Hands-on with the Nokia N9

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Hands-on with the Nokia N9

Does it look like Nokia is offering something compelling in their new flagship smartphone? Is this the beginning and the end for MeeGo on Nokia handsets?
 
Why would one consider this when the Nokia future is surely Mango (Windows Phone 7.5) ?
 
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Looks like a good phone but Nokia seems very unsure about Meego until Nokia Fully backs this OS I'll give this phone a miss
 
If I was ever going to own a Nokia phone then Meego would've been it. This OS has so much to offer but Nokia have decided it was not for them. Pity.

I guess I will never in my lifetime own a Nokia phone.
 
After owning all of these Nokia's over the last 10+ years:
Nokia 6110
Nokia 5100
Nokia 6610i
Nokia 6600
Nokia 6234
Nokia N73
Nokia E75
Nokia N8

I switched to a Blackberry Bold 9780. (which I really like, because it just works, it doesn't give me crap all the time, lag for a few seconds when opening an email). Some things really get to me though, like the fact that it doesn't have a native PDF reader??!!

The N8 on paper is awesome, look at the specs. Nokia really cooked their goose by not switching to Android. They said it wouldn't differentiate them enough from other brands, but by rejecting Android and sort of half deciding whether to use Symbian ^3, Meego, or WinP 7, they have pissed off a lot of people and are going to continue to do so! They updated Symbian ^3 to Symbian Anna, and it is still laggy.
 
well this phone is a complete package, though am still puzzeled by nokia dropping usb on the go and HDMI output. As for micro sd slot users wont miss it with option of a build in 16gig or 64gig space, I know I have'nt on my E7 though it would be nice if they did'nt forget to throw in the FM-Transmitter what a add-on it is.
 
and the USB port can’t be used as a USB host.
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The hardware is capable of it, and some community members are working on it, with some promising results so far.

FM receiver should work, but while it has an FM transmitter, there is no antenna connected.

I'll probably get the N9 for the wife, and hang on to my N900 for now.
 
Well we know Meego is now dead:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/meego-to-be-folded-into-linux-based-tizen-os-slated-to-arrive-i/

LiMo Foundation and Linux Foundation Announce New Open Source Software Platform, Tizen(TM)

New Cross-Device and Cross-Architecture Platform Will Drive Standards-Based Web Applications

LONDON and SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Sep 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- LiMo Foundation(TM) and The Linux Foundation today announced a new open source project, Tizen(TM), to develop a Linux-based device software platform. Hosted at The Linux Foundation, Tizen is a standards-based, cross-architecture software platform, which supports multiple device categories including smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, netbooks and in-vehicle infotainment systems. The initial release of Tizen is targeted for Q1 2012, enabling first devices to come to market in mid-2012.

Tizen combines the best open source technologies from LiMo and The Linux Foundation and adds a robust and flexible standards-based HTML5 and WAC web development environment within which device-independent applications can be produced efficiently for unconstrained cross-platform deployment. This approach leverages the robustness and flexibility of HTML5 which is rapidly emerging as a preferred application environment for mobile applications and the broad carrier support of the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC). Tizen additionally carries a state-of-the-art reference user interface enabling the creation of highly attractive and innovative user experience that can be further customized by operators and manufacturers.

"LiMo Foundation views Tizen as a well-timed step change which unites major mobile Linux proponents within a renewed ecosystem with an open web vision of application development which will help device vendors to innovate through software and liberalize access to consumers for developers and service providers," said Morgan Gillis, Executive Director of LiMo Foundation. "LiMo will maintain its focus on providing the industry with a broadly backed vendor- and service-neutral ecosystem grounded in the spirit of open and unconstrained opportunity that is embodied by Linux."

The mobile industry continues to embrace Linux and open source technologies as key factors in lowering device realization cost, increasing flexibility and improving time to market and it is expected that Tizen will further enhance these effects due to its cross-category reach and strong focus on open standards.

"The Linux Foundation is pleased to host the Tizen platform," said Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of The Linux Foundation. "Open source platforms such as Tizen are good for Linux as they further its adoption across device categories. We look forward to collaborating with the LiMo Foundation and its members on this project."
To participate in the project, please go to http://www.tizen.org.

About LiMo Foundation LiMo Foundation(TM) is a dedicated consortium of mobile industry leaders working together within an open and transparent governance model -- with shared leadership and shared decision making -- to deliver an open and globally consistent handset software platform based upon mobile Linux for use by the whole mobile industry. The Board of LiMo Foundation comprises ACCESS, Panasonic Mobile Communications, NEC CASIO Mobile Communications, NTT DOCOMO, Samsung, SK Telecom, Telefonica and Vodafone. A full description of LiMo Foundation can be found at www.limofoundation.org.

About The Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2000, the organization sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and promotes, protects and advances the Linux operating system by marshaling the resources of its members and the open source development community. The Linux Foundation provides a neutral forum for collaboration and education by hosting Linux conferences, including LinuxCon, and generating original Linux research and content that advances the understanding of the Linux platform. Its web properties, including Linux.com, reach approximately two million people per month. The organization also provides extensive Linux training opportunities that feature the Linux kernel community's leading experts as instructors. Follow The Linux Foundation on Twitter.

The Linux Foundation and Tizen are trademarks of The Linux Foundation. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. LiMo is a trademark of the LiMo Foundation.
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and https://meego.com/community/blogs/imad/2011/whats-next-meego
By now, you may have read that The Linux Foundation, with the support of several other companies, announced a new project, Tizen, to build a new operating system for devices. This new project is first and foremost open source, and based on Linux. So it begs the question: why not just evolve MeeGo? We believe the future belongs to HTML5-based applications, outside of a relatively small percentage of apps, and we are firmly convinced that our investment needs to shift toward HTML5. Shifting to HTML5 doesn't just mean slapping a web runtime on an existing Linux, even one aimed at mobile, as MeeGo has been. Emphasizing HTML5 means that APIs not visible to HTML5 programmers need not be as rigid, and can evolve with platform technology and can vary by market segment.

Granted, this is a judgment on our part on which reasonable people could disagree, but that's the conclusion I came to.

But in the new project, a lot of things will be the same as they were in the MeeGo project. The Tizen project will reside within the Linux Foundation, will be governed by a Technical Steering Group, and will be developed openly with familiar and improved infrastructure. Much like MeeGo, the Tizen project will support multiple device categories, including Tablets, Netbooks, Handsets, Smart TV, and In-Vehicle Infotainment systems.

Over the next couple of months, we will be working very hard to make sure that users of MeeGo can easily transition to Tizen, and I will be working even harder to make sure that developers of MeeGo can also transition to Tizen.

I want to personally thank everyone who has participated in MeeGo over the past year and a half, and I encourage you to join us at Tizen.org. We hope to use what we learned from the MeeGo project to make Tizen successful, and I hope to see you participating in Tizen!
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More info at https://www.tizen.org/
 
Yes, Free Nokia Maps.

I played with this yesterday - I think I'm convinced. Considering that Nokia has already released a v1.1 update, and is working on 1.2 in short order, with the promise of up to 4 years support and a passionate community - I think it may well be worth it.

(Yes this is an old thread, but I think the updates bear mentioning. This really is an awesome phone.)
 
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