Nokia N9 - review

Nokia N9

"There is no limit to perfection" - evidently, it is guided by this principle, the developers of Nokia when the first MeeGo-smartphone Nokia N9. Design new products is very simple, it really is absolutely nothing more, but thanks to a minimalist device is perceived as something amazing and extremely easy-to-minute use. "Stuffing" an entirely new and unfamiliar to the modern user, but perfected, is fascinating thought-out, easy to grasp interface, as well as incredible opportunities. In short, the Finnish manufacturer is responsible work toward the establishment of its new flagship model, embodying in it a lot of modern developments are not used in any phone on the market. Unique features of the Nokia N9 really allow him to rise above the competition by offering new users an unsurpassed experience. Can you call a novelty "explosive" devaysom? Absolutely! This is a breakthrough for the company in many ways, but be patient - all in order.
AppearanceThe proverb "Better to see once than hear a hundred times" is the best applicable to the entry for the story about the exterior Nokia N9. Photos are able to convey the unusual simplicity of design innovations, demonstrating in a better light all the faces of the device, but the feelings that span while just holding the device in hand, to convey in words is extremely difficult.




Nokia N9 harmonious as the weight, and because of their dimensions. Case dimensions are 116.5x61.2x7.6-12.1 mm and weighs 135 g. It is the device comfortably in the palm of your hand and spinning in all directions to consider the details of design. About any backlash, the creaking and so on can be no question - we are Mighty monolith, made of one piece of polycarbonate. The material is pleasant to the touch, does not slide in the hand and the keys are still present on the body, are very well.
Keys, in fact, only three or even two: power, which combines the function of locking / unlocking a smartphone, as well as the volume keys.
At the upper end of the phone is 3.5 mm connector for headphones, headsets and video-type cable Nokia CA-75U, and two plugs, one of which is a hidden slot microUSB, and under the other - to slot microSIM-cards. The manufacturer carried out the data plug into the new format is very convenient: microUSB - on a magnetic latch is opened by clicking on a convex surface, followed by moving the lid toward her card reader microSIM.
At the bottom end "settled" in microphone and speaker that I should mention, is very beneficial in providing high-quality sound. We note an important advantage of the dynamics - even if it is tightly cover the palm, the sound is not lost, as in other devices, but loud enough to sound continues. That is, even if the unit will be located in the densest cover, pocket or other similar circumstances, the owner does not miss a call.


Almost the entire front surface of the Nokia N9 is the display, details of which will be revealed shortly. Bottom right, oddly enough, fit the front camera. To say that this design decision is very unfortunate, it is impossible, but very comfortable and not too call. In general, the unusual - yes, but how comfortable is to use a camera with such its location, each decides for himself. Actually, this constituting the front side and an end - Smartphone deprived of keys to control, because it all controlled by gestures.
Almost in the center of the back of the N9 flaunts 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, features which also will be discussed below.


Novelty is presented in three colors: black (black), purple-red (magenta) and blue (cyan). Each option is interesting in its own way and, of course, will find its audience. The colors are bright, saturated and accurately draw the attention of others.


Accessories designed in one style with Nokia N9, incidentally, also made in bold and bright colors blended perfectly with it.
DisplayAs mentioned above, the front side of the device there is no shortcut, and it is not just beautiful, but also allows to realize the full potential of 3.9-inch AMOLED-display, whose resolution is 854h480 pixels.
One of its distinguishing features is that it is made from durable convex glass Gorilla glass. A used innovative laminated screen creates the effect of floating on the surface of the displayed objects.
Display Nokia N9 boasts stunning color and contrast. Picture a rich and juicy even when the brightness slider, 50-60 percent. A comparative test with competitors such as iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S II, he was brilliant. No, speaking objectively, MeeGo-new product is not brushed rivals on the far background, but it just displays a fuller picture than the product from Apple, and comparable image quality compared to the Super AMOLED Plus a smartphone from Samsung.


