Video: PR 1.2 On N950 (German Skills Recommended)
What to say, what to say, what to say?? The second I saw the N950 (back when we thought it was the N9) I wanted one so bad, the OS, the E7 Body, The awesome keys… sadly I know as much about developing as there are “P”s in the word Zero; regardless for all of you lucky enough to have one (or an N9 of course) here’s a video showing off some of the new features in Meego PR 1.2- Video is in German
Some things he noted (thanks to Edmund):
- New Lockscreen Features
- Something about twitter (better integration??)
- Calendar Icon in menu changes to display current date (Unlike Symbian which has been stuck on ’12′ and ’20′ for the past seven years)- possibly a tweak and not PR1.2 related
- Auto Face detection in camera and gallery
- Landscape Oriented Launcher
- Threaded E-Mail display
- Dropbox Sync is now available in account apps
- Copy paste in browser
- LED backlit video recording
- Video Editor
- Media Sharing panel in “menu”
- Rotatable map canvas using internal compass!
Second video displays Folders implementation and organization (no audio)
Mighty thanks to Edmund for the tip-off
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Landscape launcher is not a part of pr 1.2 its a hack
calendar icon now changes daily automatically, no hack needed. Twitter and fb notification are now shown in events view (but its not push!)
if an app is closed by swiping down you wont get back to multitasking view but to the homescreen or app where you started it
It isn’t conventional push. There is a delay of about 10-20 mins in some cases.
The dynamic calendar was always going to be implemented, why else would Nokia have included the files in the rootfs? Same with video call codecs.
Hey Michael if I have Installed Skype in My N950 now I can make videocalls with the PR1.2?
Did anyone notice the changeable background?
as reply to edmunds hint here again:
the presenter is called Zhejotkah… you may remember him as the person who gave alot hints before the n9 was finally release back in june 2011
you can find some further information here:
http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://meetmeego.org/2012/01/26/update-pr-1-2-furs-nokia-n950-und-n9/
AND he confirms the release date for PR. 1.2 in a month or less
Reliable insider he is then, good observation there!
If only symbian could ever be as great as Meego
Agreed. I really like Symbian and what it offers, but it also has a lot of problems, like being too slow.
Even though it’s a “dead end” phone, I really want an N9.
Hopefully Nokia integrates some of the best Meego features into Meltemi and WP8 Apollo.
Me too man, I’m getting an N9 towards the end of April and I can’t wait, I don’t think it’s dead because the phone itself is simply too great to die, like the N900 IMO.
I would kill for some of Meegos best features in symbian but I doubt that will ever happen.
Symbian is too slow, with my N8 I am always waiting for things to open load and I get constant crashes, I don’t the Belle will fix this either.
I can’t wait to get my N9 and I’m going to hold onto it for as long as possible because there will be no successor and no phone will ever be as great as it.
Since when I flashed leaked Belle to my N8, I’ve never experienced any OS crash.
Sometimes, there might be app crash due to lack of resources (caused by multitasking apps with high graphical demand, ie. games). Or some apps would even quit immediately when switching to homescreen or another app (this happends from the very beginning of S^3), but the OS always stayed running.
Yes, I knew about constant random crashes in PR 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 (I have never used Anna before, so I don’t know about it). But Belle has always seemed to be very stable in my case (well, except for some hiccups/slowdown).
Yes that’s true. Symbian will likely never get Meego’s best features, but we can hope that maybe Meltemi and WP8 might at least. For example, the developer preview of Windows 8 (when used with a touchscreen) has some swipe functionality. That gives hope that we can see more swipe functionality in WP8 Apollo.
It’s a “dead end” phone in the sense that there will be no successor, and no huge developer support, but I agree, I want one regardless. The phone will become a real classic, like the N900. A small group of very dedicated 3rd party developers will keep the N9 going, just like the N900.
I would love to get an N900 as well, with that great MicroB browser, but all N900 owners seem to hold on to them, and they’re becoming quite rare.
I want to get my hands on the N9 as soon as I can.
All the N9xx series Nokias are special. The N900, the N9, and the N950.
If that’s how a dead phone is classed then that’s fine, my idea of a dead phone would be the HP palm thing.
Nokia are supporting it a bit and with it’s great Internet browser and built in social networking support (chat, etc) I can’t think of anything else that needs to be developed. I don’t count games because I play games on games consoles like my 3DS, my phone is for me to be connected with people all the time.
I love the N900 and was fully prepared to buy one this time last year but I could not find a new one for the life of me. There was some very expensive new dodgey looking ones but I couldn’t risk it
I honestly can’t accept that until I try it, but you could be right I just don’t know yet. Belle looks great but every time I see an N9(50) I cry because I didn’t wait for it to come out.
Plus my N8 has the purple tint issue and that alone makes me want to buy another phone.*
*I have sent it back twice for a repair and both times it came back with the purple tint issue, the second time took almost a month to get back so I am not sending it again..
