
16:43 28th August 2009
Mobile manufacturer Nokia has announced that its latest smartphone offering will be driven by Maemo, a Linux-based operating system.
Currently, several other manufacturers chose Windows' stripped down version to run their top-end business phones.
The new Nokia900 is an example of digital convergence. Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia's executive vice president for markets, said: "What we have with Maemo is something that is fusing the power of the computer, the internet and the mobile phone."
Because of the integration the phone offers a more PC-like experience, features 1Gb of application memory, 32GB of storage (expandable to 48GB with a MicroSD card) and a slide-out qwerty keyboard.
Mobile handsets are increasingly complex and now allow users to surf the internet and take quality pictures.
Thanks to improved browsing and data storage advances, companies could be thinking to investigate the mobile crowd.
By working online from their handsets workers would become more productive and mobile.