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Nokia N9
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ManufacturerNokia
SeriesNseries
Availability by regionGlobal
PredecessorNokia N900
Compatible networks
Form factorSlate
Dimensions
  • Width: 61.2 mm
  • Height: 116.45 mm
  • Thickness: 7.6 to 12.1 mm
Weight135 g
Operating systemMeeGo 1.2 "Harmattan"[1]
CPU
Memory1 GB Mobile DDR
Storage
  • 512 MB internal NAND memory
  • 16 or 64 GB on-board memory
Removable storagenone
Battery
  • BV-5JW 1450 mAh Li-Ion battery (non user removable)
  • micro USB charging
Rear camera8 MP (CMOS sensor) with Carl Zeiss optics (F2.2, Focal length: 3.77mm / 28mm), 720p at 30 FPS, Digital zoom 4X for camera and video[1]
Front cameraYes (lower right corner)[2]
Display"Clear Black" AMOLED 854 × 480 px (FWVGA), 16.7 million colors (24 bits), 99.1 mm diagonally[1]
Connectivity
  • WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n (2.4 GHz)
  • bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
  • micro USB 2.0
  • GPS and A-GPS
  • 3.5 mm AV connector (audio in/out)
  • near field communication (NFC)
  • micro SIM card
  • TV Out
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 statusTo be released (Q3 2011)

The Nokia N9 is a smartphone made by Nokia based on the MeeGo "Harmattan" mobile operating system. The smartphone is notable for being the first and last – as publically stated[3] – MeeGo smartphone from Nokia, the absence of buttons on the front and its unibody design with a curved touchscreen. Its polycarbonate casing has three color options (cyan, black and magenta).

History and availability

The successor of the Nokia N900, internally known as the N9-00, was scheduled to be released in late 2010, approximately one year after the N900 launched. Pictures of the prototype were leaked in August 2010 that showed an industrial design and a 4 rows 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.[4] This design was dropped then Nokia started working on the N9-01, codenamed Lankku; a new variant without keyboard.[5]

The Nokia N9 was announced on June 21, 2011 at the Nokia Connection event[6] in Singapore. The phone is presumed to become available to the public in September 2011.[7] this phone available only in selected country

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).

Screen and input

The Nokia N9 has a 3.9-inch (99 mm) capacitive touchscreen 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 AMOLED 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 make use of its accelerometer to rotate the screen in portrait/landscape mode for some application such as the web browser.[2]

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.[8] 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. For other services, for example Google Maps, a data connection is required. Additional maps can be downloaded with a Wi-Fi connection.

The 8 megapixel (3248 x 2448 px) back camera has an autofocus feature, dual LED flash, 16:9 aspect ratio options and 4× digital zoom. The focal length of this camera is 28 mm, the aperture is f/2.2 and the focus range is 10 cm to infinity. 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 and wake up button and volume keys. As the Nokia N9 has fewer hardware buttons than most smartphones, in other words is lacking dedicated home or back keys, it makes extensive use of the touchscreen to navigate the user interface, which can only be done by finger gestures. For example, to minimize a running application, the user has to swipe its 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.[1] The screen can be unlocked by double tapping on it.

Audio and output

The N9 has 2 microphones and a loud speaker, which is situated at the bottom of the phone. On the top, there is a 3.5 mm AV connector which simultaneously provides stereo audio output, with support for Dolby Headphone, and microphone input. 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.[2]

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.

NFC is also supported for sharing photos and pairing stereo speakers and headset.

Battery and SIM

The BV-5JW 3.7V 1450mAh Li-Ion battery performance, as provided by Nokia, are from 7h to 11h of talk time, from 16 to 19 days of standby, 4.5h of video playback and up to 48h of music play back. The phone only support USB charging. The N9 will be the first smartphone from Nokia to support only Micro-SIM. The SIM card slot is located on the top of the phone next to the USB connector and is inserted in the phone with a small tray.[2]

Storage

The Nokia N9 has either a 16 or 64 GB eMMC (mass storage memory) and 512 MB NAND (ROM) non-removable storage. Additional storage is not supported.

Software

MeeGo

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 manager (Harmattan uses deb not RPM). Nonetheless, Harmattan is designed to be fully API compatibility 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.[5] Since all marketing effort would have been directed to "MeeGo", Nokia dropped the Maemo branding to adopt MeeGo as to not confuse customers.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Initial Reception

The Nokia N9 was announced at Nokia's Connections event in Singapore, June 2011. The overall reception for the device - MeeGo v1.2 Harmattan UI, pseudo-buttonless design, polycarbonate unibody construction and the NFC capabilities - has been positive.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nokia Europe > Nokia N9 Specifications". Nokia Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "GSM Arena > Nokia N9 hands-on: First look". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Helsingin Sanomat > Nokia CEO Stephen Elop rules out possible comeback of MeeGo". Helsingin Sanomat International Edition. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Ars Technica > Leak allegedly shows Nokia N9, could be first MeeGo phone". Condé Nast Digital. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Ars Technica > Nokia's new MeeGo-based N9 is set up for failure". Condé Nast Digital. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Nokia Conversation > Introducing the Nokia N9: all it takes is a swipe!". Nokia Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  7. ^ http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/22/nokia-n9-to-ship-in-sweden-on-september-23rd-saith-awkwardly-tr/
  8. ^ "Ovi Blog > Be a local anywhere with the latest Nokia Maps and Drive". Nokia Corporation. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

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