Nokia N9

Nokia N9

Nokia N9 phone running Meego 1.2 Harmattan software
Manufacturer	Nokia
Series	Nseries
Predecessor	Nokia N900
Compatible networks	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33 UMTS 850 / 900 / 1700/2100 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA Cat10, up to 14.4 Mbps HSUPA Cat6, up to 5.7 Mbps
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	Width: 61.2 mm Height: 116.45 mm Thickness: 7.6 to 12.1 mm
Weight	135 g
Operating system	MeeGo 1.2 "Harmattan"
CPU	1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 SoC processor; TI OMAP3630 3D Graphics PowerVR SGX530 GPU
Memory	1 GB Mobile DDR
Storage	1024 MB internal NAND memory 16 or 64 GB on-board memory
Removable storage	none
Battery	BV-5JW 1450 mAh Li-Ion battery (removable by service) micro USB charging
Rear camera	8 MP (CMOS sensor of 1/3.0" size) with Carl Zeiss optics (F2.2, Focal length: 3.77mm / 28mm), 720p at 30 FPS, Digital zoom 4X for camera and video
Front camera	VGA
Display	"Clear Black" AMOLED 854 × 480 px (FWVGA), 3.9" (99.1 mm), 16.7 million colors (24 bits)
Connectivity	WLAN IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 and 5GHz) bluetooth 2.1 +EDR micro USB 2.0 GPS and A-GPS 3.5 mm AV connector (audio in/out, video out) near field communication (NFC) micro SIM card FM transceiver FM radio (software not preinstalled)
Data inputs	Capacitive multi-touch display External functional hardware keys Accelerometer (3-axis) Magnetometer (3-axis) Proximity sensor Ambient light detector Dual microphone for active noise cancellation
Development status	Released (29, September 2011)

The Nokia N9 (codename 'Lankku', Finnish for "a flat plank of wood") is a smartphone made by Nokia based on the MeeGo "Harmattan" mobile operating system, the first from Nokia on the MeeGo OS. It was released in three colors: black, cyan and magenta, Nokia announced on Nokia World 2011 that a white version of the phone will be available before the end of the year.

In August 2011 Nokia announced that it will not be introducing the Nokia N9 to key markets such as Japan, Canada, Sweden, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S despite earlier announcements.

Nokia posted on the official blog in the last week of September 2011 that the N9 is heading to stores. The initial retail price was announced to be around EUR 480 (16GB) and EUR 560 (64GB) before applicable taxes or subsidies.

History and availability

The successor of Nokia N900, internally known as N9-00, was scheduled to be released in late 2010, approximately one year after N900 launched. Pictures of the prototype leaked in August 2010 showed an industrial design and a 4-row keyboard. A software engineer working for Nokia's device division cited the N9-00 (the product number) in the public bug tracker for Qt, an open source application development framework used in MeeGo. This design was dropped; then Nokia started working on the N9-01, codenamed Lankku, a new variant without a keyboard.

Nokia N9 was announced on June 21, 2011 at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore. At the time, the phone was presumed to become available to the public in September 2011. Users can get notified via e-mail of the availability of N9 in their country at the webpage of the Nokia Online Store. Since Nokia closed its Nokia Online Shop in many countries, including France, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom and the USA on 30 June 2011, availability in those countries will be at the sole discretion of third-party retailers and cellular telephone service providers. On 10 August 2011, Nokia announced that they had no plans to release the phone in the UK or the United States. In the same month, Nokia decided against offering the phone on the German market. In Germany, Devices imported from Switzerland are available online from Amazon and the German Cyberport GmbH. In January 2012, they were also made available in some major stores of the Saturn Media Markt chain.

In February 2012 Nokia N9 has appeared on italian Nokia site, what is supposed to be a sign of N9 to be in oficiall Nokia distibution on italian market.

Prices in January 2012 were, depending on the size of the internal memory, between 500 € and 630€, being significantly higher compared to the prices of the Nokia Lumia 800 (which features roughly similar hardware) and about in the same range as the Apple iPhone G4, which is near the high end of the market.

Market position of N9

Having no support from Nokia and with restrictions of access to core markets, the one and only MeeGo Linux N9 model has reached sales estimated to be between 1.5 and 2 million units. In a comparable period, 3 cheaper Lumia smartphones, sold in the most affluent markets, with the biggest marketing support by Nokia ever and with massive multi-hundred-million dollar marketing budget by Microsoft reached 600,000 unit sales combined. The N9 outsells Lumia in average 3 to 1 in sold units. Considering the higher price of N9 this means N9 model generates significantly more income and revenue for Nokia than all 3 Lumia devices combined.

