Nokia N900 delayed until November 2009

Posted on Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 by Matthew Miller

2 Comments » File Under:Internet Tablet, linux, Maemo, Nseries, T-Mobile;

I have heard from a couple of sources that the N900 will not be coming in October as originally scheduled. Over on the Chronicles of N900 blog they posted the response you see below from Peter Schneider, Head of Maemo Marketing. The good thing is, it sounds like they may be tweaking and refining the software of the N900 in direct response to all of the feedback those of us with pre-production units have been providing. That said, I plan to keep up the N900 coverage here. Make sure to check out The Definitive Nokia N900 Guide page with all of my latest articles and links.

In reference to your questions on the expected shipment date of the Nokia N900, let me tell you the latest information from Nokia:

The Nokia N900 is a great example of what we and the open source community have been able to achieve with Maemo software. We are working closely with open source developers and for example, at the Maemo Summit in October, we loaned 300 pre-production units to get more feedback from the community. This feedback is extremely important to us and as such we also want to provide the best user experience with the Nokia N900.

We expect it to start shipping during November 2009.

Peter Schneider Head of Maemo Marketing Nokia Corporation

The N900 is an awesome device and the more I use it, the more I like it and find it to be the mobile computer that I always wanted. It is more compact than a UMPC, has a good keyboard, is an awesome phone, has a browser that lets me access most every site I want on the go, and offers much more to come with developer support.

fmo
October 22, 2009

I placed an order for one yesterday on Nokia UK online shop and it mentioned 4 weeks delivery

Ali
October 22, 2009

Still wondering if the rumors of Tmobile picking this up will come to pass, so far what I’ve seen in terms of their “Project Dark” doesnt seem to groundbreaking, but thats just regarding their plans, nothing has been mentioned about the phones.

on the bright side, being pushed back a feww weeks gives me more time to save up for the n900!