Nokia isn’t the only one with Maemo on their mind and in their devices. Chinese company called Chinaoptima has also developed a touchscreen Maemo powered MID of their own called the Optima OP5-E. The device does appear to be quite similar to Nokia’s N900 with the exception of the slide down QWERTY keypad. It comes equipped with a 4.3 inch resistive touchscreen and a 3.2 megapixel camera on board. It’s a 3G enabled device that uses an 806 MHz Marvell ARM processor its functions together with 128 MB of RAM.

The company has also thrown in quite a few other goodies with this MID to sweeten the deal. Those include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS for navigation. Chinoptima has also loaded the device with a 2600 mAH battery that they’re claiming will give users 8 hours of usage. Impressive! The Optima, according the various images making the rounds, is definitely slimmer and sleeker than Nokia’s N900 and far cheaper at $500. Look out Nokia, China’s gaining ground.

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