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this is a very different beast than the kin - a full fledged smartphone. I was never into the symbian stuff nokia was doing and their flagship sliders were too fat until recently as well. BUT with all the features the N8 has along with a possibly decent qwerty, this phone looks pretty snazzy!]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
However, based on the crappy quality and general silliness of the ad, I find it hard to believe it's a real ad. Looks more like someone took a PC ad from 2005 and slapped on a screenshot of a phone they sketched, to make it look real. I especially find it hard to believe that Nokia would market something that looks so sleek and high-tech with a Whole Foods -type style...

But who knows. ]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
I'd guess he was just trolling]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
in fairness . . . the video DOES make this seem like a phone for the confused individual that a kin might appeal to. but yes, I was pretty sure he was trollin' too - thank you for your input. ]]>Jun 14th 2010 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/The artwork seem mare Symbian-like then Meego-like. The 3 touch buttons on the left seems to look like notebook Meego UX buttons and the phone design is clearly prerendered. And the voice seems recorded on a 2$ mic. Clearly a fake.
Oh, and Van Damme... really!? ]]>Jun 14th 2010 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Dont you get it? Its the opposite she lists all things that we normally cant do and then shows N9 and says is there anything we cant do? ...weird i know]]>Jun 14th 2010 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
That's the general art style they use for Symbian Foundation stuff. I guess it's getting carried over to MeeGo as well.

Also, it's not an ad. More like a teaser video for internal use (Partners etc) or for viral transmission.]]>Jun 14th 2010 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Am I goin' crazy? There is no way that is the real thing! The video is not professional and you can see a white line through the phone during the first image! Also it looks nothing like the first N9 render we had and the QWERTY lks lik it was edited on!]]>Jun 14th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
Seriously, I can't stand commercials that don't even vaguely showcase the products capabilities or features. ]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
Agree. The phone does look impossibly thin especially for a QWERTY sliders but it does have the 4 rows of keys unlike the N900's relatively cramped 3 rows.

@Android Looks Hacked Together
lol Kin competitor? N9 is the Nokia flagship smartphone for 2010.]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
finding it hard to concentrate today? cant keep up with class because you cant pay attention? you probably didnt take your ritalin this morning.

how was the video incoherent?

It was simply saying technology is what makes humans great, and then introduces us the Nokia N9 (that is if its even a real video by Nokia). It is simply implying the Nokia N9 is another technological stepping stone for us. If you couldnt put that together of what the commercial was trying to convey, you might have as much logic as my dog. He is an awesome dog though]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
Agree. With a promo like this they damage the perception that the N9 probably could have of being a high end device. Instead of kindergarten commercials they should show what the phone is truly capable of. ]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
Well the product prototype was there, so definitely something. And with this phone, you can turn the world into a sandwich.]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
:-D Maybe they'll showcase that in next vid.]]>Jun 14th 2010 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
In the UK a mobile operator has decided to make these ethereal ads and their own practical approach to the industry a selling point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtraHuAcwSE&feature=related

I want to live in a world...]]>Jun 14th 2010 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
Oh an FYI when you say we in an advert it usually refers to the company and not humanity as a whole …]]>Jun 14th 2010 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
Stupid nokia, how about making less phones and focusing on a select few so potential customers can feel more confident in buying your products.]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
agreed.


but i dont really care about refreshes of their lineup every so often. its that every time there is a refresh, the past generation gets shafted in updates. ]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
You mean... sort of like everyone else does?

In any event, since there hasn't been an N series phone since the N97 mini, released in October 2009, until the N8, which is out in September 2009, I make that almost a year between N series models. ]]>Jun 14th 2010 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/

Have you seen the updates that Google and Apple have been spitting out for their devices? Android and iPhones get updates regularly and only stops getting updates when the hardware has reached its limitation. Nokia on the other hand believes one update is all you will ever get and good luck getting anymore major updates. N900 seems like Nokia's forgotten child, only claiming to 2 major updates.]]>Jun 14th 2010 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/I really do think that the N series should either have ONLY Symbian phones, or ONLY MeeGo phones...would help lessen the confusion among the general public :)
Or maybe they should just make it an S series for Symbian and M series for MeeGo...what could be easier than that?]]>Jun 14th 2010 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
I'd really love all my devices to become `forgotten children` the same way the N900 is...]]>Jun 14th 2010 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
"Android and iPhones get updates regularly"

Yeah, Android phones get so many updates... well, the nexus one does, at least; then another handful of devices a couple months later (if you're lucky and happened to choose the right device). All the rest of the bunch are pretty much stuck with Android 1.5-1.6 and a few will never ever get a single update. Not Google's fault, i'll give you that, but we're disscussing manufacturers here, aren't we?.