A number of users and enthusiasts demand from the Nokia the further MeeGo support and N9 successors development. They expres those expectations and encourage to support them in form of petitions, e-mails, articles, blogs and similar internet actions . Their efforts are hoped to be the more efficient when the more mass and combined.

Hardware

Processors

The Nokia N9 is powered by a Texas Instruments OMAP 3630 which is a System-on-a-chip based on a 45 nanometer CMOS process. It includes three processor units: a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU which runs the operating system and applications, an Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX 530 GPU supporting OpenGL ES 2.0 and capable of processing up to 14 million polygons per second; and a 430 MHz TI TMS320C64x, a digital signal processor, which does image processing for the camera, audio processing for telephony and data transmission. The system also has 1 GB of low power single channel RAM (Mobile DDR). Compcache uses part of this memory as compressed fast swap.

Screen and input

The Nokia N9 has a 3.9-inch (99 mm) capacitive touchscreen (up to 6 simultaneous points) with a resolution of 854 × 480 pixel (FWVGA, 251 ppi). According to Nokia it is capable of displaying up to 16.7 million colors. The curved cbd screen is covered by a scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla glass. The gap between the glass and the display has been reduced and the screen is coated with an anti-glare polarizer to ease the usability in daylight. There is a proximity sensor which deactivates the display and touchscreen when the device is brought near the face during a call. It has also an ambient light sensor that adjusts the display brightness.

The device also makes use of its accelerometer to rotate the screen in portrait/landscape mode for some application such as the web browser.

The device has an autonomous GPS with optional A-GPS functionality, Wi-Fi network positioning and a magnetometer and comes pre-loaded with the Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive application. Nokia Maps is similar to Ovi Maps found on recent Symbian devices from Nokia and is mostly about finding nearby places (restaurents, metro station, theater, etc...) around the user. Nokia Maps for MeeGo is also integrated with the Contacts and Calendar applications. Nokia Drive is a dedicated application for car navigation and provides: free life time, turn by turn, voice guided car navigation. The Nokia N9 comes with preloaded maps of the continent where it was purchased and as such, Nokia Drive does not require an active data connection and can work as a stand alone GPS navigator.

The back camera has an autofocus feature, dual LED flash, is optimized for 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratio and has a 4× digital zoom for both video and camera. The sensor size of the back camera is 8.7 megapixel (3552 x 2448 px); the effective resolution for the 16:9 aspect ratio is 3552 x 2000 px (7.1 megapixel) and 3248 x 2448 px (8 megapixel) for 4:3 aspect ratio. Typically, a 16:9 picture format on a digital camera is achieved by cropping the top and bottom of a 4:3 image, since the sensor is 4:3. The Nokia N9 genuinely provide more in the width of the picture by choosing the 16:9 aspect ratio option (using the full 3552 px of the sensor) and more in the height of the picture by choosing the 4:3 aspect ratio option (using the full 2448 px of the sensor). The lens, marketed as "Carl Zeiss", has quite unusual specifications for a mobile phone: 28mm wide angle focal length, fast (for this class) f/2.2 aperture and 10 cm to infinity the focus range. It is capable of video recording at up to 720p at 30 fps with stereo sound.

Buttons

When holding the device facing the screen, on the right side, there is a power on/off (long press) and lock/unlock (short press) button and volume keys. The Nokia N9 has fewer hardware buttons than most smartphones and makes extensive use of the touchscreen to navigate the user interface. For example, to minimize a running application, the user has to swipe their finger from one side of the bezel surrounding the screen to the opposite side. There is also no dedicated shutter key for the camera; the touch screen is instead used to focus and take the picture. The screen can be unlocked by double tapping on it.

Audio and output

The N9 has two microphones and a loudspeaker situated at the bottom of the phone. The main microphone enables conversation and good quality stereo recording. The second microphone is located in the body near flash LED and main camera, it is used by MeeGo system for noise cancellation which make phone conversations clearer in noisy environment. On the top, there is a 3.5 mm AV connector which simultaneously provides stereo audio output, with support for Dolby Headphone, and either microphone input or video output. Next to the 3.5 mm connector, there is a High-Speed USB 2.0 USB Micro-B connector provided for data synchronization, mass storage mode (client) and battery charging. The USB connector is protected by a small door.

