Nokia’s big new N-series smart phone has once again popped up in our radars, and the latest update reveals that the smart phone might be using Qualcomm’s current leader in mobile phone processors, the Snapdragon CPU. This high speed 1GHz behemoth of a processor has been announced to be running at the very core of the most impressive N-series smart phone to date.
From the images of the N9 that were leaked previously, the smart phone is quickly turning out to be one of the most exciting devices to be announced for the next generation handsets available.
Yes, it does look like a mini Apple MacBook, but the overall form factor is undeniably Nokia N-series to the core, even the choice of a slightly angling display screen when the keyboard is exposed reveals that classic Nokia made charm.
The mention that the device runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU is not really that big a deal for most of the other mobile devices in the market –almost all of the high end Android phones make use of Qualcomm’s 1GHz CPU. However, it has to be noted that the Nokia N9 is running the MeeGo operating system, which is a mobile platform developed by Nokia and Intel Moblin.
The initial announcement that the MeeGo is a cooperative platform from Nokia and Intel led many to believe that the N9 would have an Intel Atom chipset instead of a Qualcomm processor, however Intel has made it clear that they do not intend to make the MeeGo platform exclusive to their hardware and the use of the Snapdragon is more than enough proof of that.
The Nokia N9 smart phone is not due to come out until later in December; the device will also be packing a 4 inch capacitive touch screen display and a 5 mega pixel camera with 720p HD video recording.
Tags: MeeGo, Nokia, Nokia-N-Series, Nokia-N9, Qualcomm-Snapdragon