billgates: Don't like the front too much but then, he did not show the bottom of the phone on video. Nokia said, they will be launching 12 WP7 models in 2012 so I am going to wait till Q1 2012 and hopefully a 12MP camera Nokia WP7 device will be out by then.

Regs:

billgates: Don't like the front too much but then, he did not show the bottom of the phone on video. Nokia said, they will be launching 12 WP7 models in 2012 so I am going to wait till Q1 2012 and hopefully a 12MP camera Nokia WP7 device will be out by then.

one of the websites showed the full unit and the three 'hardware' buttons were actually software buttons... so obviously n9 hardware with a few mods to run wp7.  apparently it is a temporary beta testing thing - they will redo the chassis with the real buttons at some point.  

Ropenuts: Looks pretty nice. But im torn now. I think the N9 looked much nicer with Meego. I think wp7 is great. But now ive been watching all these vids on the N9 i might just have to go for the Meego, it just looks better. Doesnt really bother me if it doesnt get too much developer supprt. I didn't want to say it but it's made me think my WP7 looks.... ugly. Damnit! why did they have to show the N9. If they just showed a fully working sea ray device i would have been stoked for it.

Technofreak:

Ropenuts: Looks pretty nice. But im torn now. I think the N9 looked much nicer with Meego. I think wp7 is great. But now ive been watching all these vids on the N9 i might just have to go for the Meego, it just looks better. Doesnt really bother me if it doesnt get too much developer supprt. I didn't want to say it but it's made me think my WP7 looks.... ugly. Damnit! why did they have to show the N9. If they just showed a fully working sea ray device i would have been stoked for it.

The N9 release certainly raises a few questions, some reviewers are asking why the need for WP7.  The release of Nokia WP7 phones is a foregone conclusion.  However it will be interesting to see what happens with Meego with the reception the N9 has received so far, some of Nokias biggest critics have been quite complimentary.  

I don't want to upset any WP7 fans, however I think that Meego has set a standard that WP7 needs to exceed when Nokia release their WP7 phones otherwise WP7 is going to really struggle to gain any traction.  Who knows, the developments seen in Meego on the N9 may be incorporated into WP7.

What ever happens Nokia know they have a platfrom in Meego that can compete with the other major platforms, it would be quite easy to switch to Meego if necessary.

The Meego N9 looks very slick and I think will attract a good following.

As for developer support for the N9.  It supports apps built on the QT framework so most apps done in QT  but not specifically made for the N9 should work.  Even more interesting is the info in this link which says that you will be able to run any Android apps on the N9.

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/950992/android_apps_coming_to_meegopowered_nokia_n9.html

billgates: I saw few articles today from various blogs saying that Elop is saying that Meego will eventually be dropped even if it is a success. I don't know where they got this from, as from his previous interviews, he mentioned that 3 or 4 meego devices will be released by 2014. I think 2 OS can exist in the Nokia world. They are big enough to market and distribute both OS's at grand scale. If WP7 did not existed, I was going to go for webOS this year as it was my 2nd choice. Meego just moved to 2nd spot for me :-)