The built-in Bluetooth v2.1 +EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) supports stereo audio output with the A2DP profile. Built-in car hands-free kits are also supported with the HFP profile. File transfer is supported (FTP) along with the OPP profile for sending/receiving objects. It is possible to remote control the device with the AVRCP profile. The Bluetooth chip also functions as a FM Receiver/Transmitter, allowing one to listen to the FM radio by using headphones connected to the 3.5 jack as antenna. As with the Nokia N800, N810 and N900, it will ship without software support.

NFC is also supported for sharing photos, contacts, or music with other devices supporting NFC (e.g. Nokia C7, Nokia 701) and also pairing (connecting) stereo speakers (e.g. Nokia Play 360) and headset (e.g. Nokia BH-505). More than one device can be connected simultaneously with N9 via NFC.

The N9 is able to playback FLAC files, including high resolution ones (up to 192 kHz/24 bit). Whether the actual output signal is down-sampled to 44.1 kHz/16 bit or not is not known, however the Texas Instruments chip responsible for handling audio output is certainly capable of at least providing the 192 kHz signal.

N9 TV-Out Feature

The N9's 3.5 jack port, mainly used for headsets, enables to connect external big display like monitor or TVset for displaying video and photos. However N9 does not have HDMI out feature, it does have TV-Out feature and does support a wide range of codecs and formats for video playback including 3GPP formats (H.263), ASF, AVI, Flash Video, H.264/AVC, Matroska, MPEG-4, VC-1, WMV 9, XVID at up to 30fps, what enables watching on a big screen. . For TV sets which support USB Nokia N9 can be the source via USB connection as device in mass storage mode, similarly like pendrive.

N9 as FM Radio

The Nokia N9 is equipped with onboard radio receiver and transmiter, however supporting software for them now is not included by manufacturer. This was motivating for development of FM radio software outside of Nokia, which can be installed by user himself for free as opensource, which inspired further retro stylised Nokia N9 FM Radio development upon improved fmrxd, which also can be installed by user himself . This example shows vitality and potential of MeeGo software development ecosystem and community behind.

N9 as INTERNET Radio

Also the Nokia N9 is usefull tool to operate with dedicated clients for internet services like listener-supported, commercial-free internet-only radio stations .

N9 as hotspot access point

The N9's WiFi module supports a/b/g/n standards. The important addition is that it can be used as hotspot and turned into mobile access point for other devices.

Battery

The phone supports USB charging. The BV-5JW 3.7V 1450mAh Li-Ion battery performance, as provided by Nokia, are from 7h to 11h of continous talk time, from 16 to 19,5 days of standby, 4.5h of video playback and up to 50h of music play back. However in practice, with average use, the battery lasts approximately 2 days when phone settings are default by manufacturer, cause they are maximizing connectivity abilities. Battery use can be improved using power saving software, and also turning off networks in range autoscan option, when WiFi or similar services, is not needed. Auto scanning process tracks all accesible for particular phone networks in nearby range and try to logg in automaticly without user's attention, what consumes current for radio transmitions, whats more if phone is moving with user's movement (driving, walking) consumption inceases proportionally to number of networks, including acces points switching, in phone's range. Connections used for phone calls are independent from WiFi and similar services. Above described changes in settings are revertable, may limit internet connections via turned off services and hence performance of services or applications require internet acces, but battery and phone usage make longer.

SIM card

The N9 supports one micro sim card only. Dual sim option is not supported.

Storage

The Nokia N9 has either a 16 or 64 GB eMMC (mass storage memory) and 1024 MB NAND (ROM) non-removable storage. Additional external storage can be obtained via Bluetooth, NFC or radio (N9 as hotspot) connection WiFi. The N9 does not support USB host mode, but work is ongoing to enable it . Until then the N9 cannot be extended with external usb storage or memory card readers.

Peripherials

A number of devices, with several method of connection, can be used with N9 like: external keyboard via Bluetooth , wireless headphones via NFC, wireless loudspeakers via NFC and many others.

System Software

N9's MeeGo updates by Nokia

1st update: PR 1.1

Despite Stephen Elop statements which caused the fears of prospective buyers about Nokia's lack of commitment to MeeGo, within three months of the N9's premiere the first software update for the N9 was released. The update, named PR 1.1, bumped the version from 10.2011.34-1 to 20.2011.40-4.

