Users can use a pinch multi-touch motion to change the switcher into an overview mode. By pinching in, thumbnails move into a grid display. The grid can scale up to a 3x3 version, thereafter the switcher then starts to create new pages. Pinching out, while in the grid mode, changes the view back to larger stacked mode.
Xmas season 2011
it had been a long year starting with social upheaval in the middle-east and northern Africa which would eventually uproot the western civilization...
on the environmental front, the social unrest was rivaled by calamities of increasing magnitude (flooding, earth-quakes and tsunami's) weakening the civilized countries even more and apparently quickening their downfall...
on the technology front, the retirement of the space shuttle created a hole in space exploration as its successors (Zenit-3F, Vega, Taurus II or Simorgh) weren't ready for the challenge yet; similarly, on the personal entertainment and information front, Symbian, the renowned smartphone operating system was shelved by NOKIA even though the company didn't have a replacement ready yet...
LA suburb, a small phone shop, lunch time
a tall woman, late twenties, blond mid-long hair, blue eyes under a high forehead stepped decisively into the shop;
the owner, a middle-aged man standing behind the counter looked expectantly at her, hoping for a good sales considering her styled clothing and accessories. then he frowned seeing another customer entering, a tall broad shouldered man wearing black sunglasses and leather jacket; where the **** was John? he should have been back from his lunch by now! that kid didn't know the meaning of punctuality...
the woman stepped directly to the counter and said:
"i'm looking for a Christmas present for my husband... there are all those shiny new smart phones, just the display and no buttons"
"yes, certainly madam. we have the iPhone 5 that came out recently; 1 GB of memory and a dual-core processor!"
"no no, he hates iPhone; in fact he is a NOKIA fan."
"that's a pity madam; NOKIA announced a number of new Windows smart phones a few weeks ago but unfortunately they won't be available this year anymore..."
"yes, i know, but i think he would prefer something similar to the N900; he always calls it his pocket computer..."
"well, there would be the E7; it has a very nice keyboard too..."
"no no, that's Symbian; it's something else, more computer like..."
"oh, maybe an ANDroid device?"
"no, that's not from NOKIA, is it?"
the 2nd customer who had stationed himself somewhat behind the lady said
"the meego phone?"
with a touch of impatience in his cavernous voice
"yes yes, exactly, that's the one!"
"oh, i'm sorry madam, but we don't keep that phone on stock; nor does our supplier in fact. the back order can last up to three weeks;
- it was very demanded a couple months ago when it came out, but already now newer phones offer comparable or even better features;
- and it is uncertain how long NOKIA is going to support the platform..."
the tall man turned abruptly on his heels and walked towards the door
"i'll be with you in a second sir..."
the man barely turned his head while uttering
"i'll be back..."
Everybody posted the optimal h/w s/w config for meego
now brace yourseleves cause this might be all that we are getting if all else fails?!!!
Now presenting the barebones n9 config ver
1)screen res 848*480 cbd
2)camera 12mp with autofocus dual led
3)NFC h/w present but no software development support yet
4)Fm tuner present trnasmitter may be present but no s/w support yet
5)No Proximity sensor based sensing technology
6)1 speaker and 1 mic
7)hdmi but that may be wirelessly suported
8)No support of google services on s/w front its trial platform wont have anything working like google maps or so
9)Barebones office support as well as no preinstalled apps
(1-2 games may be present to let user experiance h/w)
10)1 ghz cpu with 512 mb ram
11)gpu will be from n8 or e7 model
12)no led notification light
13)may come with latest bluetooth headset from nokia for developers
14)No maemo 5 app compatibility
15)Bare-bones qt app functionality
16)no compcache
This is just that we can expect at least this much from nokia to support or have with n9
How does this look like android? Android doesn't even have a decent task switcher. If your talking about iconography then all that is customizable in which case you can use a theme that makes the environment look like whatever you want.
I never understand these "It looks like Android" comments.. I just don't see it at all.
Not only that android leaves apps open constantly. The only good thing about it is there is a lot of devs making custom kernels and roms.
Cyanogen nightliesfor the second fastest dual core android on the market right now (which is what I have) are available here
question to the "early-adopter tech geeks":
would you get a MeeGo device without hardware keyboard?
That article is lousy, it doesn't say which rumours she was denying. There are plenty of rumours going around that one of them must come close to the mark. So is she denying the rumour that it will have a keyboard or the rumour that it won't or maybe she is denying both with the implication that there will be more than one device contrary to previous official statements.
