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Orange Switzerland to get Nokia N9 15th September?
Good news, if you’ve been meaning to get your hands on Nokia’s first and last MeeGo device, the Nokia N9, it appears that Orange, a carrier in Switzerland has posted a listing for the smartphone on its page as an upcoming product.
Unfortunately it does not state how much the device will cost, but it does have a launch date of September the 15th, so if you’re staying in Switzerland you could be getting your hands on the device in little over a month.
For those who forgot, the Nokia N9 will be running on MeeGo Harmattan and will feature a 3.9-inch capacitive AMOLED Gorilla glass touch screen, 8 megapixel auto-focus rear camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash and 720p video, front facing camera, 1GHz Cortex-A8 processor, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, 16GB or 64GB internal storage and a 3.5mm jack.
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.