Talking about the viewing angles, then there is also Nokia N9 at altitude. If a picture is beginning to lose the iPhone 4, our device shows a discernible confidently displayed on the display. Super AMOLED Plus on this parameter is also very good.
FoodResponsible for feeding new lithium-ion battery BV-5JW, whose capacity is 1450mAh. According to the manufacturer, the smartphone is capable of working in a call in GSM up to 11 hours, the networks WCDMA - Up to 7 hours, standby time in the networks of GSM - up to 16 days, the networks WCDMA - up to 19 days. You can enjoy listening to music for two days, and watching HD-movies - for four and a half hours.
Charging Nokia N9 through connector microUSB.
Supported networksThe model is designed to work in networks GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA Band I (2100), WCDMA Band II (1900), WCDMA Band IV (1700/2100), WCDMA Band V (850), WCDMA Band VIII (900 .) Producer during the show's emphasis on the machine other than the reception signal and a connection at any location in its palms - is achieved through the polycarbonate shell.
The software platform, the memoryPerhaps the most distinguishing feature of Nokia N9 is its operating system, because the novelty is the first smartphone based on OS MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan. It was perfectly realized combination of features such as communication, job applications and multitasking.
The heart of the smartphone is efficient processor ARM Cortex-A8, the clock frequency of 1 GHz. Responsible for the graphics processor and PowerVR SGX530 2D/3D graphics hardware accelerator. Despite the fact that at the moment the smartphone is not submitted in its final, finished version, he shows solid performance, faster processing of assigned tasks. Scrolling in applications menu, scrolling through a switch between running programs and desktops seamlessly and instantaneously: there is no "thoughtfulness" or brake.
Nokia is preparing for us two versions of the smartphone in terms of internal memory. You can buy a novelty with 16 or 64 GB of memory on board. The volume of non-volatile memory is 512 MB RAM - 1 GB. At the same time slot for memory cards, unfortunately, there is no Nokia N9. Record this time in the "cons" smartphone, of course, possible, but even 16 GB is enough for the average user, not to mention the 64 GB.
User InterfaceThe user interface is implemented completely new way. Before us are three types of desktop, thanks to which all available information on the smartphone logically ordered and easy to understand.


The first type is an application, as well as the usual menu items such as settings, galleries, music, calendar, and the like.


The second view - Display the latest events, where you see social networking events, information about the messages, calls, calendar events and so on. This shows the day of the week, date and time, you can also install the weather widget in your area.


The third type - Opening at the moment the application, you can easily and quickly switch between running programs, close unwanted one, change the format to display them on screen: 3x3 or 2x2.


Change the format of the application windows by using the familiar actions to increase / decrease the image (pinch-to-zoom): combine two fingers on the screen - windows is becoming more (3x3), divorce fingers - window becomes smaller (2x2). To minimize any application, just quickly, "perelistnut" it, and it will disappear. To close unused applications, detain touch - the picture will darken and the corresponding crosses in each window, clicking on that closes the program. If you want to close all running applications, the developer proposes to use button "Close all".


If your smartphone is in standby mode, "wake up" it is possible in two ways: by double clicking on the screen or pressing the side key lock / unlock. This will bring up the screensaver, which displays the time and date, as well as battery level, signal strength, active modules, missed calls, incoming SMS. You can get to work, prolistnuv headband in side. Scroll between the types of desktop is implemented smoothly and in a way that simultaneously on the screen can display two types of desktop:
It is extremely convenient to display the events in running applications in real time. That is possible, for example, watch a movie and see what's going on in your browser, or any other active application.
To dial, you need to go to the application "Phone" or take advantage of the lower bar, which appears in any application when you scroll the display up from below. Hence we can obtain information about incoming and outgoing calls, go to the contact list, add a new contact, and more.


Entering text is done in vertical and horizontal modes. Here we see the simultaneous presence of a point and a comma and a hyphen / dash. The developers have implemented a long-awaited Nokia N9 easy switching between languages. Change one language to another is possible by all the same "turning": hold your finger quickly across the keyboard to the left or right, and the display shows the name of the active language.
ConnectionsLike all modern Smartphones, Nokia N9 is equipped with modules such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS. Wi-Fi n class provides data transmission at speeds up to 600 Mbit / sec.


GPS module with A-GPS support allows you to use navigation. There is a function navigation for travel and travel on foot with voice notification to the application Maps. The new application allows the Drive to drive and to calculate the route to your destination without running the application Maps. Work cards are very fast when scrolling as well as by increasing or decreasing the scale display, and is seen in the mode of the form from the satellite, and in 3D-mode, and the ordinary.
Bluetooth is version 2.1 with EDR provides connectivity with other Bluetooth-enabled devices: mobile phones, headsets, adapters, etc.


