Sneak Preview Of The Nokia N9

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Probably the last ARM base Nokia pocket computer. 2011 / 12 will undoubtedly see an Intel base one.

http://vimeo.com/12925392

This is the successor to the N900 - which I now have - and blows the socks off the over-hyped and grossly over-priced iPhone 4.

The operating system is MeeGo, which I've mentioned here before. This is a merging of Nokia's open-source Maemo and Intel's Moblin (Mobile Linux). Just like Google's Android (another Linux derivative) you'll soon see MeeGo on other manufacturer's machines too.

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Update: Product existence and forthcoming launch confirmed by Nokia: the N9 to be launched at a Dublin event in the first quarter of 2011. So not too far away, and it will sport MeeGo from day one.

Rumoured to have an AMOLED (Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) display and a 1GH/z snapdragon CPU, but AMOLED seems unlikely on such a short timescale; more likely in the next generation device with an Intel CPU. That nextgen device could come before the end of next year though.

We are already seeing the first MeeGo tablets coming to market.

Prediction: Wall to wall Android and MeeGo tablets by the end of next year at prices little more than a third that of an iPad. Apple will need to slash prices, add features, and turn up the propaganda even more just to stay in the low-end tablet game.