Announced – Nokia N9 – Touchscreen Mobile Phone

Nokia has just announced that soon it would soon be launching N9 in India. Its not yet launched in India but is expected to be launched in October, 2011.

The new Nokia N9 is a very attractive, slim phone. It has a Qwerty Keyboard and 4 inch touchscreen. It is one of the latest mobile phones that Nokia has to offer. Nokia N9 has 8 Mega pixel camera with a resolution of 3264 x 2448. It has features like autofocus and dual – LED flash.

N9 from Nokia has all the latest multimedia features one can expect like games, social networking, FM transmitter, FM radio with RDS etc. It would be available in three different colors – Cyan, Magenta and Black. It would be available with different storage size – 16GB and 64 GB.

Its body is made with premium polycarbonate material in such a way that it supports superior antenna performance. Nokia N9 is loaded with MeeGo operating system. It is the world’s first pure touch screen mobile since, it does not have any front facing buttons. It has a great feature of unlocking by just double tapping on the screen.

There are three home views at the home screen:

• Applications – For launching and organizing your apps.
• Events – For social networking feeds and notifications for calls, texts, calendar events, etc.
• Open applications – For switching between all live apps you have used recently

When you open a box of new Nokia N9 you would find these:

• Nokia N9 all-screen smartphone
• Nokia Fast USB Charger AC-16
• Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-185CD
• Nokia Stereo Headset WH-901
• Get started guide
• Product information leaflet

Nokia N9 – Features and Specifications:

• Network : Quad-band GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• OS : MeeGo for Nokia N9 (MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan)
• RAM : 1GB
• Data Network :
  • GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
  • 3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.7 Mbps
  • Wireless LAN WiFi n
• Display :
  • 3.9-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display
  • 16:9 FWVGA (854 x 480 pixels)
  • Curved glass
  • Scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla glass
• Dedicated buttons : power, camera and volume
• Sensors :
  • Orientation sensor (Accelerometer)
  • Compass (Magnetometer)
  • Proximity sensor
  • Ambient light detector
• Office
  • MS Outlook synchronisation
  • View documents in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF and Open Document Formats
• Camera
  • 8 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
  • Dual LED flash
  • Digital shutter
  • Continuous autofocus
  • Touch-to-focus and exposure lock
  • Focal length: 3.77mm / 28mm
  • HD Video recording @ 30fps – .mp4
• Audio&Video
  • Video codec support: H.263, MPEG4-SP & ASP, H.264 BP/MP, WMV9 / VC-1 and Mkv (Matroska)
  • Audio codecs: MPEG-4 AAC , eAAC/C+,MP3 , WMA , Dolby Digital Plus , FLAC
• Connectivity
  • NFC (Near Field Communication) for easy pairing and sharing
  • Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR with A2DP
  • USB v2.0 with micro USB connector
  • 3.5 mm audio-jack
  • Use as data modem
  • Micro SIM card
• Integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers
• Ovi Maps with free voice-guided car and walk navigation
• Dimensions : 116.45 x 61.2 x 7.6-12.1 mm
• Weight : 135 gm
• Internal memory: 16 GB or 64 GB
• Talk-time :
  • GSM – up to 11 hours
  • WCDMA (3G)- up to7 hours
• Standby time :
  • GSM- up to380 hours
  • WCDMA (3G)- up to450 hours
• Video playback time (720P) 4.5 hours
• Music playback time 50 hours

Nokia N9 – Price In India

As of now, Nokia has not made any official announcement of the price for N9. But, it can be said that this phone will cost somewhere around Rs 30,000 INR in India (which is close to US $660).