Personal Views on the new Nokia N9

2011-10-14T08:25:00.000-07:00

My opinion on the Nokia N9

Design
-The unibody polycarbonate body feel plastic but very solid.
-3.9-inch AMOLED panel with gorilla glass which infuse with ClearBlack display makes the colour sharper than ever with premium protection.
-The speaker placement have been improve by placing it at the bottom unlike previous nokia phones are behind.
-The air gap between the glass and AMOLED panel have been removed to give user a 2.5D effect experience.

One Homescreen 3 simple views
-The notification view pulls all feeds from your social network and display it in one view.
-Multitasking view display all your running apps in real time. I have manage to run 20 windows and it still runs smooth.
-Menu view display all your apps/games but there only a minor flaw you are unable to create folders out of the box.
-The homescreen shows notification from your messages,call records and feeds you can access to by a simple swipe gesture.
-All the above can be reach with just a simple swipe

Responsiveness
-Once you tried the Nokia N9 swipe gesture you get addicted and its fluidity seems effortless.
-Web browsing experience have been improve it loads faster than ever. Only flaw it doesnt support adobe flash out of the box.
-Its packed with a 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, PowerVR SGX530 GPU for your multitasking needs

Multimedia
-Speaker quality is average
-Due to the AMOLED with clearblack display watching video on the Nokia N9 is just amazing experience it yourself
-I tested with my Mylarone crossroad earphone the audio quality is just beautiful with its 3.5mm jack.
-Nokia N9 supports Dolby Mobile sound enhancement and Dolby Headphone support for your surround sound experience like my home theater system.

Camera
-Camera comes with 8megapixels carl zeiss lens with F2.2 and in destructive editing tool and you can share your work to social network or friends via NFC.
-The camera comes with geotagging for you to remember where you have taken your photos
-The camera currently have the fastest autofocus (AF) in mobile phone due to its continuous tracking for both video and image mode.
-Minimum closeup mode is 10cm

Contacts
-You can integrate your contact list with your social networks just by merging them. Your friends photo will be integrated into your contact list as well.
-You can create groups and sort your contacts according including customizable ring tones for each group.

Messaging
-The messaging supports facebook, skype chat and etc out of the box. The history will appear in your messaging as well.
-Nokia N9 supports SMS and MMS messaging
-The disappointment part for me it doesnt support alphanumeric keyboard out of the box only vertical and horizontal qwerty keyboard.

GPS Navigation
- Free life time navigation from ovi maps
- 2D/3D view
- Lane assist
-Manage to get a lock in 30 seconds to 3mintues depending on your location
-Search your destination in online/offline mode

My Conclusion the Nokia N9 emphasis itself in a way that everything is simplify by a swipe gesture.. Every morning i unlock my phone by double tapping and all my notification from social networks feeds have been pull i enjoy my coffee while viewing it wi

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thout staying connected to the internet to conserve my battery.
My battery life able to survive for 25 hours with average usage of social networks, calls and sms. Here just a brief review of my Nokia N9 will update soon in my next post

My Nokia N9 Review

2011-10-13T10:40:00.000-07:00

The Nokia N9 is the first smartphone powered by Meego OS that gives you a totally new experience in swipe gesture unlike any other smartphone available in the market today. Everything is just a swipe away

Pros

Experience the Fluidity
All it takes is a swipe to get addicted to the Nokia N9

Gorilla Glass
(which is a high-strength alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass offering scratch resistance and withstand strong pressure without shattering the glass)

2.5D Curved glass display
(By removing the air gap between the glass and screen you get like a 2.5D effect and sharper image with the clearblack day or night)

Near Field Communication (NFC)
Allows wireless connection between two devices in close proximity to each other for payment gateway, file transfer and etc without the needs of traditional method of pairing first via bluetooth

Notification Window

Feed all your facebook, twitter,foursquare and etc to one notification screen

16:9 3.9" curved FWVGA AMOLED (480 x 854 pixels) -
Big screen with AMOLED display with 251 PPI means better browsing and display experience

Swipe gesture user interface (UI)
(Access all your frequent use apps by a simple gesture and totally new look)

Polycarbonate unibody

Any of a class of thermoplastics characterized by high-impact strength, light weight, and flexibility, and used as shatter-resistant substitutes for glass means its a very hard plastic.

Real time multitasking
Means everything is live including those running in background unlike some other OS it only sits there offline.

Social network integration -
(No more signing in from different account now you get to do all under one place)

1GB Ram
(More multitasking capability)

Cons

Limited applications and games
Uses microSIM card
No FM Transmitter out of the box

Here an overview video of the Nokia N9 from start up

Audio Quality

Here an audio test for video, music and gaming.

Camera Performance

The Nokia N9 sports a 8 megapixel carl zeiss camera with the following enhancement:-

Industry-first imaging sensor which is FULLY optimised for BOTH 16:9 AND 4:3 images

Industry-leading Carl Zeiss optics

Super wide-angle optics – the widest in the industry. Up to as much as 60% more viewing area than other broadly comparable devices

f/2.2 aperture – largest ever in a mobile device

Extremely responsive, especially switching from stills to video and vice-versa and shot to shot

Touch AF for both video and stills

Full time continuous AF in BOTH video and stills plus face detection

HD video with stereo audio (still one of very few devices that provide high quality audio recording in video)

Seamless workflows optimised for speed or editing & sharing

Zoom in to images directly in the post capture view, edit and share all without leaving the camera – the most seamless mobile imaging experience

Non-destructive editing of images – go back to the original image at any time. Undo or redo edits even months later

New high power dual LED flash – 20% more powerful than our previous most powerful LED flash despite its compact size

Geo tagging with place names rather than just co-ordinates

AMBR – Automatic Motion Blur Reduction

Not forgetting the touch to share of images between handsets using NFC technology

For more additional photos check it out here

The Nokia N9 emphasizes on One home.Three simple views to give you access to your frequently use screen by a simple swipe gesture. 1. Multitasking 2. Notifications 3. Menu . Once you are addicted to the Nokia N9 you notice yourself swiping every touchscreen device you get.

GPS Navigation
Nokia N9 comes free lifetime navigation with ovi maps. On my gps test i manage to get a lock in 33 seconds in open sky with building obstruction all around me using integrated gps only. Lastly for a nokia that is impressive.

Jason Teh

Personal Views on the new Nokia N9

My Nokia N9 Review