Nokia N9 Review – Naturally Smart
Here’s a three-part Nokia N9 review, in Swedish by the folks of mobile.se.
Nokia N9 in the test – Part 1
Nokia N9 in the test – Part 2
Nokia N9 in the test – Part 3
- Gives a goofy smile to the reviewers face on start up – N9 seems like a very eager puppy.
- Tap to activate screen is easy and intuitive
- Smile comes from the feeling of “here’s how it should work” after using N9.
- No tabbed browsing, but you can open new browser windows (like N900)
- Internet speed ‘so fast’
- Nokia working hard in Sweden to get major Swedish apps on MeeGo
- Apparently you get calendar information when you sync mail too. That’s cool (and very important to me)
- Plays movies in all formats without protest
- Drag and drop music or use Nokia link to talk to services such as iTunes. This btw works on a mac.
- This is interesting, flash on the N9 almost looks like xenon flash. Really? Nokia said they’ve improved the dual LED again over the excellent ones in the N86. Note the N8′s xenon is not really as bright as say the N82. I suppose F.2.2 also helps here..
- Questions why Nokia went Windows Phone – would be a pity not to help make N9 succeed.
That was just a quick skim over.
Source: Mobil.se
Thanks to guest for the tip!
Lovely,
Can’t wait to get my hands on one.
I have saved up for it and waiting patiently
Me too, i just upgraded to an iphone 4. Selling it to a friend for £425 and selling N900!
Hopefully that should cover it! Just waiting on an email from Expansys now! I don’t mind waiting 3 weeks, but it would be good to know a price and date!
there is nothing negative about n9, just the lack of “fart app” and maybe adobe flash.
Used an N950 today. I must say, very intuitive, very quick, no lag detected, great multitasking (28 apps open and no diminished performance), camera rate(transition to load and also to capture and activate for new photo) was remarkably fast, web rendering was amazing. By far the best phone i have used. Only dislike was the physical qwerty. The buttons were very stiff and it was not that easy to use. (That could just be personal opinion).
Also, the current N950 SW is Beta of N9 final. May suggest N9 release imminent.
Apparently, once using the N9 after N950, the N950 pails in comparison.
what about the virtual keyboard? Is it better than the one symbian’s got?
Yes. I have an N950 and the virtual keyboard is so good that I no longer use the hardware keyboard, except in xterm as I need to see more of what is on the screen.
It’s a better virtual keyboard than Android, probably on par (if not better) than iOS. Haven’t tried the WP7 vkb, not likely to either.
Thanks a lot for the reply
Jay, any truth in the eldar rumours that Nokia only made 92,000?? The nokia blog just posted a link to this suggesting they see some truth in this?
If true, it would help explain the lacklustre launch and worrying absence from major markets such as the UK…
It would also make buying one through Amazon etc even harder!!
curved glass shortage? and so the Sea Ray was given priority?
Eldar also claimed that N8 has sold only 1 million units right before quarterly result from Nokia, when the real number was 5+ million.
He’s wrong as often as he’s correct.
Not too reliable is he?! Really hope Eldar is wrong on this occasion too!!
He is guaranteed to be wrong on this. Do you really think Nokia would put so much marketing effort and launch it in so many countries if they had plans to only procude 92,000 units?
Exactly, if they made only 92,000 they wouldn’t be doing massive billboard ads or have done the N9 seconds campaign.
I imagine the steady country shuffle is based on where the strongest positive reactions are coming from. In countries where a lot of people are enthusiastic about the N9, more stock is delivered. In countries that people were somewhat ho-hum about it or didn’t care at all, the N9 doesn’t show at all.
Disappointing for Nokia fans in these neglected countries, but it makes sense, it would be better for Nokia to make sure that in the countries it’s available in it sells really well, not just in terms of selling out, but in large volumes too. I doubt the US or Canada would ever get it, given they’re going to be doing a completely different marketing push here, but there’s a chance that the UK and HK get it again at a later date.
The guy’s full of turd, always is.
I followed him for ages, & statistically his “facts” are a joke.
He’s a “tea leaf reader”, at best.
He originally quoted that exact no. for the N950.
Bit odd that he recently started claiming it for the N9 too don’t you think.
