Nokia N9: Buttonless MeeGo Handset

Nokia N9, the long awaited MeeGo handset is an entirely buttonless one (except the volume and camera shutter button). It comes with a 3.9″ AMOLED touchscreen. The polycarbonate shell on the backside is colored, that means you don’t have to worry much about the ugly scratches. This new MeeGo powered handset runs on OMAP 3630 1GHz processor, has 16GB internal memory and 1GB RAM. The phone comes in three different colors namely black, cyan and magenta.

Buttonless Meego Handset with Nokia N9

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What’s in the box ?

Nokia N9 comes boxed with

  • Nokia N9 all-screen smartphone
  • Nokia Fast USB Charger AC-16
  • Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-185CD
  • Nokia Stereo Headset
  • Get started guide
  • Product information leaflet
  • Cover

What is MeeGo ?

In simple words MeeGo is Nokia’s answer to Android. It is linux based, open source OS that is finger-friendly.

nokia n9 meego
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Nokia N9 Specifications

  • MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan
  • 116.45 x 61.2 x 7.6-12.1 mm
  • Weighs 135g (with battery)
  • 3.9″ Capacitive touchscreen
  • AMOLED screen
  • 2.5D curved glass
  • 3.5 mm AV connector
  • 8MP auto focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics
  • HD quality video capture in 720p
  • Quad-band GSM radio
  • Penta-band WCDMA radio
  • Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
  • High-Speed USB 2.0 with micro USB
  • GPS
  • Maps app preloaded
  • Webkit-2 based browser with pinch to zoom support

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Battery Life

  • Upto 50h music playback time
  • Upto 4.5h video playback time
  • Around 7-11 hrs talktime

Availability and Pricing

Not yet available Released and Available at a price of 32,368 INR

Now its your turn

What are your views about this buttonless MeeGo Handset?

That’s all for now, stay tuned …

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7 Responses to “Nokia N9: Buttonless MeeGo Handset”

  1. Technology Blog

    Jun 24. 2011

    This is informative. Thanks for sharing @Admin.

    • admin

      Jun 24. 2011

      You’re welcome … 🙂

  2. Suraj

    Jun 25. 2011

    Very nice.
    Thanks for sharing this article!

    • admin

      Jun 25. 2011

      You’re welcome ….. 🙂

  3. miami prostate cancer

    Oct 11. 2011

    I’m curious why Nokia is not using Android OS. Android is also an open source and it’s much more popular than Meego. It would be nice if Nokia will make a statement regarding the benefits of Meego compared to any other Operating System.

  4. Tech Crates

    Oct 08. 2012

    Thanks for commenting!

  5. Rudy

    Oct 19. 2012

    Love my Nokia N9 phone