<s>
The	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
(	O
codename	O
Lankku	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
flagship	O
smartphone	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Nokia	O
,	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
Linux-based	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
mobile	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
and	O
only	O
device	O
from	O
Nokia	O
with	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
,	O
partly	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
partnership	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
praised	O
for	O
both	O
its	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
buttonless	O
'	O
swipe	O
 '	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
high-end	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
case	O
would	O
be	O
reused	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	O
Phone-powered	O
Nokia	B-Application
Lumia	I-Application
800	I-Application
which	O
was	O
released	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
successor	O
of	O
Nokia	B-Application
N900	I-Application
,	O
internally	O
known	O
as	O
N9-00	O
,	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
2010	O
,	O
approximately	O
one	O
year	O
after	O
N900	B-Application
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
software	O
engineer	O
working	O
for	O
Nokia	O
's	O
device	O
division	O
cited	O
the	O
N9-00	O
(	O
the	O
product	O
number	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
public	O
bug	O
tracker	O
for	O
Qt	B-Language
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
application	O
development	O
framework	O
used	O
in	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
N950	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
planned	O
in	O
2010	O
to	O
make	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
their	O
flagship	O
smartphone	B-Application
platform	O
,	O
replacing	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
,	O
whose	O
N8	B-Language
flagship	O
launched	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
11	O
February	O
2011	O
Nokia	O
partnered	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
use	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
7	O
as	O
the	O
flagship	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
to	O
replace	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
also	O
sidelined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
CEO	O
Stephen	O
Elop	O
promised	O
to	O
still	O
ship	O
one	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
device	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
end	O
up	O
as	O
the	O
N9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
was	O
announced	O
on	O
21	O
June	O
2011	O
at	O
the	O
Nokia	O
Connection	O
event	O
in	O
Singapore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elop	O
restated	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
continuing	O
development	O
of	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
even	O
if	O
the	O
N9	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
success	O
,	O
focusing	O
solely	O
on	O
the	O
future	O
Lumia	B-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
something	O
that	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
supporters	O
already	O
felt	O
before	O
the	O
N9	O
announcement	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
responded	O
by	O
creating	O
a	O
petition	O
"	O
We	O
want	O
Nokia	O
to	O
keep	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
was	O
even	O
more	O
severe	O
as	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
Linux	B-Application
was	O
also	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
continuation	O
of	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
Linux	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
established	O
with	O
combining	O
Nokia	O
's	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
with	O
Intel	O
's	O
Moblin	B-Language
,	O
in	O
frames	O
of	O
Nokia	O
and	O
Intel	O
alliance	O
created	O
for	O
purposes	O
of	O
such	O
cooperation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
alliance	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
broken	O
and	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
canceled	O
by	O
Stephen	O
Elop	O
's	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
N9	O
's	O
positive	O
reception	O
and	O
generally	O
weak	O
sales	O
of	O
its	O
Lumia	B-Device
range	I-Device
,	O
Elop	O
was	O
criticised	O
for	O
this	O
move	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
said	O
by	O
some	O
to	O
have	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
demise	O
in	O
the	O
smartphone	B-Application
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Elop	O
following	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
alliance	O
,	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
became	O
an	O
experimental	O
"	O
project	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
