Comments on: Video: ST Ericsson U8500 1.2GHz Dual Core ARM Cortex A9 with MeeGo Phone OS

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By: “Leaked” MeeGo Tablet – ST Ericsson reference design board? : My Nokia Blog

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:35:49 +0000

[...] you remember the ST Ericsson U8500 1.2GHz dual core ARM Cortex A9 reference design with MeeGo handset on it, posted back in November? (Note: ST Ericsson not Sony [...]

By: Clash of the Rumours: Nokia N9 to have ARM or Intel Hardware? : My Nokia Blog

Clash of the Rumours: Nokia N9 to have ARM or Intel Hardware? : My Nokia Blog — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:16:00 +0000

[...] To add to the mix, there’s also rumours that the Nokia N9 has the ST Ericsson ARM Cortex A9, Dual Core 1.2GHz with MALI400 [...]

By: mja

mja — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:29:36 +0000

So Nokia going to use this (1st half of 2011?).. Interesting If the N9 is single core Cortex A8 I’m going to pass and wait for the U8500 product.

By: Andre

Andre — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:41:16 +0000

They could use a U8500 variant with an improved touchscreen controller.

It’s been out since 2009 IIRC too.

By: alex68

alex68 — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:40:37 +0000

Very strange. Not aware of anything using it by H1 OF 2011.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:23:14 +0000

I know. but why did the guy said that nokia will use U8500 in the first half of 2011?? probably he knows something. just saying

By: Marcin

Marcin — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:47:30 +0000

thanks for the news:)

By: Andre

Andre — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:39:59 +0000

U8500 was the reference platform for Symbian. Uncertain they’ll use it though because of the limitations of the screen resolution and touchscreen controller support.

A maximum of XGA resolution would mean large-scale rewritting of Symbian apps not developed in Qt with significantly different aspect ratios to boot.

I think it’s more likely that we’ll see high end Symbian devices with 720p displays in the next year or so. MeeGo is likely to maintain the 16:9 aspect ratio too so 720p panels could be seen as soon as MWC 2011

By: alex68

alex68 — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:39:17 +0000

Symbian 4 used Snapdragon.

This U8500 pretty new and won\t be used for Nokia’s phone yet.