One For The History Books

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-KfxrI1NXg

Monday quite possibly. Next week likely. In the next few weeks certainly!

It's not Apple; it's not Microsoft; it's not Android; and it's certainly not Symbian! But in a few years even Appleheeds will be using the operating system - even though they probably won't know they are!

And... I don't think this device will be called an N9 either!

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"Nokia N9 Tease..."

This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Nokia Corporation.

So... that settles the debate on whether it's genuine!

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The plot thickens! It's starting to look like there is more than one Nokia MeeGo phone lined-up for early release. The one with the keyboard in the teaser is a developer edition. The consumer one won't have a keyboard, and will be released a few weeks later.

Likely the one pictured in the video IS an N950 (to follow on from the present N900), and the N9 will be the mass market phone. The N9 seems to have very much better hardware, to outshine the iPhone on both hardware and software counts; so even keyboard lovers will hesitate before buying the N950. Interesting times!

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Announcement next Tuesday (21st) in Singapore it seems.

Departure of Rich Green not a good sign though.

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http://www.geeksugar.com/Nokia-N9-Features-Specs-Release-Date-17960270

http://economictimes...how/8951926.cms

Remarks from tech-savvy iPhone users like "this is light years ahead of what iPhone 3G does", and "It just dwarfs the iPhone, the iPhone is nothing now" are encouraging.

No clues as to a delivery date on the N9, and it looks like the "Developer Edition" N950 (not mentioned here) will be hard to get hold of and/or pricey. Just a matter of time before other phone manufacturers pick up on MeeGo though, so Elop's apparent lack of commitment and the staff dissatisfaction with him won't harm the long-term. It could even turn out to be a clever low-risk strategy to test market demand, then declare that "we have a surprise hit on our hands". He (unoriginally) calls it "disruptive technology", and he's certainly factored in the possibility of this happening.

Wishful thinking that a "Microsoft plant" will turn out to be an advocate of open source? Stranger things have happened, and Elop comes from a company where hidden agendas are a way of life. Anyway, if the critics are right and this does turn out to be Nokia's last MeeGo phone, there will certainly be many more along from other manufacturers. LG is waiting for an opportunity to enter this market, but theirs will be with an Intel CPU.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU8kYwqZKgM