Nokia N9 early leak?
By Dean • Jun 15th, 2010 • Category: Nokia
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A very tasty rumour indicates that Finnish mobile phones giant Nokia could be working on their very first MeeGo-powered phone. It’s a slider phone and is likely to be called the Nokia N9.
Disclaimer: This is pure rumour
Engadget broke the story based on what might be an ahead of schedule teaser leak for the Nokia N9. While this may be well fake, the production qualities in the video suggest otherwise, as does the look – in terms of design – resemble the Nokia N8 enough for this as-yet unreleased handset to be the successor of the Nokia N8.
Nice base to work off, if real
If the Nokia N9 is the real deal, and it is heavily modeled on the Nokia N8, just from a technical specifications perspective, this would be a great base to work from.
It looks well real, but still, we place this squarely in the ‘rumours’ category and suggest you think of it the same, too.
How not to blow this
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We recently wrote a post on what Nokia needs to do to become genuinely competitive in the smartphone market again. We had many suggestions, but the two that resonate deepest with this potential Nokia N9 are hardware fatigue and mobile OS decisions.
Basically, Nokia should strongly consider dialing back the number of smartphones it releases per year so as to give the right amount of attention to each release. This will curb the occasionally poor execution that goes with quality handset design, as evidenced in the Nokia N900.
Our second concern with Nokia’s strategy was the company’s indecision in opting for one mobile OS and developing on that platform aggressively. Symbian^3 vs. MeeGo vs. other proprietary software makes decision-making very difficult for developers in terms of supporting the platform as well as confuses the customers about what Nokia is actually about.
Nokia has an opportunity to redeem its many recent missteps, but the company needs to execute well if they are to keep up with RIM, Apple and Google Android.
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