Finally its here - Nokia N9

Andy_con · Jun 21, 2011

http://conversations.nokia.com/2011...fw-scl-na-bsm-na-twitter-g0-en-na&sf1671716=1

im sure i will get shot down here but the multi tasking on my n900 is still the best ive seen. my other half has a brand new htc desire s and its multi tasking isnt as good as the n900. only one web page open at once.

Meestar · Jun 21, 2011

iPhone 4. Sorry.

Nickson · Jun 21, 2011

Meestar said:
iPhone 4.

Whats that?

realnumber 1 · Jun 21, 2011

I can have 4 pages running on my desire:S.

Andy_con · Jun 21, 2011

maybe i cant work the other halfs phone and nor can she but we can only seem to get one web page open at once.

n9 video

http://nokiagadgets.com/?p=1746

andywright182 · Jun 22, 2011

Meestar said:
iPhone 4. Sorry.

why would he choose a year old phone over newer technology? looks interesting, not sure how the new OS will perform in the real world though

Munson · Jun 22, 2011

The screen looks a little unresponsive in that video, and also the frame rate looks a little poor in most situations. Otherwise that seems to be a cool phone.

However, it doesn't have the App Store, and on that basis, arm oot.

Dave Hester · Jun 22, 2011

Iphone 4 is over a year old and very dated compared to other phones now

Krispwee · Jun 22, 2011

It's certainly the first Nokia phone in the last 3 years that I would consider owning. The vid above does look like it is a bit unresponsive but the one on Engadget seems much better.

It is a confusing situation though, why not just port WP7 over to it? With that phone they are releasing an already dead product that support will be extremely limited very quickly.

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

and there was me thinking this forum was full of nothing but apple worshippers!

id still like to try megoo (i think its called) in person, looks ok. the only down side with that is lack of keyboard.

jonny_rs · Jun 22, 2011

Have to admit, after owning my Nokia smart phone for over a year now - I wont be owning another Nokia anytime soon! It seems after making the 3310 the phones were made by monkeys!

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

what nokia do you have

@Spoonie · Jun 22, 2011

Not impressed TBH. I was hoping for a lot more.

word_easy · Jun 22, 2011

Best looking phone there is, followed by the n8. Strange that it runs on meego and not wp7 though.

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

apparently the N950 is still coming so see what that brings

Tom · Jun 22, 2011

N950 is a dev handset. Has a lower spec than the consumer N9.

TBH i'm a bit pissed at Nokia over this. The hardware is great (a saving grace as almost certianly the WP7 phones will carry the same design ethos and language) The OS looks amazingly clever, simple enough to be easy to use but powerful enough to be a proper smartphone.

Why on earth they decided to go with WP7 over this i have no idea. Boils my piss.

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

as soon as the n9 is in shops ill be going to check it out. but i just love my n900 its amazing. its s shame it doesnt have a desktop like the n900 but im sure you will get used to it

granted not the fastest handset on the market but so what.

Tom · Jun 22, 2011

I'll give it a look, but id never buy it as its a dead OS already.

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

well why not be a lamb and follow the herd - iphone

NATHAN182 · Jun 22, 2011

all new nokia's always look good on paper but end up being riddled with faults and unuseable. hopefully nokia have put there arse into gear and rectified these faults as there phones would be awesome if they worked!
owned nothing but nokias for years but swapped to a htc desire hd. best phone ive owned its faultless!

Christopher · Jun 22, 2011

They're already preparing it's coffin.

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

the n97mini was the worst nokia i ever owned all it did was freeze and crash. my n900 run without any problems.

just to keep it running smooth i restart it once a week

jonny_rs · Jun 22, 2011

andy_con said:
what nokia do you have

Sorry about late reply, its a Nokia 5800

It freezes, turns itself on/off randomly and texting is a nightmare with the touch screen (I don't even have stubby fat fingers!)

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

never used one of them. like i said my worst nokia was the n97 mini

word_easy · Jun 22, 2011

jonny_rs said:
Sorry about late reply, its a Nokia 5800

It freezes, turns itself on/off randomly and texting is a nightmare with the touch screen (I don't even have stubby fat fingers!)

Alongside the n97, you have the worst Nokia phone ever produced!

Tom · Jun 22, 2011

5800 was useable once you did the 5-6 updates that came out for it. Still dreadful.

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

just been doing some more reading on the N9, no flash support - very dissapointing

Tom · Jun 22, 2011

Because flash is not for mobile devices and its s**t.

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

lol really?

my n900 has it and a number of other phones. seems to work ok to me

Tom · Jun 22, 2011

Yeah really. A handfull of people own N900's i've seen the flash on them and its simply OK, its not amazing.
All of the devices i've seen running it (android mainly) are terrible. The only small device that does flash well is the playbook. (i was unlucky enough to play with one last week)

Its not that great on PC's either. My laptop's battery is killed if i use flash too much.

The undeniable fact remains is that it was never designed to be a mobile product from the outset. Its just been hacked and bodged onto phones.

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

fair enough not being into these things i take your word for it.

but i do agree it run craps on computer, my laptop with windows 7 hates flash.

jonny_rs · Jun 22, 2011

andy_con said:
never used one of them. like i said my worst nokia was the n97 mini

Good to hear that, thought it was just me! I am due an upgrade in November and CANNOT wait to change but just unsure what do go for......?

Munson · Jun 22, 2011

Flash is rubbish. May as well run Prime 95. Your battery will last longer.

Bodge! · Jun 22, 2011

I like my N8, altho I can't upgrade until end of next year!

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

n8 lacks multi tasking.

multi tasking is the way forward

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

jonny_rs said:
Good to hear that, thought it was just me! I am due an upgrade in November and CANNOT wait to change but just unsure what do go for......?

if you like nokia try the n900, go to a shop and check it out

Tom · Jun 22, 2011

LOL. Good luck finding it in a shop.

N8 lacks multitasking? Rubbish!

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

try opening more than one web page at a time on the n8

Tom · Jun 22, 2011

Thats not multitasking. Thats a s**t browser.

Anna improves that.

Andy_con · Jun 22, 2011

surely part of multi tasking is being able to open more than one web page at a time.