Harmattan	O
's	O
interface	O
elements	O
being	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
cancelled	O
"	O
Meltemi	O
"	O
project	O
and	O
later	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
Asha	I-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
Nokia	O
announced	O
that	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
will	O
not	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Germany	O
,	O
devices	O
imported	O
from	O
Switzerland	O
are	O
available	O
online	O
from	O
Amazon	B-Application
and	O
German	O
Cyberport	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
Italian	O
Nokia	O
site	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
sign	O
of	O
N9	O
being	O
in	O
official	O
Nokia	O
distribution	O
for	O
the	O
Italian	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
is	O
powered	O
by	O
a	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
OMAP	O
3630	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
System-on-a-chip	B-Architecture
based	O
on	O
a	O
45nanometer	O
CMOS	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
three	O
processor	O
units	O
:	O
a	O
1GHz	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex	I-Application
A8	I-Application
CPU	B-Device
which	O
runs	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
applications	O
,	O
an	O
Imagination	O
Technologies	O
PowerVR	B-Device
SGX530	O
GPU	B-Architecture
supporting	O
OpenGL	O
ES2.0	O
and	O
capable	O
of	O
processing	O
up	O
to	O
14million	O
polygons	O
per	O
second	O
;	O
and	O
a	O
430MHz	O
TI	O
TMS320C64x	O
,	O
a	O
digital	B-Architecture
signal	I-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
,	O
which	O
does	O
image	O
processing	O
for	O
the	O
camera	O
,	O
audio	O
processing	O
for	O
telephony	O
and	O
data	O
transmission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compcache	B-Application
uses	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
memory	O
as	O
compressed	O
fast	O
swap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
N9	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
smartphone	B-Application
to	O
encompass	O
64GB	O
of	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
has	O
a	O
capacitive	B-Device
touchscreen	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
6	O
simultaneous	O
points	O
)	O
with	O
a	O
resolution	O
of	O
854	O
×	O
480	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
(	O
FWVGA	B-General_Concept
,	O
251ppi	O
)	O
in	O
PenTile	O
RGBG	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
N9	O
has	O
an	O
autonomous	O
GPS	O
feature	O
with	O
optional	O
A-GPS	O
functionality	O
,	O
Wi-Fi	O
network	O
positioning	O
,	O
a	O
magnetometer	O
,	O
and	O
comes	O
pre-loaded	O
with	O
Nokia	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
and	I-Application
Nokia	I-Application
Drive	I-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Ovi	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
found	O
on	O
recent	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
devices	O
from	O
Nokia	O
and	O
is	O
mostly	O
about	O
finding	O
nearby	O
places	O
(	O
restaurants	O
,	O
metro	O
station	O
,	O
theater	O
,	O
etc	O
...	O
)	O
around	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
for	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
is	O
also	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
Contacts	O
and	O
Calendar	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
comes	O
with	O
preloaded	O
maps	O
of	O
the	O
continent	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
purchased	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
Nokia	O
Drive	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
an	O
active	O
data	O
connection	O
and	O
can	O
work	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
GPS	O
navigator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
(	O
back	O
)	O
camera	O
has	O
an	O
autofocus	O
feature	O
,	O
dual	O
LED	O
flash	O
,	O
is	O
optimized	O
for	O
16:9	O
and	O
4:3	O
aspect	O
ratios	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
4×	O
digital	B-Algorithm
zoom	I-Algorithm
for	O
both	O
video	O
and	O
camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sensor	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
back	O
camera	O
is	O
8.7	O
megapixels	O
(	O
3552	O
×	O
2448	O
px	B-Algorithm
)	O
;	O
the	O
effective	O
resolution	O
for	O
the	O
16:9	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
is	O
3552	O
×	O
2000	O
px	B-Algorithm
(	O
7.1	O
megapixels	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
3248	O
×	O
2448	O
px	B-Algorithm
(	O
8	O
megapixels	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
4:3	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
genuinely	O
provides	O
more	O
in	O
the	O
width	O
of	O
the	O
picture	O
by	O
choosing	O
the	O
16:9	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
option	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
full	O
3552-pixel	O
width	O
of	O
the	O
sensor	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
