Nokia Tosses Another OSS OS Into the Mobile Mix

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Thursday announced the N900 smartphone, a mobile device running the Linux-based Maemo operating system that the company typically uses for its tablets.

The device runs a Mozilla-based browser and offers still and video photography, an FM radio and 3.5G and WLAN connectivity.

Maemo is the operating system used in Nokia's tablets, and the Finnish handset maker's description of the N900 shows it's moving to converge the computer, the Internet and the mobile phone.