So what’s Nokia’s Maemo 5 all about? The N900 Rover is not out so we can’t know for sure what the new mobile OS will have to offer. But as with most of today’s gadgets, facts have been leaked about Maemo 5 so here’s a brief description of what looks to be a pretty interesting alternative to Nokia’s other OS, the Symbian.

Maemo 5 will remind you of webOS since it uses a card-like view of what’s happening with your phone. The OS will support both GSM and VoIP calls and all those calls will be neatly logged which means you’ll be able to quickly call back your friends using your VoIP program of choice. When it comes to messaging capabilities, you can expect threaded SMS support but there’s no MMS availability. AT&T will certainly enjoy this feature or better said lack of it. As you can see the OS can still be improved as other issues have been spotted too. There’s no Google Calendar sync option, the mobile browser is slow and Flash support, although there, isn’t great. The Rover will slow down if you run too many apps so better shut a few of them down while you aren’t using them. The Map app will make you want to get Ovi Maps and the music player is limited in features.

There you have it folks, a hands-off sneak preview of Maemo 5. But we definitely expect you to tell us exactly how the phone performs for you in case you do decide to get an N900.

via Engadget

Tags: Maemo 5, Mobile Software, N900, Nokia, Nokia, rover, symbian

While we’re still waiting for Nokia to launch its Nokia N900 tablet we can’t but wonder how the new Maemo OS looks like. And we have some screenshots to play with while we’re waiting for the Rover to be unveiled. Maemo 5 is the next version we’re waiting for and, although it will not replace Symbian anytime soon, this new OS will power quite a few Nokia tablets and handsets in the near future. The screenshots look real enough and we’re hoping that the Linux-based OS is ready to fight against the hottest mobile mobile operating systems available so far. And Nokia should better leak some of those future Maemo-based smartphones.

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Tags: Linus, Maemo 5, Mobile News, Mobile Software, N900, Nokia, Nokia, OS, Portable Devices, rover, tablet

The FCC has recently approved a Nokia tablet, the RX-51 which is seems to be headed to T-Mobile. Following up on our yesterday’s story we have live shots of said Nokia tablet. Are we looking at the Maemo-powered Rover tablet we heard about earlier this year? We probably are, and here’s what this Rover will have to offer:

• Quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri-band WCDMA (850/1700/2100)
• Bluetooth + EDR
• Wi-Fi
• FM Transmitter
• Slide-out QWERTY keypad
• Nokia BL-5J 1320 mAh battery
• 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss lens

So what about some pricing details and launch details?

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Tags: Mobile News, Nokia, Nokia, rover, T-Mobile, T-Mobile, tablet

On top of the RoverPC P6 and P7 that we already mentioned on the past, there is a new smartphone this time entitled G7.

The RoverPC G7 runs with a 624MHz processor, and has 128MB of RAM memory. The internal storage capacity is only 256MB but that can be expanded with the help of a microSD memory card. The quad-band phone uses Windows Mobile 6.1 as the operative system, and obviously it comes with WiFi.

Lastly, the G7 has a GPS receiver and some software to check locations, view info about traffic cameras, and supply a detour rote.

Tags: Cell Phones, g7, GPS, GPS, handset, rover