They say patience is a virtue so prospective owners of the Nokia N900 will need to be a virtuous bunch if they’re to stomach the following news. The N900 has been delayed once again. The Maemo powered internet tablet come mobile phone was originally penciled in for an October launch date when it was first announced back at Nokia World. It was then pushed back to November though only through the official Nokia store and worse still, only for a rather eye watering sim free price. The latest delay? Indefinite!

It seems Nokia have confirmed they will be fulfilling pre-orders made for the device but couldn’t (or wouldn’t) confirm when the device would launch with mainstream retailers. What this means is that those unwilling to shell out for the considerable sim free price now face an as yet undetermined delay for Nokia’s next flagship.

What is confirmed however is that when the phone finally launches it should be well worth the wait. The Maemo 5 operating system is nothing short of a revelation. Putting the pitfalls of Symbian behind them, Nokia have tapped into an operating system that is just as slick, user friendly and more importantly finger friendly as some of its key rivals. Not content with being on a par with it’s competitors, the N900 is intent on delivering a desktop experience on a mobile device so expect to multi-task dozens of applications at once with little to no slow down, launch and navigate menus effortlessly and browse the web just as you would on your PC or Laptop with full Flash support, the first for any phone.

With a 3.5 inch touchscreen display, slide out QWERTY keyboard and excellent build quality, the phone itself feels every bit as polished as the operating system. Throw in a lightening fast processor and RAM, 32GB of on board memory, 5.0 Megapixel camera with all the trimmings and HSDPA, Wi-Fi and GPS and it’s hard to look at the N900 without salivating. Still it’s the operating system that really promises to change how we use our mobile phones. 2010 could definitely be the year of Maemo. Fill in your details below to be kept informed about N900 availability.

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