Nokia has officially unveiled its first smartphone running MeeGo - Nokia N9

Posted by newbie Thursday, July 14, 2011 0 comments

The CommunicAsia 2011 expo which is currently held in Singapore Nokia has finally officially unveiled its firstsmartphone running MeeGo (OS version at the time of the premiere was 1.2). Rumors about the preparation of this Nokia gadgetappeared more than a year ago.

However, there is no point looking into the past when Nokia N9 is finally revealed. And this device really is interesting. The smartphone includes a fully touch-sensitive controls; it does not provide any mechanical buttons except the service keys like the volume control. For this reason, almost the entire front panel of the product has a large 3.9" touch screen with 854 x 480 resolution. It is also an AMOLED display also, so bright and juicy colors are guaranteed.

New Nokia device features a single-chip TI OMAP 3630 processor which is running at 1 GHz. The amount of RAM is 1 GB but the built-in flash memory can be either 16 or 64 GB. Smartphone's main camera provides 8 megapixels pictures and is equipped with an LED flash, autofocus system and Carl Zeiss optics. The camera can record 720p video.

In addition to all of the above it is equipped with new GPS, NFC module, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, HSDPA and Bluetooth 2.1 adaptors, USB port, standard headphone jack (supports Dolby Headphone technology, and Dolby Digital Plus) and 1450 mAh battery.

Dimensions of Nokia N9 are 116.45 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm and weight is 135 grams. However there is no information on prices, markets and start of sales will be reported later this year. It is likely that by the time this gadget comes out it will be powered by a different version of MeeGo.