in	O
the	O
height	O
of	O
the	O
picture	O
by	O
choosing	O
the	O
4:3	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
option	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
full	O
2448-pixel	O
height	O
of	O
the	O
sensor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Carl	O
Zeiss	O
lens	O
has	O
quite	O
unusual	O
specifications	O
for	O
a	O
mobile	O
phone	O
:	O
28mm	O
wide-angle	O
lens	O
focal	B-Algorithm
length	I-Algorithm
,	O
fast	O
(	O
for	O
this	O
class	O
)	O
f/2.2	O
aperture	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
a	O
10cm-to-infinity	O
focus	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
has	O
fewer	O
hardware	O
buttons	O
than	O
most	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
makes	O
extensive	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
touchscreen	O
to	O
navigate	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
microphone	O
is	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
near	O
the	O
flash	O
LEDs	O
and	O
main	O
camera	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
system	O
for	O
noise	O
cancellation	O
which	O
make	O
phone	O
conversations	O
clearer	O
in	O
noisy	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
to	O
the	O
3.5mm	O
connector	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
High-Speed	O
USB	B-Protocol
2.0	O
USB	B-Protocol
Micro-B	O
connector	O
provided	O
for	O
data	O
synchronization	O
,	O
mass	O
storage	O
mode	O
(	O
client	O
)	O
and	O
battery	O
charging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
USB	B-Protocol
connector	O
is	O
protected	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
door	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
built-in	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
v2.1	O
+EDR	O
(	O
Enhanced	O
Data	O
Rate	O
)	O
supports	O
stereo	O
audio	O
output	O
with	O
the	O
A2DP	O
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
chip	O
also	O
functions	O
as	O
an	O
FM	O
Receiver/Transmitter	O
,	O
allowing	O
one	O
to	O
listen	O
to	O
the	O
FM	O
radio	O
by	O
using	O
headphones	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
3.5	O
jack	O
as	O
antenna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
Nokia	O
N800	O
,	O
N810	O
and	O
N900	B-Application
,	O
it	O
will	O
ship	O
without	O
software	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	B-Algorithm
C7	I-Algorithm
,	O
Nokia	B-Language
701	I-Language
)	O
and	O
also	O
pairing	O
(	O
connecting	O
)	O
stereo	O
speakers	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
has	O
a	O
BV-5JW	O
3.8V	O
1450mAh	O
battery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phone	O
supports	O
USB	B-Protocol
charging	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
devices	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
N9	O
via	O
several	O
connectivity	O
options	O
:	O
external	O
keyboards	O
via	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
,	O
wireless	O
headphones	O
via	O
NFC	O
,	O
wireless	O
loudspeakers	O
via	O
NFC	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strictly	O
speaking	O
,	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
does	O
not	O
run	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
1.2	O
as	O
its	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
instead	O
runs	O
what	O
Nokia	O
refers	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
instance	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Harmattan	O
(	O
previously	O
marketed	O
as	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
6	O
)	O
,	O
Nokia	O
and	O
Intel	O
merged	O
their	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
into	O
one	O
new	O
common	O
project	O
called	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
to	O
postpone	O
the	O
development	O
schedule	O
,	O
Nokia	O
decided	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
"	O
core	O
"	O
of	O
Harmattan	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
middleware	O
components	O
(	O
GStreamer	O
)	O
and	O
packaging	O
managers	O
(	O
the	O
Harmattan	O
system	O
uses	O
Debian	O
packages	O
instead	O
of	O
RPM	B-Application
packages	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
,	O
Harmattan	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
fully	O
API	O
compatible	O
with	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
1.2	O
via	O
Qt	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
far	O
as	O
end	O
users	O
and	O
application	O
developers	O
are	O
concerned	O
,	O
the	O
distinction	O
between	O
Harmattan	O
and	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
1.2	O
is	O
minimal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
all	O
marketing	O
effort	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
directed	O
to	O
"	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
"	O
,	O
Nokia	O
dropped	O
the	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
branding	O
to	O
adopt	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
as	O
to	O
not	O
