Nokia N9 : MeeGo powered smartphone

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[size=150]The Nokia N9: a unique all-screen smartphone[/size]
Published June 21, 2011

Singapore - Nokia today announced the Nokia N9, built for people who appreciate a stunning blend of design and the latest smartphone technology. To learn more about the design of the Nokia N9 visit: http://swipe.nokia.com

One swipe and you’re home
The Nokia N9 introduces an innovative new design where the home key is replaced by a simple gesture: a swipe. Whenever you’re in an application, swiping from the edge of the display takes you home.

The three home views of the user interface are designed to give fast access to the most important things people do with a phone: using apps, staying up to date with notifications and social networks, and switching between activities.

The industrial design of the Nokia N9 is an example of extreme product making and craft. The body is precision-machined from a single piece of polycarbonate and flows seamlessly into beautiful curved glass. The laminated deep black display means that the user interface just floats on the surface of the product.

The Nokia N9 also packs the latest in camera, navigation and audio technology for a great all-round experience.

“With the Nokia N9, we wanted to design a better way to use a phone. To do this we innovated in the design of the hardware and software together. We reinvented the home key with a simple gesture: a swipe from the edge of the screen. The experience sets a new bar for how natural technology can feel,” said Marko Ahtisaari, Nokia’s head of Design. “And this is just the beginning. The details that make the Nokia N9 unique - the industrial design, the all-screen user experience, and the expressive Qt framework for developers - will evolve in future Nokia products.”

Innovative all-screen design
With no need for a home key, the all-screen Nokia N9 makes more room for apps to shine. The 3.9-inch AMOLED screen is made from scratch-resistant curved glass. The polycarbonate body enables superior antenna performance. This means better reception, better voice quality and fewer dropped calls.

Camera, maps and multimedia
The 8-megapixel Carl Zeiss autofocus sensor, wide-angle lens, HD-quality video capture and large lens aperture enable great camera performance even in lowlighting conditions. This makes the Nokia N9 one of the best camera-phones ever produced.

The Nokia N9 features free turn-by-turn drive and walk navigation with voice guidance in Maps. With the new dedicated Drive app, you can get in your car and start navigating to your destination right away.

You can watch videos in true 16:9 widescreen format. And because the Nokia N9 is also the world’s first smartphone with Dolby Digital Plus decoding and Dolby Headphone post-processing technology, you get a surround sound experience with any set of headphones.

Touch just got better
Fitted with the latest in wireless technology, Near Field Communication (NFC), the Nokia N9 allows you to easily share images and videos between devices by touching them together. Pair it with Bluetooth accessories like the new NFC-enabled Nokia Play 360 wireless music speaker only once, and you get a great surround sound music experience with just a tap.

Colors and Memory
The Nokia N9 will be available in three colors - black, cyan, and magenta with storage options to accommodate plenty of content: 16GB and 64GB. The Nokia N9 is scheduled to be in stores later this year, with availability and local pricing to be announced closer to the sales start.

More information about the Nokia N9 can be found at: http://swipe.nokia.com.

Going to sell my N8 for this baby! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Nokia N9 specs (source: GSMarena)

Other feature of the Nokia N9:

Pairing NFC (Near Field Communication) device to the Nokia N9:

Nokia N9 applications views, events view, multi tasking

Nokia N9 browser & maps

Nokia N9 photography & video

11 minutes video about N9

the NFC is just brilliant!!!

I’m a nokia die hard fan, but they are recently a bit slow
making me lost interest in them. They should
Have introduce it earlier.

I was really looking forward to buy N9, but, it took
them to long, and I already bought a nice hp.

Anyway, I like the simplicity of the design and
love the swipe interface, but the apps page, needs
more improvement.

Maybe i’ll get one for my mum or dad.

Pairing NFC (Near Field Communication) device to the Nokia N9:

can run whatsapp or not?

Still too early to tell if it has whatsapp but N9 should not have problem running such app provided someone ports it to MeeGo. As far as I know, it has Angry Birds Magic and Galaxy on Fire 2.

Nokia N9 applications views, events view, multi tasking

Nokia N9 browser & maps

Nokia N9 photography & video

This is not the N8 it uses MeeGo software so its for a totally different market and you cannot judge its success or failure until it hits the market which we won’t see until the end of the year and no not all nokia phones are low quality because it really depends on the model and if you check properly you will also find other brand produce bad phones if sell for cheaper price.

11 minutes video about N9

ahhahhaah
meeegooo is oredi gooo…gone

i bet gingerbread on dat phone will be delicious!

whatman, one word “you buy, i buy” :mrgreen:

Just have to wait and see. I am more concern about Nokia’s support for MeeGo.

no need concern. just buy and use.

Whatsapp is supported in Symbian, for those who don’t know. It should be supported in MeeGo.

The interface looks simple, easy to use and kinda reminds me of WP7 phone.

Also it was said that you can run Android apps on MeeGo.

Source -> http://recombu.com/news/nokia-n9-to-sup … 14515.html

And since it is also compatible with Qt, WhatsApp should also run without problem.

So much for MeeGo’s future:

In an interview with Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop confirmed that even if the N9 proves to be a massive success, there is no returning to MeeGo for Nokia. Nokia instead will be betting everything on Windows Phone 7 platform and Elop is confident that it will be well received.

http://blog.gsmarena.com/nokia-will-not … phen-elop/

I just don’t understand Nokia. News like this already make me loose hope on getting a Nokia phone in the future.

[quote=“whatman”]So much for MeeGo’s future:

In an interview with Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop confirmed that even if the N9 proves to be a massive success, there is no returning to MeeGo for Nokia. Nokia instead will be betting everything on Windows Phone 7 platform and Elop is confident that it will be well received.

http://blog.gsmarena.com/nokia-will-not … phen-elop/

I just don’t understand Nokia. News like this already make me loose hope on getting a Nokia phone in the future.[/quote]

Because he is ex microsoft guy.

Shame this phone is not given the star treatment by Nokia.

Unboxing

Unboxing and testing the MeeGo OS.

just go for the 4S lah :mrgreen:

for some reasons…i don’t feeling like i want buy this phone…