Meego FTW!
You fool! Send it back!!
The third time you’ll get a new phone!!
Nokia policy.
(the fool thing wasnt personal).
Just send it back, you’ll get a new device.
Nokia N9 will be a legend. Just like N900.
i had the n900 but i vastly perfer the N9. If nothing changes it will be my last nokia
- Pictures in Twittertweets (Notification Homescreen)
- Tweets in the Lockscreen, Swipe opens the Twitterapp
- Canlendar includes Birthdays automatically
- closing an app, jumps back to the last Homescreen and not the multitasking view
- People tagging on shot pictures, per input or contacts, and easy peoplesearch in photogallery
- DLNA streaming
- Landscape Launcher is a Hack (N9Tweak)
Wow!
Waiting/sweating for it for my N9…
Those days wasted watching cartoons on RTL 2 are finally paying off.
It’s going to be a nice update.
Hopefully, Nokia will still consider releasing the N950 as the successor to the N9-00. They can’t just leave MeeGo like that.
I’m not sure they will.. But I’ll get that phone the day it releases..
I really don’t like the idea to see the date in “Menu bar” when you are in the “Event menu”. What’s the point to see the dates twice in the same view. One small view date in the menu bar and another big view date just under the menu bar in the same Event menu.. I really don’t get why they do this..
he mentioned in the video it’s only a personal hack so you dont have to bother
Alternating between keyboard and chocolate bar form factor and releasing one Maemo Harmattan based phone each year would be the right thing to do for Nokia. Even if they sells only a few million of each they will earn money as the N9 customers seems willing to spend much money on a phone.
+++++++ join here if you agree…NOKIA please come and take my money. Give us a high end meego\meltemi for year.. Obviusly there is a market for that….
Shut up and TAKE MY MONEY！
I have a question for N9 users. I live in the U.S. so, I can’t play around with a N9. I really like the Nokia N9, but I hear the speakers are not the greatest. I been reading on websites that its so low that people miss calls and text messages. Is this a bug???? I had the N8 and boy… that thing rocked. .. but Symbian made me sell it ( too slow for me.)
I want the N9… bad. Ill probably be the only one in my state,I love Nokia and I will keep supporting them. I will not switch to WP7. I have a SGS2, but I’m tired of it….. I hope someone can reply.
Also… LED notification light… this works for missed calls and text messages/email? Thanks guys/gals.
in fact i always miss wake up to my work
you wont need a notification led for missed calls. missed calls, email etc. are displayed on the sleeping screen. it is always on. (but i dont now what the led does – there is one)
i have never missed a call or text message, but the speakers are really not the greatest. (c7 was better)
but you will love the device – to use a device with buttons becomes really unnatural after using the n9 -swipe!
Unlike most of the N9x(x) series, the N9 has only one speaker (at the bottom), which is, probably due to its size constraints, a bit on the weak side volume wise (tho it does reproduce sounds remarkably well for that size). Whether you’ll miss calls or not – depends on how you carry your phone and what kind of environment you’re usually in and what kind of a ringtone you decide to use. If you put your phone in a sleeve bottom-side down, and then you put all that in your jeans pocket, and go to a construction site – you’ll definitely miss some, if not most of the calls. If you don’t put any protection on it, and slide it in your shirt pocket top-side down, and then go work at a pharmacy store – it’s unlikely you’ll miss any of the calls.
It’s understandable that due to design constraints there is a weak speaker in there, what Nokia failed to do with the N9 is to include a strong vibration motor to compensate for it in loud environments. That being said, at least, unlike some of the competition, the speaker is on the phone’s side, not on the back, so it won’t get muffled when on a desk/bed/whatever. Also, the sound is quite superb with a good headset; even the included one provides clear and crisp sound but they’re quite uncomfortable.
As for the LED notification light, unless you hack it, it’s lit only when charging – missed calls, text messages, emails, voicemail and other similar notifications are shown on the always-on screen underneath the clock.
The vibration or ringing is easily enough for me if the phone is on me (jacket pocket or jeans). If you’re in a different room and music is playing you never know. Basically it could be better, but for me it isn’t a big deal at all.
The notification works great.
You never know about your state. I just found an app for some rather small brewery in the area. Not sure what the point of it is really, but I downloaded it on principle and then bought a six pack from them. Guess I answered my own question.
I have a N9 stateside using att. I would say that I have never missed a call because of the call volume. The speaker on the bottom is not the loudest but for some weird reason the sound cant be muffled (weird plus). The phone gets the best reception of any phone that I ve had.
Btw swiping takes about a couple of minutes to get used to then you couldnt imagine using a phone without it.
Thanks everybody for your replies! I will pull the trigger and purchase this. I was a little worried about the speakers being too low. But, if they’re decent… it’ll be o.k. with me.
I saw the White version and I fell in love. Tax season is here and daddy needs a new phone!