confuse	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
user	O
experience	O
provides	O
three	O
panes	O
,	O
called	O
Home	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Lock	O
Screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Events	O
:	O
It	O
holds	O
all	O
the	O
notification	O
such	O
as	O
missed	O
calls	O
,	O
upcoming	O
meeting	O
,	O
unread	O
messages/emails	O
and	O
feeds	O
(	O
web	O
feeds	O
,	O
Facebook	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tapping	O
on	O
the	O
status	O
bar	O
on	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
while	O
using	O
an	O
application	O
will	O
display	O
a	O
menu	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
adjust	O
the	O
volume	O
,	O
change	O
the	O
active	O
profile	O
(	O
silent	O
,	O
beep	O
&	O
ringing	O
)	O
,	O
Internet	O
connection	O
(	O
WiFi	O
,	O
GSM	O
data	O
)	O
,	O
bluetooth	B-Protocol
control	O
shortcut	O
(	O
if	O
enabled	O
in	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
settings	O
)	O
,	O
media	O
sharing	O
(	O
DLNA	O
)	O
shortcut	O
(	O
if	O
enabled	O
in	O
media	O
sharing	O
settings	O
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
PR	O
1.2	O
)	O
and	O
availability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
swiping	O
UI	O
of	O
the	O
N9	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
visual	O
style	O
and	O
double-tap	O
feature	O
,	O
was	O
resurrected	O
in	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
Asha	I-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
Asha	I-Operating_System
501	I-Operating_System
device	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
was	O
announced	O
at	O
Nokia	O
's	O
Connections	O
event	O
in	O
Singapore	O
,	O
June	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reception	O
for	O
the	O
device	O
has	O
been	O
very	O
positive	O
,	O
citing	O
the	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
v1.2	O
Harmattan	O
UI	O
,	O
pseudo-buttonless	O
design	O
,	O
polycarbonate	O
unibody	O
construction	O
and	O
its	O
NFC	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
,	O
many	O
reviewers	O
did	O
not	O
recommend	O
to	O
buy	O
the	O
N9	O
only	O
because	O
of	O
Nokia	O
's	O
earlier	O
decision	O
to	O
drop	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
for	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
for	O
future	O
smartphones	B-Application
–	O
often	O
questioning	O
this	O
decision	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engadget	B-Application
's	O
editor	O
Vlad	O
Savov	O
said	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
terrific	O
phone	O
that	O
's	O
got	O
me	O
legitimately	O
excited	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
future	O
is	O
clouded	O
by	O
a	O
parent	O
that	O
's	O
investing	O
its	O
time	O
and	O
money	O
into	O
building	O
up	O
a	O
whole	O
other	O
OS.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
later	O
review	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
writes	O
:	O
"	O
Love	O
at	O
first	O
sight	O
—	O
this	O
is	O
possibly	O
the	O
most	O
beautiful	O
phone	O
ever	O
made	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
1.2	O
Harmattan	O
is	O
such	O
a	O
breath	O
of	O
fresh	O
air	O
it	O
will	O
leave	O
you	O
gasping	O
—	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
until	O
you	O
remember	O
that	O
you	O
're	O
dealing	O
with	O
a	O
dead	O
man	O
walking.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Verge	O
(	O
website	O
)	O
writes	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
is	O
,	O
without	O
doubt	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
fascinating	O
phones	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
few	O
years.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Delimiter	O
called	O
the	O
N9	O
Nokia	O
's	O
"	O
most	O
significant	O
"	O
handset	O
since	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Language
N95	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
has	O
not	O
been	O
released	O
in	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
smartphone	B-Application
markets	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
U.S.	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
UK	O
,	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
won	O
3	O
out	O
of	O
4	O
applicable	O
titles	O
(	O
including	O
design	O
,	O
camera	O
and	O
cellphone	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
)	O
at	O
a	O
gala	O
held	O
by	O
Swedish	O
magazine	O
and	O
webzine	O
Mobil.se	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
Swipe	O
UI	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
an	O
IxDA	O
Interaction	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
N9	O
was	O
awarded	O
a	O
Design	O
and	O
Art	O
Direction	O
"	O
Yellow	O
Pencil	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
interactive	O
product	O
design	O
category	O
,	O
beating	O
among	O
others	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Application
Lumia	I-Application
800	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
