Originally Posted by ZackMorris

Ok here is another quick question about the N9, it takes a micro sim. So I have an old school plan with AT&T on my N900 and they think I have some old samsung phone with data, and they haven't changed it yet, so I am paying something like 9.99 for unlimited data. There is no way in hell I'm going to them asking for a micro sim and having my plan all changed up. So is there a process to clone a regular sim onto a micro sim, or is there a way to mod the sim (by cutting it) to a compatible micro sim?

Originally Posted by suy

Some hardware questions:

Zehjotkah told us something like "you will not want the N950 because the N9 has some new patented technology". [ I can't find the exact quote, sorry, but too many comments here. ] Some people concluded that it had something really special that rendered the hardware keyboard not that necessary (although he didn't say that). @Zehjotkah, can you confirm us want you wanted to say exactly now? Sorry if you already said it, but too many pages today. I can't keep the rhythm of TMO. :-P

Another one:

The leaked package list contained libwl1271, so I (amongst others) jumped in, and said that the wl1271 has Bluetooth 4.0 and FM receiver/transmitter. Can someone confirm if the N9/N950 have this chip? If yes, then maybe we can have FM radio in a firmware update. Same could be said about other features that AFAIK can be done in software, like USB host (a.k.a. USB OTG).

Originally Posted by billybobjones

I'll tell you why people here are disappointed: If I was working at a mobile phone store and regular Joe walks in wondering what type of phone he should get, I'd direct him to the Iphone or windows phone 7, which I know in good conscience would be: easy to use, have decent functionality, look pretty, have terrific usage expandability via apps and be supported for at least 2 years.

If on the other hand this Joe happened to be looking for the latest and the greatest, I'd direct him to either Samsung or HTC with android. He'd get the latest specs, powerful processor, and all of 2011's latest bells and whistles, decent apps and functionality and if not lenghty carrier support, at least a pretty large home brew base.

Now to this phone... In all fairness, I would be doing regular Joe a disservice offering him this, not knowing if Nokia will once again in the space of a year decide to switch strategies or drop support for their "next" step, I couldn't guarantee plentiful amounts of apps and it couldn't be sold on it's cutting edge hardware merits alone.

So, please explain to me just who is supposed to buy this? You're not appealing to the mass market, they already have iphones, you're not appealing to those who want the latest hardware, because latest hardware this is not, and I don't think, in my opinion, that this is going to be appealing to the Linux crowd, which made up a good percentage of Maemo 5 users.

Now don't get me wrong I think this phone looks great, I like it's aesthetics and GUI, I can live with the slower GPU and single core processor, I don't mind the 8 mp camera or the fact that it doesn't have an fm transmitter, though I will miss that, I can even live with only an on screen keyboard. But, how Nokia thought, that for a media device, which is obviously focused on people who like media consumption, that not including HDMI out or USB on the go was a good idea? or that a camera with a decent lens shouldn't have xenon flash. or that BT 2.1 in a 2011 phone was a good idea, This, just boggles the mind and, in my opinion, is indicative of everything that is wrong with this company. They don't seem to have a clue who they want to be targeting and when they think they do, they change their strategy faster than it'll take me to finish typing this post!

It's a shame, as I'm probably the perfect costumer for this phone. I'm not a geek, I'm a designer, I like simple things, I like to own my device, and usually buy unlocked. I also prefer that there is some freedom in the mobile ecological system that I'm using. I also own the N900 and I really liked it, I lucked out with it. I've had no hardware problems, I'm over-clocked to 1.15 ghz 24/7 with no issues, I've applied all the community customizations and it works like a charm. The only bad experiences I've had owning this phone have come from Nokia and from their seemingly random choices and decisions.

So, I am disappointed. An N900 successor this is not, an Iphone competitor this isn't either, and it's not powerful enough to be bought just for bragging rights. This looks to be a great phone but Nokia is obliged to screwup on the details. Untill they figure out that they need to start being competive and stop relying on the Nokia brand to sell their products, I'm not keen on buying from them again, and I'm definitively not recommending them to others either.

Originally Posted by zehjotkah

I was told that the decision to not release the (now named N950) developer device was becasue of the sliding mechanism.
I don't know if this is true or not and to be clear: I doubt it. Nokia made a wonderful sliding mechanism in the Nokia E7 and the one at the dev device I had to play with felt nearly the same.
What remains then as reason?
Management (read: Elop) or anything else?

Originally Posted by zymo

* N950 supports Bluetooth version 2.1+EDR, whereas N9 supports
version 4.0

Originally Posted by zonk0r

slightly baffled by people on here bigging up specific haptik feedback screen as well? did the proto's actually have this? If so, then I will wait for 2.0.. graphene coating?

Originally Posted by zonk0r

here you go
http://meegonews.com/2010/11/21/lte-...-in-meego-1-3/

Originally Posted by billybobjones

I am quite stumped at some of the choices like the lack of HDMI out? I can understand that you may not use that, but as a phone that is obviously catered towards mainstream users with 720p playback the fact that you can't output that to your TV on a 700 dollar device is unacceptable.

Originally Posted by zymo

yes, like samsung galaxy s2 does. BUT unfortunately the n9 doesn’t support MHL.

Originally Posted by zlatokosi

Zeh, the figure of 92,000 Dali's has been floated around before. If they are only giving 250 to the community, what is going on with the rest?
I understand they will be (have been) handed out to reviewers, devs, partners, carriers, commercial devs and so on, but the production figure still seems high to account for the difference.
At least I hope commercial developers are obliged to write software if they receive a free/leased Dali. Any info on that?

Originally Posted by billybobjones

aye, so does my N900, I was hoping that this might be a decent upgrade. This is where I don't get Nokia, both the N8 and E7 support HDMI out as well as USB on the go why shouldn't an even more expensive phone? I'm bothered that I'm being forced to choose between a rather slow, memory lacking phone aka N8 or not having the same connectivity on a faster phone it just doesn't serve the customer at all.

Originally Posted by jalyst

That's always been the reason IMO.
Never bought the faulty slider mechanism



Not according to the specs
http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devic...cations/N9-00/



Yeah what was that all about "insiders"?!!?



Cept that's referring to meego-core (vanilla meego), not harmatten...
Not everything was/is shared between the two platforms, at least yet.



http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devic...cations/N9-00/
---> Nokia AV 3.5 port

^ Is for outputting 720p (in dolby encoded format/s)



you know this how?



Interested in an answer on this too...
At those numbers surely there'll be quite few that leech out onto the regular market. Hopefully not for an overly inflated price

Originally Posted by zymo

Nokia N950 phone hardware specification
======================================= <SNIP>
EDIT: Maybe it needs a firmware update for 4.0 (along with usb-otg )

Originally Posted by vvaz

I have mixed feelings...

UI is AWESOME. I like it very much.
But hardware is so, so. By the time when it will be available worldwide I will be able to get SGS2 30% less than starting price and 40% less than starting price of N9. .