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Nokia N900 is available now in US
The much anticipated Nokia N900 has landed in US, with a suggested retailed price of USD649.
This Linux based Maemo 5 device from Nokia has been generating a lot of interest on the net. It has 32Gb of storage and 5 megapixel camera, and comes with standard 3G, wife and GPS.
Nokia has decided to use US as its first stop. And we will the latest weapon from Nokia will save them from its declining market share of smartphone.
The press release of Nokia is here.
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