5	O
on	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Application
N900	I-Application
,	O
the	O
community	O
can	O
request	O
a	O
closed	O
source	O
component	O
owned	O
by	O
Nokia	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hundreds	O
of	O
3rd	O
party	O
applications	O
,	O
mostly	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
have	O
already	O
been	O
created	O
or	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
Harmattan	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Images	O
of	O
an	O
N9	O
prototype	O
running	O
Android	B-Application
2.3	I-Application
were	O
leaked	O
to	O
Sina	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
by	O
a	O
user	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
uploaded	O
prototype	O
images	O
of	O
Nokia	O
's	O
Sea	O
Ray	O
(	O
later	O
Lumia	B-Application
800	I-Application
)	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
unofficial	O
Android	B-Application
4.1.1	I-Application
port	O
by	O
the	O
NITDroid	O
community	O
was	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
Jolla	B-Operating_System
announced	O
and	O
demonstrated	O
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
is	O
direct	O
continuation	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Above	O
80%	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Linux	B-Application
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
open	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
developed	O
further	O
in	O
frames	O
of	O
Mer	B-Application
(	O
software	O
distribution	O
)	O
which	O
comes	O
from	O
MEego	B-Operating_System
Reinstated	O
and	O
has	O
established	O
current	O
standard	O
of	O
the	O
middleware	O
stack	O
core	O
,	O
so	O
software	O
above	O
a	O
kernel	O
and	O
below	O
a	O
UI	O
of	O
OS	O
,	O
what	O
's	O
more	O
it	O
is	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
free	O
for	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Harmattan	O
UI	O
and	O
several	O
software	O
applications	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
N9	O
was	O
closed	O
and	O
proprietary	O
of	O
Nokia	O
,	O
hence	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
neither	O
in	O
MER	B-Application
project	I-Application
nor	O
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
Jolla	B-Operating_System
introduced	O
its	O
own	O
swipe	O
UI	O
,	O
used	O
MER	B-Application
core	O
standard	O
and	O
created	O
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Videos	O
of	O
the	O
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
running	O
on	O
a	O
Nokia	B-Language
N950	I-Language
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
the	O
announcement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
N950	B-Language
has	O
similar	O
technical	O
specifications	O
as	O
the	O
N9	O
,	O
with	O
slight	O
differences	O
including	O
a	O
physical	O
QWERTY	O
keyboard	O
,	O
this	O
led	O
many	O
owners	O
of	O
the	O
N9	O
to	O
believe	O
that	O
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
N9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jolla	B-Operating_System
confirmed	O
this	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
no	O
"	O
official	O
possibilities	O
"	O
for	O
such	O
kind	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
N9	O
,	O
and	O
instead	O
the	O
community	O
will	O
provide	O
the	O
unofficial	O
port	O
for	O
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Jolla	B-Operating_System
maintained	O
that	O
the	O
experience	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
Sailfish	O
on	O
official	O
Jolla	B-Operating_System
phones	I-Operating_System
(	O
Jolla	B-Operating_System
released	O
the	O
first	O
Jolla	B-Operating_System
mobile	I-Operating_System
phone	I-Operating_System
on	O
27	O
November	O
2013	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
first	O
full	O
Linux	B-Application
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
OS	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
Harmattan	O
was	O
only	O
a	O
"	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
instance	O
"	O
because	O
of	O
not	O
fully	O
finished	O
combining	O
of	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
and	O
Moblin	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
is	O
actively	O
developed	O
and	O
commonly	O
assumed	O
to	O
be	O
next	O
and	O
better	O
incarnation	O
of	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
,	O
also	O
Jolla	B-Operating_System
device	O
is	O
assumed	O
unofficial	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
N9	O
and	O
its	O
legacy	O
by	O
all	O
means	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2019	O
KaiOS	B-Device
Technologies	O
Inc	O
.	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
devices	O
running	O
KaiOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
Nokia	O
8110	O
(	O
2018	O
)	O
,	O
Jio	O
Phone	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
full	O
touch	O
device	O
suspected	O
to	O
be	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