The update is a approximately 218MB (varies by country) and can be installed by user manually using the software NaviFirm and Flasher or OTA. It contains over 308 bug fixes and new features which notably include:

• active noise cancellation during phone calls using freespeaker microphone beneath the LED flash on the backside
• ability to control the music player via the lock screen
• ability to exchange/send links, contacts, documents using NFC
• Swype
• support for horizontal mode - not present previously
• changed the default setting for a downward swipe from minimize application to close application
• speed improvements to the WiFi module while connected to an "n" network
• improvements to: QWERTY screen keyboard, notifications, internet browser, Facebook support, battery status controller, WiFi and Bluetooth controller, and many others

2nd update: dev update

In 23? February 2012 Nokia has published developers update for Nokia N9 which upgreads following:

• x11vnc,
• sdk-connectivity-tool,
• devtools-utilities,
• devtools-networking
• developer-mode.

To check for these updates, just run N9 in developer mode set in settings.

3rd update PR 1.2

This was released on 27th February 2012 for all regions. The update, named PR 1.2, bumped the version from 20.2011.40-4 to 30.2012.07-1. Package weights 284 MB, and administered by Nokia update time is a maximum of 40 minutes. Installing updates can be done directly from the phone menu (OTA). However, it is good to be already logged on to a Wi-Fi, and have reserved adequate time, because of the size of the package and because installing once started must not be stopped during the process, before the end. It introduces 3500 improvements which include:

• fixed 122 bugs reported by users from all over the World in public bugtrucker
• In addition, there are numerous bug fixes related to the implementation of new features, improving the overall user experience and reliability of the device - more smooth usage
• introduced video calling support with front camera
  • (however seems this is only long awaited software supporting front camera performance at system level, and appliactions using it for video calls may need an appropiate update)
  • (On 2012-03-01 Nokia's technical expert has answerd for complains: "Video call feature for N9 PR1.2 should now be available via the "Gtalk Video Call" application that can be downloaded from Nokia Store.")
• introduced DLNA support multimedia sharing (video, music, photos) with compatibile devices
• introduced folders on the "Home Screen" for icons groupping
• introduced universal global system-wide copy/paste with using breakets char and magnifier for comfort.
• introduced color profiles support (normal, enlighted, darkned)
• introduced DropBox account synchronisation support (for data storage in cloud)
• faster codecs for video codeed in H.264 standard,
• USB On-The-Go (AKA USB OTG) which will allow various accessories to be attached such as keyboards, mice, and external memory and many other improvements
• improvements in camera supporting application
  • quick change of flash LED in foto mode, also quick change of LED in video camera mode, w/o leaving application (camera)
  • For camera application: quick access to the "flash", help lines for landscape - guides, shutter lag when shooting, the serial mode, face detection combined with tagging and the ability to enlight the scene with the LED for video recording
• search option for Microsoft Exchange mailing
• bigger interliny for system fonts
• current day of the month on the calendar icon (no tricks needed)
• graphic element for confirmation informing that a software is to be closed
• improved Facebook client, remooved shaming lacks- facebook no longer randomly logs out, faster start, pictures sending
• visit card contact sending
• improvements in built-in browser, introduced history of viewed sites
• improvements in Gallery application, select and share multiple images at once (now also on Twitter), option to filter by tags and the ability of basic video editing
• new notifications from Tweeter and Facebook at locked screen and new icons
• notifications about new versions of software downloaded from Nokia Store
• introduced threading emails and search for Microsoft Exchange
• improvements in Navigation, introduced: can define the location of the "House" warnings about speed limits, the ability to display your favorite places on the map, select the types of roads which we want to move (highways, toll roads, ferries, tunnels, unpaved roads)
• bigger buttons, "snooze" is easier, in alarm clock
• New languages (Persian, Hebrew, Kazakh, Thai, Vietnamese)
• Compass support in Maps
• QtWebKit update to version 2.2
• MeeGotouch Framework
• Visual hint for differentiating swipe close gesture from normal swipes
• Timestamps shown in notifications
• Notifications sorted by timestamps
• Improvements in Event Feed area
• Music controls in Lock screen
• Kernel updated to be in sync with the upstream kernel version 2.6.32.48
• NFC polling enabled in lock screen
• Separate switch for controlling mobile background connections while roaming
• Calendar
  • Better handling of To-Do lists, recurring events and timezones
  • Private flag support for events
  • Support for read-only events
  • Ability to forward/reply/reply-all for received events
• Music Player
  • Audiobook and podcast support
  • Ability to create playlists
  • Ability to delete music files from music player library views via object menu
  • Possibility to see songs that are on the current play queue
  • Delete songs directly from the player
• Contacts
  • Capture an image from camera from contact card to set the contact avatar
  • Service contact details attributed in contact card and editor
  • Nickname option in contact list
  • Online search from MfE server

