Optima OP5-E with Maemo OS announced

A new MID (Mobile Internet Device) has been announced by a little known Chinese company called Optima. Called OP5-E, the non-Nokia device comes with Maemo OS.

Maemo is Nokia’s open source operating system built on top of the Linux kernel. There have been only three Maemo devices by Nokia thus far: the 770, N800 and N810.

Optima OP5-E features a 4.3-inch 800x480 resolution screen, 806 MHz Marvell PXA320 CPU, a 3.2 megapixel camera, built in EVDO that supports China Unicom’s network, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 and a whopping 2600 mAh battery. It measures 143 mm x 74 mm x 17.6 mm and weighs 300 grams. The first version of the software, which is probably built on Maemo 4.1.2, to ship on the OP5-E will only support data via the built-in EVDO. An upgrade is planned to support phone calls and text messaging, and that will probably be built on Maemo 5. No word on pricing.

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