As for the iPhone, those are regularly released updates indeed. More precisely, once a year. So you'll get two updates (including features that everyone else has had for ages), And then, by the third year, your device is no longer considered cool enough to get the new stuff.

Meanwhile, i updated my symbian device three times in the last year. And it's not even from nokia.]]>Jun 14th 2010 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://mynokiablog.com/2010/05/29/video-meego-qa-with-alberto-torres-nokia-evp-meego-computers-at-openmobile/

Summary:

MeeGo phone being announced this year
MeeGo phone will push the boudaries of processing power
MeeGo phone will be a very high end product
MeeGo is an opportunity to create something well beyond what others are doing
MeeGo phone is step 5 of 5 and intended for mass market
MeeGo phone will be something everyone wants to own
MeeGo phone will try to satisfy all needs into one plate
MeeGo phone will be capacitive, more stylish and more beautiful with simpler UI that average users will find as equally compelling as tech leaders.
MeeGo has potential to be something deeper than typical smartphone
Maemo apps not directly backwards compatible with MeeGo
Nokia N8 will be Nokia’s flagship in a few months
All future flagships will be built on MeeGo
MeeGo phone will be on Nseries (not rumoured Sseries)
MeeGo will have higher experience level than Symbian
Symbian^3 and MeeGo will have certain minimum base level specification to ensure apps created on one device works in another.
N8 is first step in reclaiming momentum at high end.
MeeGo is the next step.

N9 is obviously the phone he is talking about.
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Considering that Moto will be pushing out a 2GHz ARM (perhaps Cortex A9) this year, Apple just came out with super-high res phone with a gyro and there'll be more devices from HTC with who-knows-what up their sleeve, then Nokia really has to pull out all stops in order to 'push the boudaries of processing power' or to 'create something well beyond what others are doing'

Also, even Nokia admitted in the Q1/2010 conf call, that Sym^3 and apparently N8 is their mid-end device, not their 'N8 is first step in reclaiming momentum at high end'.

They really have to deliver a few notches above and beyond N8 to even register in the high end.

Now they are just lagging behind with their old CPUs, low-res screens and tired UI.
]]>Jun 14th 2010 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
... and the video is a fake.
]]>Jun 14th 2010 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
No they don't have to deliver any notches above N8. It is already high end.]]>Jun 14th 2010 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
I admit that the geek in me would be love to have a 2Ghz processor in my phone but do you really think that battery wise will not suffer? Dont forget that Nokia N900 already runs overclocked (if this is good or bad depends on personal taste) so I dont know how come this could not be the same for future MeeGo devices.

I dont know about you but for me I still want a phone and not a brick with a 2Ghz processor heating my ear while I speak for 5 mins and requiring recharging every 7 hours. Processor in Symbian devices might be slower but at least the battery lasts... I dont know what you do with your phone to really need a 2Ghz proc now.

I have used N8 with what you refer as a "slow proc" and it behaves wonderfully with it... Even while editing video and shooting 12 mp pictures.

You make sound as if the N8 is a shabby device, but compared to iPhone 4 it is much better.

ps. About the phone of the article. IMO is Horrible. I love the N8 form factor but somehow it does not go with this design. And Ricker, finally we agree. What is wrong with those keys? ]]>Jun 14th 2010 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/isn't it the other way around? AFAIK it is underclocked, but you can flash some moded kernels and change the frequency.]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
You're right, there simply aren't many applications that even require that much processing power. Even on my HD2 I've found that after the initial "yeah snapdragon!", no matter what I throw at it, I simply don't see much use for such a speed. Most of the time it's completely wasted.

3D games would be the only thing that would somewhat require it but a good gpu and drivers can more than make up for it. So in essence, good 2d/3d drivers and a good gpu and you really don't need that much processing power.

The MHz thing, like the omguberpixeldensity and omgmegapixels is nothing more than marketing tools. I find it ironic that many people reading a tech blog generally don't know the difference.]]>Jun 14th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
You are correct.]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Yeah, it awesome, cant wait!]]>Jun 14th 2010 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/
Ok, got it. But I think the real wrong word here is "impossible". When I read that I think of the keyboards like the ones that started with the Motorola Razr. Those were truly impossible in my opinion. ]]>Jun 14th 2010 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/nokia-n9-meego-slider-leaks-in-early-video-tease/Jun 14th 2010 1:35AM