Hah, good luck with that… The unicorn version of the N9 cannot be found anywhere in the online shops. Well, it can (katshing.fi, kauppa.viestimaa.fi, gsm-store.com, obchod-nokia.cz, etc.) but those shops are not delivering internationally
The only shop, which does international delivery, that supposedly hosts the white N9 is http://www.welectronics.com/gsm/Nokia/Nokia_N9-64GB-White.HTML – but despite some people claiming them being legit, they don’t strike much confidence in me. Also, from what I’ve gathered around the interwebs many have tried to obtain it through them only facing a delay after a delay (‘… we’ll have it next week, call us…’ etc.)
The way it is, it appears that I’ll be grabbing it in person sometimes late Feb if there’s no online availability of it ’til then, I just haven’t decided yet whether I’ll make a weekend trip to Helsinki or Prague. Yep, that’s how far I’m prepared to go to grab that rarest of all rare creatures, and I’m not the only one.
Yet, Nokia doesn’t give a damn, it is as if they don’t want to sell it at all. I guess they’re not into business of selling phones anymore. *facepalm*
Wow! All the thar trouble for the White N9? Ha!
I found one, but its only a 16gb… I thought the White.Edition was only 64gb? So I wonder if this is a fake?
This online store is based in the U.S.A.
http://www.cells4u.com/Nokia-N9-Smartphone-White-16GB-8MP-Unlocked-Phone-p/nok-n9-wh.htm
Cyan looks sweet too… something unique
There’s no 16GB white version, they’ve just populated their pages from the same buggy catalogs as did Expansys and couple of other stores in the past (including the aforementioned welectronics.com which corrected the data later on) – and they are all ‘coming soon’. The best you can expect from those shops, even if they report it as ‘in stock’, is for their sales representative to contact you, apologize for the error and say that they don’t have the white one but they can send you the black/cyan/magenta instead *roll*
The cyan is nice, but look at the white one – http://www.f-paper.com/?i1105430_1 – it looks out of this world!
Yeap, getting the elusive white one is almost impossible, I have tried
Thanks, man. I will just settle for the Cyan. I can’t wait… just ordered it!!!!
TRUE!!! The white N9 is just GORGEOUS!!! It just POPS OUT so much!!!
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But, in the country I am currently (Mozambique), I can’t get one… And since I can’t wait any longer to get an N9 since I tried it at the store… I’m getting my Black N9 64GB hopefully in the next few days
Well, I guess the closest country to you, where you could get the white one is Oman… A speedy boat and a weekend to waste, and you could have your own Unicorn N9
Or you can get the Dark Knight and be done with it…
Reception!!!! Yes! Nokia is the best when it comes to this. I have AT&T as well. Glad to hear this! I want a phone first before anything. The rest can come second… as for apps.. I really don’t give a crap about apps. As long as I have a phone that makes calls and a decent camera, I will be good for about 2 years.
What is the date to update my beautiful n9. I can’t wait.
If Nokia sells me a N950, I might even forget all the sins of elop.
But one of the cardinal sins is that he refuses to sell the N950. You ain’t gonna get it with Elop at the helm.
Nokia ought to be ashamed of itself for not being able to sell a product of such caliber. it perhaps is the finest slideout keyboard phone ever. my personal opinion is that elop dint want it out, just like he scuttled n9 in key markets. I bet the apollo will be a wp7 slapped onto a similar hardware with beefier cam and overall hardware.
it’s a shame that, we’d then have to read about wp7 inspiring similar hardware, just like they had utter nonsense for the lumia ad.
Some say the camera in the original N950 was 12 mp, at least thats what one reads in the leaked “Jesse’s girl” video.
the more and more i wait the more and more these updates make me happier with the outcome of the OS….i hope it can still find one in a few months after the n8 successor
Also there’s much more better Swype keyboard right now. Especially if you’re using more one one language keyboard mapping. Now it lists only selected keyboard mappings! Also the keys are bigger and fills the whole space, with numbers in top row.
I’ll try to make video today, if you have any specific question to include there…
A few more screens http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.302887476426429&type=1 (hope it’s accessible).
And the promised videos
Nokia Drive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zilHqvea-3Y
New Swype keyboard
Am I the only one who would love to see the N950 with WP?
Or at least a Windows Phone “communicator”
This slideout keyboard is fantastic… I hope Nokia will do that…
Nokia can make as may WP phones they want for all I care. However, I will not buy one as long as MS is following a walled garden strategy. I only hope Nokia sees the light and realize there is a market for phones that cover the basics well without this eco-system lockin, “we want all the money you intend to spend on media, communication and software.” I believe in a free market with competition and do not want to be locked in to buy everything from one specific vendor when I chose a phone. Would anybody buy a TV that would show content from SBS only? These walled garden schemes are not consumer friendly in the long run as they give to much market power to a small group of companies.