightly confusing.

Without physical navigation buttons, you’ll mostly use the N900’s 3.5-inch resistive touch screen to get around the phone, and it is quite a beauty. The WVGA display (800×480 pixels) is amazingly sharp and bright and has an ambient light sensor and brightness controls. Besides, although it is a resistive touch screen, which requires that you use a little more pressure than capacitive screens, we discovered it to be very responsive to our touches, whether we were opening an app, scrolling through lists, or switching between home screens.

The Nokia N900 is the incoming evolution of the company’s Internet Table, and do not let its smaller size fool you. It delivers more power, adds phone capabilities, and has one of most robust mobile Web browsers on the market today. It also runs on the Linux-based Maemo platform, which offers great customization options and multitasking abilities but has yet to live up to its full possibilities. The N900 feels incomplete with its limited Exchange support and an app store that has yet to go live. Also, the user interface is incredibly unintuitive, making it frustrating to use at times. Like we said, there’s plenty of potential there, but for now, the N900 is probably best for tech enthusiasts or early adopters, while those after an everyday, more mainstream smartphone should stick with the current crop of favorites. The Nokia N900 is available unlocked for $569, though you may be able to find it for less online.

Aside from the slider design, the Nokia N900 bears very little resemblance to its predecessors. Instead of a tablet form factor, the N900 looks more like one of the N series smartphones, such as the N96, but is on the bulkier side at 4.37 inches wide by 2.35 inches tall by 0.77 inch thick and 6.38 ounces. In hand, the N900 feels like a very solid phone but the extra weight is observable when you are on a phone call and it will make for a bit of a tight fit in a pants pocket.

There are a couple of oddities about the smartphone. First of all, most apps only work in landscape mode and there are very few that work in portrait mode. As a matter of fact, the only one we could find was the phone app. It is not a deal-breaker but we would decidedly like to have the option of using more apps in portrait mode. Besides, there are no Talk and End keys (or any other of the standard navigation buttons), therefore a simple task of making a phone call requires a couple of extra steps. This would not be such a huge deal if the user interface was a bit more intuitive (more on this later), but if you’re using the device for the first time and trying to make a call or simply trying to return to the previous menu, it can be slightly confusing.

Without physical navigation buttons, you’ll mostly use the N900’s 3.5-inch resistive touch screen to bypass the phone, and it is quite a beauty. The WVGA display (800×480 pixels) is astonishingly sharp and bright and has an ambient light sensor and brightness controls. Likewise, although it is a resistive touch screen, which requires that you use a little more pressure than capacitive screens, we found it to be very responsive to our touches, whether we were opening an app, scrolling through lists, or switching between home screens.

While it has yet to reach its full potential, the Nokia N900 is an effective mobile device with excellent browsing capabilities and vast customization options. Nevertheless, its unintuitive user interface and other limits make this a smartphone for tech enthusiasts and early adopters only.