Notable is support for smartphone latest technology in wireless communications - a standard short-range NFC (Near Field Communication). It allows you to easily share content and data between compatible devices. Fastest and easiest is to connect the smartphone to a new wireless speakers Nokia Play 360 ° Wireless Speaker technology NFC: you just need to bring to an enhancement Nokia N9 and realized the connection.
Headphones, and a video cable connected to a 3.5 mm jack. Connecting to a PC and a connection to the charger via the microUSB port type A.
Pre-applicationMeeGo-smartphone Nokia N9 features needed for work and play a set of preinstalled software. E-mail client, for example, allows you to customize any service, there is a music player, video player, calculator, calendar, Internet browser and more.
Nokia N9 is the world's first smartphone with a Dolby Digital Plus decoding and processing technology Dolby Headphone, thanks to providing surround sound from any headphones. In the complete high-quality headphones implemented soundproofing.


The music player in the new product is an excellent and worthy of emphasis on it attention. Its main screen consists of five items: Artists, Albums, Songs, Playlists, Music OVI. Search for a specific song or album through the convenient display of data in alphabetical order. If you play some song, then all the menu items below hangs a compact panel with the key "Pause", it is possible to quickly stop playing. Of course, there is the ability to play in random order, at a time or playing the same music, and other familiar settings. From any point the player can return to the main screen by clicking on the arrow, located in the lower left corner.
Use the Internet on your phone nice and comfortable thanks to the world's first two Webkit browser, which is preparing a page in the background and displays it on screen already in finished form. Pages in this show very quickly.
Broad support for the HTML5 provides access to rich web applications faster and video playback. However, there is one drawback - the browser does not support flash.
Creating Applications for Nokia N9
A separate chapter is to make a theme to create applications for phones. The Finnish manufacturer is known, has produced two MeeGo-devices: one for the masses, the second - for developers. Nokia N950 is designed to increase the number of applications compatible with the N9.


The device is made in the form factor of a side-slider, which is shown in the open state is at an angle.
The processor in the device gigahertz, of course, high performance. On a huge 4-inch touch screen, whose resolution is 854x480 pixels, convenient to operate. Also adds comfort full QWERTY-keyboard.






Backside smartphone is made of metal, the upper and lower parts - made of plastic. Among other things, Nokia N950 has an 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash.
A unique machine that can build applications directly on it.
CameraThe camera in Nokia N9 is also commendable.
Here it is 8-megapixel optics with Carl Zeiss, with a wide angle lens with large aperture, with dual LED flash with auto focus, face recognition and many others. With it you can make these images in 16:9 format. Processing captured incredibly fast: for a moment the camera is ready to create the next shot.
Not only interesting but useful function is to support the finger adjust focus: you can choose the object on which the camera should focus while shooting.


To get a perfect picture or video provides a variety of weight options. You can select the shooting mode (Auto, Macro, Landscape, Portrait, Night, Sports), adjust the flash, white balance, eskpozitsiyu, ISO (auto, ISO 100, 200, 400, 800), aspect ratio (16:9, 4:3 3:2), resolution (high, medium, low).
Camera Nokia N9 perfectly manifested itself during the verification test. Many were probably wondering what her abilities in the macro, so here they are excellent. The following are examples of photos taken N9, as well as comparative with Nokia N8 pictures and video. All settings are automatic.










Conclusion
The first Nokia smartphone based operating system MeeGo first not only in this respect: only it is currently present full touch control technology and "turning", but it uses Dolby Digital Plus decoding and processing technology that Dolby Headphone. The unique technology of laminated screen, which creates the effect of floating on the surface of the displayed objects.
New Nokia N9 productive, functional and style. Powerful GHz processor perfectly cope with any problems, makes it easy to simultaneously work with multiple applications, and all this while on nefinalnoy firmware. A new solution of the three types of desktop makes navigation on your smartphone more intuitive and enjoyable. New well in the hand, juicy colors are cheerful and attractive housing monolithic, resistant to scratches.
Among the advantages, unfortunately, there are a number of shortcomings, some of which someone for such is not deemed, as a functional someone is sure to be missed. So, Nokia N9 deprived of the memory card slot, port, HDMI, features USB-on-the-go (out of the box) and support in your browser flash.
Speaking subjectively, this flagship is able to "blow up" the market and accurately is a breakthrough for the Finnish manufacturer. It offers the user a whole new world of amazing opportunities, a pleasant and comfortable communication with a mobile phone each day.