14 DAY TRIAL // If you’re a Nokia phone enthusiast, you probably remember that the N900 model was one of the last devices to ship with the open source, Linux-based Maemo OS. The device saw the light of day back in 2009, but soon afterwards, Nokia abandoned the platform and started focusing on building Windows Phone devices. However, a team of designers now managed to resuscitate the almost forgotten N900.
A few years after the phone got discontinued, a group of people who loved this cool Linux-based gadget put up a project called Neo900, an attempt at building an unofficial successor for the N900.
They left the design of the phone largely unchanged, but updated the hardware to support more memory, a faster processor, plus other improvements.
The phone has been in development for quite some time, but recently the team finally managed to open a web store, accepting payments for the phone or a circuit board meant to upgrade the hardware.
You can now order your Neo900 phone
We have to note that the Nokia N900 revival won’t come cheap, and if you want it, you will need to pay as much as €480 / €535. On the other hand, if you just want the NeoN kit that will upgrade your existing phone, you’ll only have to take €350 / $390 out of your pocket.
Take into consideration that the Neo900 comes with pretty basic specs when compared to the 2015 norm. Even so, it’s still a lot better than the hardware the original Nokia N900 arrived with.
The phone boasts a 3.5-inch TFT touchscreen display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution and draws life from a 1GHz TI OMAP 3730 Cortex-A8 single-core processor (a step up from a 600MHz OMPA 3430 chip) fitted with only 1GB of RAM.
Some new features you should expect with the current model are a gyroscope, 3-axis compass, barometer, thermometer and optional support for 4G LTE.
The team is attempting to collect some money now, before the final product is offered on the market, because the project is targeted at old-timers who loved the original N900. The developers of the project don’t really expect to make money and only a few Neo900 phones will probably be built.
