Gatgets News ; Nokia N9 Now Launched

The long awaited Nokia N9 has finally been launched. Interestingly, Nokia has not let near field communication pass it by as the Nokia N9 comes with an NFC chip.

We're talking about the Nokia N9, of course, the new jewel in Nokia's N Series crown. Nokia N9 MeeGo smartphone with 3.9-inch screen launched

For us, the Nokia N9 ticks all the right boxes: it's good looking, the most advanced piece of mobile hardware Nokia has ever produced, and is packed with innovation.

Nokia have designed some great handsets over the years, but the N9 is really something else: it’s stunning.”

In its detailed Hands-on review, meanwhile, Techradar focused attention on the exciting accessories launched alongside the Nokia N9, which work seamlessly in partnership with the new handset thanks to the clever use of Near-field technology (NFC): “The NFC capabilities of the Nokia N9 are used in an excellent manner thanks to some nifty accessories from the Finns to enable much simpler Bluetooth pairing.

Other features are an ARM Cortex A8 single-core 1GHz chip, rather than dual-core which is rather interesting. Experts have been waiting expectantly for the Nokia N9 for some time. The company may also be hoping that the N9 will re-launch the company’s revamped MeeGo platform. Will the Nokia N9 do it? 

On Tuesday, CEO Stephen Elop revealed its new smartphone run by software that Nokia intends to ditch which may slam the device to obscurity, said analysts. 

MeeGo platform was created in February 2010 during Nokia’s Linus Maemo software platform and Intel’s Moblin merger, a project from which Nokia retracted 4 months ago. Nokia’s market share fell in key markets. Low end China phones control 45% of the Chinese market. 

Nokia also announced launching plans for 10 new smartphones based on Symbian OS and 3 inexpensive dual-sim devices to compete with Asian products with such features. Analyst Seo Won-seok said any new products by Nokia will be a stop-ga until its first Microsoft phone is out in the market. It won’t be easy for Nokia to aggressively market these products and even new product lineups will be limited given that it is spending heavy resources in developing Windows phones, Won-seok added.