Not introduced: VPN support

Update PR1.2 was supposed to appear on 29 of February 2012

4th update PR 1.3 (different than 1.3 CE Nemo)

In the net has appeared rumors about oncoming next update by Nokia which is to be phase of tests currently. Works on this are in progress. It should not be mistaken with MeeGo 1.3 Community Edition codename Nemo. Supposed improvements include:

• shortcuts to contacts in main menu
• new options for Camera application (among others resolution change)
• periodically changing the wallpapers
• hidding of toolbar in browser
• quotations citation in e-mail
• support for NTP (see: Network Time Protocol)
• while charging the phone screen can still be active
• perhaps possibility to quickly incorporate "torch light" when locked phone with to wake up the screen by tapping the screen twice / pressing the power button and then press the power button twice
• the most interesting new feature is to be able to automatically change the phone profile, settings, power saving settings, Bluetooth, etc., depending on the date / time and location determined by the available WiFi networks, GSM transmitters or GPS coordinates

The above list is not official and may change without notice. Planned date of update PR1.3 is not known yet .

MeeGo 1.3 Nemo CE (Community Edition) for N9

The MeeGo community has put together a “Community Edition” of the OS, dubbing it “Nemo”. Nokia N950 gets MeeGo 1.3 CE Nemo and N9 version being worked on. The issue of dual-booting on MeeGo is trying to be solved. Maybe a Nitdroid will be available. The core of Nemo is also called Mer (from Meego relaunched) and also from Mer project.

"MeeGo instance" as operating system

Main article: MeeGo

Strictly speaking, the Nokia N9 does not run MeeGo 1.2 as its operating system. It instead runs what Nokia refers to as a "MeeGo instance". During the development of Harmattan (previously marketed as Maemo 6), Nokia and Intel merged their open source projects into one new common project called MeeGo. Not to postpone the development schedule, Nokia decided to keep the "core" of Harmattan, such as middleware components (GStreamer) and packaging managers (the Harmattan system uses Debian packages instead of RPM packages). Nonetheless, Harmattan is designed to be fully API compatible with MeeGo 1.2 via Qt. As far as end users and application developers are concerned, the distinction between Harmattan and MeeGo 1.2 is minimal. Since all marketing effort would have been directed to "MeeGo", Nokia dropped the Maemo branding to adopt MeeGo as to not confuse customers.

The Nokia N9 user experience provides three panes, called Home, and a Lock Screen. Dragging or flicking horizontally navigates between the three panes of the home. [4] The Home consists of :

• Events : It holds all the notification such as missed calls, upcoming meeting and unread messages/emails.
• Applications : Menu with all the installed application shortcut. It displays 4 columns that can be scrolled up and down as needed by the number of application.
• Open Applications : A task manager that can be viewed either as a 2 columns or 3 columns (a pinch gesture will switch between each mode). If more application are open that can be displayed on the screen, the user can scroll the open applications list up and down.

When in an application a swipe gesture from one edge of the screen to the other one will return the user to one of the three views of Home. This will not close the application, it will either be suspended or keep running in the background, depending on the application. To close an application, the user must press and hold until a red "X" appears on the upper left corner of the application thumbnail in the Open Application view, which will allow to close it. You may also close apps by swiping from the top of the device and down while in the application, if enabled via settings. Clicking on the status bar on the top of the screen while using an application or on the Lock Screen, will display a menu allowing the user to adjust the volume, change the active profile (airplane mode, silent, etc...) and turn off the bluetooth, WiFI, 3G and 2G radio. The Lock Screen display the status bar, a clock and some notifications. This screen also holds music controls (introduced in PR 1.1) when the music player is active. It is customizable by the end user.

The phone can be unlocked by double clicking on the screen. Sliding the lock screen up reveals 4 shortcuts, called the Quick Launcher. The Quick Launcher can also be accessed while using an application.

Open/closed source packages and community contributions

The approach applied by Nokia is one of an open platform, with exception, and a closed user experience. As with Maemo 5 on the Nokia N900, the community can request a closed source component owned by Nokia to be released as open source.

Hundreds of 3rd party applications, mostly free and open source, have already been created or ported to the Harmattan platform.

