Maemo, Android & the Nokia N900

Nokia unveiled Tuesday its new N9 smartphone that runs the MeeGo operating system, and is being marketed as a “pure touch screen” device without buttons. Nokia N9 a bold, all-screen phone that’s incredibly fast and simple to use. All it takes is a swipe.

Hardware:

* 1 GB RAM (operating memory)
* 16 GB or 64 GB of internal memory
* 3.9″ 16:9 FWVGA capacitive AMOLED screen (854 x 480 pixels, 16.7 million colours)
* Scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla 2.5D curved glass, Anti-glare polariser
* Quad-band GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
* Penta-band WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
* 8 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
* Wide-angle lens, True 16:9 imaging
* Large lens aperture of f/2.2, Focal length: 3.77mm / 28mm
* Dual LED flash, Digital shutter
* Continuous autofocus
* HD quality video capture in 720p resolution at 30 fps
* True 16:9 video recording
* Stereo sound recording
* HD 720p video playback
* Dolby Mobile and Dolby Digital support
* Dolby Headphone for enhancing your music experience with headphones
* 3.5 mm AV connector
* High-speed USB 2.0 with micro USB connector
* GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
* HSDPA cat 10 maximum speed up to 14.4 Mbit/s
* HSUPA cat 6 up to 5.7 Mbit/s
* WLAN IEEE802.11 a/b/g/n
* NFC (Near Field Communication) for easy pairing and sharing
* Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
* Capability to serve as data modem
* Micro SIM card
* Integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers
* Pure touch screen UI, all-screen front
* On-screen alphanumeric keypad and keyboard
* Dedicated power, camera and volume keys
* Integrated handsfree speaker
* Size: 116.45 x 61.2 x 7.6-12.1 mm
* Weight (with battery): 135 g
* Volume: 76 cc

More links:

http://swipe.nokia.com/features/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/20/nokias-n9-official-a-plastic-slab-of-meego-coming-later-this-y/

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