Many Nokia fans cried out when Nokia dropped Meego support in favour of Windows Phone 7. A new rumour suggests that Nokia might return to Meego for some low-end smartphones.
Nokia’s Lumia 800 takes the gorgeous design of the N9 and slaps a new coat of Windows Phone 7 paint. The end result is a phone that’ll be drooled over by Windows Phone 7 aficionados, and could well influence a few switchers along the way, and it’s the subject of this week’s Mobile Monday review.
I really rather liked the N9 back when I reviewed it, lamenting the fact that it could never be my primary phone due to the stillborn Meego OS that it ran on. Nokia went one way with the basic design, producing its Lumia phones. Symbian owners could wait for whenever it is Belle will emerge but N9 owners can’t. They could, however try their hand (as one hacker’s doing) at turning the N9 into a dual booting Meego/Ice Cream Sandwich monster.
I really wanted to like the Nokia N9 — but ultimately I just couldn’t. What I do rather like is Nokia’s arty video showing the production methods used to produce each N9.
Nokia’s N9 is a smartphone chock full of contradictions. I love the design and the operating system, but I’m frustrated by it too. It’s enough to drive me to poetry.
I’ve spent much of the weekend playing with a Nokia N9; you can expect my thoughts on it later in the week. If you can’t wait for Nokia’s stylish MeeGo handset, it’s worth noting that Dick Smith is selling it online for $636, a fair cut from the official RRP of $799. [Dick Smith via Top Bargains]
It’s not due for release until sometime next year — although I got some hands-on time with it yesterday — but Telstra’s already launched a pre-registration page for the HTC 4G phone that’ll be its flagship LTE handset.
Nokia’s announced the pricing for the amazingly beautiful N9 phone. In light of Nokia’s hook-up with Microsoft, its Meego line is a little stillborn, but if you’re still keen, it’ll be available across all carriers in October (Telstra’s got a pre-registration page here) or outright for $799 for the 16GB model and $979 for the 64GB version.
Looking exactly like the phone Nokia CEO Stephen Elop showed off recently, this Sea Ray prototype has been filmed in what’s presumably the factory, running a near-final version of Mango. What a lithe little beauty we can look forward to.
Nokia just gave us a look at their new N9 running MeeGo. It looks great, except that it’s dead on arrival. But just in case you were unsure about Nokia’s future plans, CEO Stephen Elop basically confirmed it’s all over.
