Nokia N9

matt100 · 22 Oct 2011 at 18:30

if you think this is impressive then you need to check out the 800, the design looks pretty much identical and the software is also stunning, there also appear to be issues with the N9, not massive ones based around the camera etc but I'm sure they'll be ironed out in the 800 but all the rest of it is much the same, awesome build quality, very sleek lines and feel, beautiful screen etc etc.

bam0 · 22 Oct 2011 at 18:48

matt100 said:
if you think this is impressive then you need to check out the 800, the design looks pretty much identical and the software is also stunning, there also appear to be issues with the N9, not massive ones based around the camera etc but I'm sure they'll be ironed out in the 800 but all the rest of it is much the same, awesome build quality, very sleek lines and feel, beautiful screen etc etc.

Why would liking MeeGo on the N9 mean you would like Mango onthe 800? Personally I think WP7 is horrible but would loved to have had an N9 (at a reasonable price).

w1lliam · 22 Oct 2011 at 21:36

This is one beautiful device. I mean in a world of touchscreen phones, this really stands out!

matt100 · 23 Oct 2011 at 11:00

bam0 said:
Why would liking MeeGo on the N9 mean you would like Mango onthe 800? Personally I think WP7 is horrible but would loved to have had an N9 (at a reasonable price).

I mean that it's exciting to have decent responsive touchscreen software paired up with Nokias great build quality.

Robbo · 23 Oct 2011 at 12:25

It looks great, maybe Nokia could have pulled this off... if they had released it a year ago and managed to price it really well.

Shakeel · 23 Oct 2011 at 13:16

is meego going to be supported with updates etc.. or is this jsut a one off thing. really liking hte n9

Caseh · 23 Oct 2011 at 13:17

Robbo said:
It looks great, maybe Nokia could have pulled this off... if they had released it a year ago and managed to price it really well.

With good support, it could have probably worked even priced this badly, it's still getting a lot of attention!

Christo · 23 Oct 2011 at 13:39

wow nice review from engadget..

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/22/nokia-n9-review/

RSR · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:26

Wow. That's a good review, I am really looking forward to this phone running WP7.5

DIABLO · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:53

If this had ICS and better internal hardware people would be crawling all over it.

Christo · 23 Oct 2011 at 17:24

DIABLO said:
If this had ICS and better internal hardware people would be crawling all over it.

Thats the thing, ICS needs better hardware to run. Personally I dont like Android at all - In terms of the N9 the hardware isnt its main selling point, the OS is..

Another fairly awesome review.. http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-n9-review-23190157/

DIABLO · 23 Oct 2011 at 21:51

Christo said:
Thats the thing, ICS needs better hardware to run. Personally I dont like Android at all - In terms of the N9 the hardware isnt its main selling point, the OS is..

Another fairly awesome review.. http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-n9-review-23190157/

Android would run perfectly fine on that hardware, people would feel hard done by paying that much for a generation old hardware is what i'm getting at.

Christo · 23 Oct 2011 at 23:19

DIABLO said:
Android would run perfectly fine on that hardware, people would feel hard done by paying that much for a generation old hardware is what i'm getting at.

Apart form the CPU its not a generation old - camera and screen are top end. I see your point that the CPU is older, dont really understand the CPU obsession though as long as it runs fast enough.

sarge78 · 23 Oct 2011 at 23:49

The closest thing to MeeGo is Android (4)

Christo · 24 Oct 2011 at 12:14

sarge78 said:
The closest thing to MeeGo is Android (4)

Id say it was WebOS actually (but thats dead too!).

kona786 · 24 Oct 2011 at 12:52

Christo said:
Apart form the CPU its not a generation old - camera and screen are top end. I see your point that the CPU is older, dont really understand the CPU obsession though as long as it runs fast enough.

the old soc is the reason it cant have a smooth 1080p or maybe even a 720p camcorder.

edit : engadget review shows how jittery the camera is at 720p

Christo · 24 Oct 2011 at 13:05

kona786 said:
the old soc is the reason it cant have a smooth 1080p or maybe even a 720p camcorder.

edit : engadget review shows how jittery the camera is at 720p

yeah thats pretty poor actually. That chip should be able to handle 720p, I hope they fix the software in the upcoming update..

Tunney · 24 Oct 2011 at 13:31

Video processing usually isn't handled by the CPU.

kona786 · 24 Oct 2011 at 13:59

Tunney said:
Video processing usually isn't handled by the CPU.

I think it is.

Robbo · 24 Oct 2011 at 14:07

Tunney said:
Video processing usually isn't handled by the CPU.

Why does 1080p (pretty much) require dual-core then?