Nokia has managed to sell 100,000 units of its former flagship tablet computer, the N900, in the first three months of the year.

Whilst its release experts claimed that it would [pose a threat for the iPhone, instead iPhone scored over it gigantically. According to the reports of research firm Gartner, Nokia N900 failed to surpass the sale of Apple's iPhone that posted a sale of more than 8.75 million units in the first quarter of 2010.

But this news brought an element of excitement as Alberto Torres, the head of Nokia's solutions business proclaimed that the sales graph had exceeded the expectations posting a sale of 50,000 units in the last three months of 2009.

This phone was constantly weighed under lab condition also has been postponed in the UK a number of times. It was November 2009 when it was finally launched with a Maegmo based OS.

A few days ago Nokia stated the release of software update that promised the introduction of new games and social networking apps.

However the phone presently is available with Vodafone and, sells for less than the N97, which is the previous top end Nokia phone.