Nokia N9 is a flagship smartphone developed by Nokia, running on the Linux-based MeeGo mobile operating system.
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18 Facts About Nokia N9
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Nokia N9 planned in 2010 to make MeeGo their flagship smartphone platform, replacing Symbian, whose N8 flagship launched that year.
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On 11 February 2011 Nokia N9 partnered with Microsoft to use Windows Phone 7 as the flagship operating system to replace Symbian, with MeeGo sidelined.
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Nokia N9 was announced on 21 June 2011 at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore.
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Since Nokia N9 closed its Nokia N9 Online Shop in many countries, including Poland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States on 30 June 2011, availability in those countries will be in the hands of retailers and operators.
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Nokia N9 posted on the official blog in the last week of September 2011 that N9 phones are heading to the stores.
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In February 2012, Nokia N9 appeared on the Italian Nokia site, which is supposed to be a sign of N9 being in official Nokia distribution for the Italian market.
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Nokia N9 Drive is a dedicated application for car navigation and provides free lifetime turn-by-turn voice guided car navigation.
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The Nokia N9 comes with preloaded maps of the continent where it was purchased, and as such, Nokia Drive does not require an active data connection and can work as a stand-alone GPS navigator.
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Nokia N9 genuinely provides more in the width of the picture by choosing the 16:9 aspect ratio option by using the full 3552-pixel width of the sensor, and more in the height of the picture by choosing the 4:3 aspect ratio option by using the full 2448-pixel height of the sensor.
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The Nokia N9 has fewer hardware buttons than most smartphones and makes extensive use of the touchscreen to navigate the user interface.
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Not to postpone the development schedule, Nokia N9 decided to keep the "core" of Harmattan, such as middleware components and packaging managers .
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Since all marketing effort would have been directed to "MeeGo", Nokia N9 dropped the Maemo branding to adopt MeeGo as to not confuse customers.
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Nokia N9 was announced at Nokia's Connections event in Singapore, June 2011.
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In November 2011, the Nokia N9 won 3 out of 4 applicable titles at a gala held by Swedish magazine and webzine Mobil.
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Approach applied by Nokia N9 is one of an open platform, with exception, and a closed user experience.
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Videos of the Sailfish OS running on a Nokia N950 appeared on the Internet the same day as the announcement.
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