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Nokia MeeGo superphone to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress?
Nokia might be unveiling a powerful MeeGo smartphone at Mobile World Congress this year. According to a bug report on the MeeGo site, it refers to a powerful device (that could be a tablet or smartphone) that runs on the MeeGo operating system. According to the report, the device sports a 1.6GHz processor (that should be made by Intel), a 480 x 854 resolution display, and HSPA+ support. The usual accelerometer, compass, proximity sensor, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS are also mentioned in the report. The specs seem to point to a very powerful smartphone coupled with the MeeGo operating system – it sounds like a very promising device. Could this be the phone to lift Nokia from their slump, after seeing their Symbian market share overtaken by Android? Hopefully the Finnish mobile giant will give us some details in a couple of weeks. Keep those fingers crossed!
The Nokia N9 was released before the Lumia line of smartphones and it was the first and the last that we have seen so far running MeeGo Linux OS. But according to a report by MeeGo Experts, you don’t have to stick to it anymore because they have spotted a way to dual-boot MeeGo and Android Ice Cream Sandwich on the device.
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If you have been eagerly eyeing Nokia’s first and last MeeGo handset, the Nokia N9, the good news is that if you’re living in Europe, the handsets have reportedly started shipping out to stores. Available in black, cyan and magenta, the Nokia N9 is expected to retail for EUR 480 and EUR 560 for the 16GB and 64GB respectively. For those living in the US, it is unlikely that you will see it officially available from the stores, but if you so desired, you could probably manage to get one imported.
Fans of MeeGo are probably disappointed that Nokia has decided to drop the platform in favor of Windows Phone 7. Their last chance at seeing MeeGo on a Nokia device was on the Nokia N9, and while iOS and Android are currently dominating the smartphone platform market, it looks like the MeeGo-based Nokia handset is doing surprisingly well for itself.
According to reports, the Nokia N9 has been doing very well in its homeland of Finland. It started with an impressive number of pre-orders for the handset, and now it appears that the 64GB model has already been sold out. Given how the 16GB model will already set you back $660, it’s rather impressive to see how the 64GB has sold out so quick.
Nokia is said to have produced 100,000 units of the Nokia N9, so perhaps the limited edition lure was what made the product sell like hot cakes, an effect similar to the HP TouchPad when it was announced that it would sell for $99 (base model) after HP said they would be discontinuing webOS.