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Introducing the Nokia N9: all it takes is a swipe!

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    andre
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    And yes, it is Meego :-)

    Next to this N9, there has also been a quiet introdoction of the N950 for developers, which will not appear in stores.

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      kidproquo
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      I got the impression that the n9 and n950 are pretty much identical as far as hardware goes.

      What would be awesome is if they did a limited edition "Qt green" version...

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        kidproquo
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        @andre

        Seems I was mistaken. It looks like the n950 is actually pretty close to the phone in the video from a few months ago.

        Specs:

        Nokia N950 phone uses same hardware components as the Nokia N9 phone
        with the following exceptions:

        • N950 is physically larger and is made out of aluminum, whereas N9 has
          a polycarbonate unibody.
        • N950 has a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The N9 is a touchscreen
          -only device.
        • N950 has a 4” TFT LCD display whereas N9 has 3.9” AMOLED display.
          Display resolution is same on both devices (854x480). Due to the use
          of different display technologies, developers should avoid one pixel
          with fonts and graphical objects with lines one pixel wide. Also avoid
          the extensive use of bright colors, especially white, when developing
          for OLED displays as this increases the power consumption (typical
          for OLED displays).
        • N950 has a different physical camera module than N9. Both camera
          modules have very similar image quality (Carl Zeiss branding in N9)
          and both modules support 8Mpix image mode.
        • In the N950 the front facing camera is in top right corner and on N9
          it is in the bottom right corner. The actual camera module is same.
        • N950 supports Bluetooth version 2.1+EDR, whereas N9 supports
          version 4.0
        • N950 does not have support for NFC
        • N9 has slightly more sensitive magnetometer and ALS
        • N950 has 1320mAh battery, the N9 has 1450mAh battery

        from the "release notes":http://www.developer.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/3744886f-69c1-4544-8ad3-72b352b4a832/Nokia_N950_OneClickFlashers_Release_Notes.html

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          kamalakshantv
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          Any idea if N950 developer kit be made available for any developer programs offered by http://developer.qt.nokia.com.

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            andre
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            I don't know about those programs, but yes, there are kits available (already received an offer).

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              kamalakshantv
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              [quote author="Andre" date="1308640544"]I don't know about those programs, but yes, there are kits available (already received an offer). [/quote]

              So was the offer a part of being Qt Ambassador

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                andre
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                Basically, yes. Ambassadors have been offered one on loan if they could tell what they want to use it for.

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                  kamalakshantv
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                  [quote author="Andre" date="1308641704"]Basically, yes. Ambassadors have been offered one on loan if they could tell what they want to use it for.[/quote]

                  Thats a good news for all those Qt Ambassadors wanting to work on MeeGo platform.

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                    Edorian
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                    Too bad that only the N950 has a hardware keyboard, and i cannot get one of those.

                    In the "N9 specification":http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/N9-00/ there is a "Qt Games API" mentioned.
                    Does anybody know what is meant by this?

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                      mario
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                      I'm so excited! Currently downloading the harmattan extension for QtSDK

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                        Eddy
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                        bq. Basically, yes. Ambassadors have been offered one on loan if they could tell what they want to use it for.

                        I hope our Qt ambassadors can inform us about their findings/tests using the Qt sdk on it. If feedback is positive i'm very interested in buying one

                        Qt Certified Specialist
                        www.edalsolutions.be

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                          thisisbhaskar
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                          N950 is not for sale and looks like Nokia is releasing limited number of phones for developers.

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                            andre
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                            Indeed: it seems they are only available on loan from Nokia, not for sale.

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                              TobbY
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                              its just awsom, i have watched the videos. nice features

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                                kamalakshantv
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                                Also Nokia N9 happens to be the first mobile device running WebKit 2. N80 was the first one running Webkit 1.

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                                  jim_kaiser
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                                  Can I pre-order this? ;;) I need to buy a smart-phone anyway and what better than the Qt and Meego based N9! Oh and it looks so coool!

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                                    kamalakshantv
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                                    [quote author="jim_kaiser" date="1308896705"]Can I pre-order this? ;;) I need to buy a smart-phone anyway and what better than the Qt and Meego based N9! Oh and it looks so coool![/quote]

                                    Yes, go to swipe.nokia.com and there is all the information you need.

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                                      jim_kaiser
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                                      bq. Yes, go to swipe.nokia.com and there is all the information you need.

                                      Hmm... I checked there, but only found a "check availability" button. And the countries drop-down has no "India". In fact, China is the only Asian country on the list.

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                                        TobbY
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                                        its really a good phone, i would like to create app for it. :)

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                                          baysmith
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                                          While I don't agree with their pessimism, here is an opinion piece on Ars Technica about the N9:
                                          http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/06/nokias-new-meego-based-n9-is-set-up-for-failure.ars

                                          Nokia Certified Qt Specialist.

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