Plus look at the scale of the roll-out…
If you’ve been following it in-depth, it’s clear what he says makes no sense.
y asked the same question and wait the answer
Eldar is a loser who constantly tells lies about Nokia in order to play Nokia down. Some people say that he gets funded by Samsung, and at least his bias for Sammy is pretty clear if you go to his blog.
I would not trust Eldar a penny’s worth, and I don’t quite understand why anyone else quotes him in their blogs or news.
Jay, any thoughts?
Do you really think Nokia would be making only 92,000 units and launching this product on all of the major operators in Australia, plus China, Finland, Sweden, UAE, South Africa etc. etc.? It just doesn’t stack up, the guy has zero credibility and is just spreading FUD.
What may be true is that Nokia only manufactured 92,000 N950′s before canning the device (apparently due to suspect hinge design). But certainly I can’t see supplies of the N9 being limited, not unless it’s a runaway success of course.
acquaintance says he got to play with a prototype N9 and in his opinion the screen is on Par with a samsung amoled oO
and the phone was extremely fast and easy to use; if it was able to use Android apps he would get the N9
he’s an android fanboy btw
Hi! I read that this is not coming to HK. Can anybody suggest ways how to buy this? Online sites, or exclusive distributors? I often go to Manila. Can anybody, please, post ways to get my hands on this stunner??
Please? Thanks!
expansys or from singapore
could also go to china
Can I do the same in India…there is a website of Expansys for India http://www.expansys.in/
Will they ship in India ???
well i imagine you could (i dont know but since they have a .in address…) but expansys india doesnt have the N9 listed just the accessories they have the N9 on preorder for their other country sites
malaysia price is lower
Isnt it easier to just go to a Nokia store in Shenzhen or guangzhou, why fly to manila. Plus u could get it fixed easier.
I thought it will also be available in the Philippines, as said in the post below …
http://mynokiablog.com/2011/07/14/23974/
I’m sure you can find one..
Lovely N9, pity Nokia aren’t giving it a future…
but what I really want is to read the rest of that “husband down” joke!!!
http://www.elertgadget.com/palert/todays_comedy_-_husband_down__clean_up_in_aisle_25_415554.htm
Well iam already saving for it coz is coming to nigeria.So is going to be swipe,swipe,swipe…..!
all it takes is Swipe! this Swipe make n9 so unique!!!and dont forget pure touch phone with freedom!
“Apparently you get calendar information when you sync mail too. That’s cool (and very important to me)”
With what mail service? Google, yahoo, other?
Not so smart if there is no cut & paste (part 3).
db
I think I saw a demovideo showing it also in other places than text messaging. Not sure why he was not able to use it?
Yeah, there’s cut & paste.
There is copy&paste and it’s much better than on anything else.
it is only in text fields where you can type. Email and browser device only have copy link.
From messages you can copy but it will be the whole message “buble”. that will be copied.
Copy and paste is not perfect, selection could use improvements as it’s not to easy to get selected with big finger from small text. single word is easy to select but part of the word is not.
thanks for google trans link ,
I “played” with a N9 today!
You can find a demoex at YOU (a Dialectshop )located at Kungsgatan in Stockholm.
I can tell you that the N9 is way beyond my expectations
will the current symbian^3 apps in the ovi store work on the N9?
No, but if they’re written in Qt then it should be relatively easy (in some cases, trivial) to port them to Qt on the N9.
Is Nokia saying they can’t market the Life out of the N9, Swipe e.t.c and still launch their WP? This is the phone to bring Nokia back to relevancy and I feel their letting it slip away. Can you imagine if it was Apple that came up with Swipe ?!! Oh Nokia what is going on ??!
That website looks really biased towards android. Just look at the review of the e6 vs htc cha cha. They both are equal in the screen but the e6 has much more ppi than the cha cha and is way brigther but they are even. The cha cha ended up beating the e6 by 1 point thanx for it having android. I think that 88/100 for the n9 could have easily be 95+ if it wasnt a nokia
i think in the review there was only one thing the tabbed browsing bt who uses nokia browsers we mostly install opera and firefox,
and i think eldar has gone mad only just 92,000 it can’t be possible as i think the no of preorders for n9 in finland for 64gb will b more than 92000 i bet.
i want N9 so badly…but there is no info whether it will be release or not in my country.
bad luck ! Itz not coming to INDIA ! Moving to android !
why not get it from pakistan or another neighbouring country?