The Nokia N9 comes with Busybox, bash. [5]

Comparison with N900 software

Although N9 is newer device compared to N900 model, it is missing several vital features of N900. Most importantly the Adobe Flash Player (9.4) which was present in N900 is somewhat missing in N9. It is included, however, in the Fennec browser (the mobile version of Firefox).

Compared to older N900, new N9 has very limited instant messaging built in (Google Talk, Skype), when N900 can also connect to: XMPP(Jabber), AOL, MSN, ICQ, GG and more. There are no plans by Nokia to bundle additional clients, but the community has already created these.

Software bugs corrected (compared to N900)

• Sim Application Toolkit added

Security issues

In N9, user cannot manually remove root certificates, even if they have been compromised. However some advanced users disagree but this is by design and works as specified. User can only delete certificates what he/she has installed by themselves, factory installed list of shared root certificates is off-limits, invalid. For most of common users this is irrelevant as to advanced operation.

Application Software

Software development

Nokia N9 developers can use many tools by Nokia like: Qt SDK, Qt tools or Harmattan Python for software development. Special dedicated developers phone Nokia N950 is used for N9 MeeGo software development.

Linux software

Software can be installed (by less experienced users) with file manager, via Bluetooth, directly from www site where instalation packages are aviable or (for more advanced users) with built-in terminal. While MeeGo 1.2 Harmatann in Nokia N9 use *.DEB packages, the MeeGo 1.2 Developer / Community Edition (currently developed further with name 1.3 CE Nemo) use RPM packages. This enables a hudge Linux software library, both *.deb and *.RPM, to be used with Nokia N9 like Abiword, Clawmotia, Unison, Libferris in this number. They can be used or directly or after compilation dedicated for N9. However the architecture or the hardware specification or screen physical dimensions can be a limitation in some cases, but in some others can be an advantage. N9 can be used as the substitute of a whole fully operationall computer.

Software availability

Despite of many fears the N9 increasing share in smartphones market and enthusiastic reception has created MeeGo software ecosystem in response to market demand. Software can be bought form stores or downloaded for free from developer's sites as opensource or freeware and 3rd parties sites containng either software or gathering links to software sites . Important is role of help which user can obtain in several forums where geeks and entusiasts supports users. Applications are also available in Nokia Store in 192 countries in 32 national languages, also independent programmers can sell their software. Tools by Nokia, including Qt, has allowed development but also easy porting software from Symbian, Android and others into N9 version. Important for N9 users is good quality of available software, strong community with good practicies from Symbian and inreasing number of reliable software supporting N9 including Opera browser, Firefox browser, podcasts, cloud-based storage, sport&fitnes monitoring in this number.

Initial reception

The Nokia N9 was announced at Nokia's Connections event in Singapore, June 2011. The overall reception for the device has been positive, citing the MeeGo v1.2 Harmattan UI, pseudo-buttonless design, polycarbonate unibody construction and its NFC capabilities. It has had sources such as Engadget's Vlad Savov chastising Nokia for picking Windows as its primary OS over the well-received MeeGo variant seen in the N9, given the phone's potential and positive reception.

Performance

In SunSpider 0.9.1 benchmark phone reaches result 3477 ms faster than iPhone 4 with 3545 ms and Galaxy S II with 3727 ms.

Awards & Prizes

Nokia N9 Ux Design Team and Nokia N9 have been notified to rewarded with Interaction Awards Winner 2012 for "Nokia N9 - Swipe UI". Interaction Awards site is sponsored by Google.

Nokia N9 on February 2012 has reached number 1 in ranking by rate with Rate of 8.432(max 10) and Votes of 74,940, and also number 5 by daily interest hits in GSMArena ranking. .

Android on N9

As the Nokia N9 is powered by the MeeGo operating system, a part of the Linux family, developers have created a software known as Alien Dalvik for the Nokia N9. Myriad's Alien Dalvik is mod of Dalvik a pre-existing, just above linux kernel, software which is found in all Android smartphones, thus the Nokia N9 with this software enable all Android applications to be natively compatible with the N9.

NITDroid, a team of developers, who have previously successfully ported the whole Android OS onto Nokia devices, such as the Nokia N900 are currently working on porting for the Nokia N9 . Plans to dual-boot Android Ice Cream Sandwich onto the N9 have been made, and various different photos and videos of the N9 running ICS have emerged . Currently the NITDroid version of ICS for N9 is under development, and has not yet been released to the public.

See also

• List of Nokia products
• Comparison of smartphones
• List of open source mobile phones

External links

• http://swipe.nokia.com/
• http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-n9/specifications
• http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/N9/