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Nokia N9 release date confirmed

Nokia has confirmed the release date for its new smart phone, the Nokia N9, is to be released on September 29^th. Nokia’s Swedish website posted a counter for the N9 claiming a release in 48 days. However this is not confirmed for the rest of the world.

The N9 will be Nokia’s first and last phone to use the MeeGo OS and will be the world’s first pure touch’ smartphone. It will have a 3.9 screen with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels (full specs below). The device will be powered by a 1GHz single core processor.

Size	Dimensions -116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc Weight – 135 g
Display	Type – AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colours Size – 480 x 854 pixels, 3.9 inches – Gorilla glass display – Anti-glare polariser – Multi-touch input method – Proximity sensor for auto turn-off – Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
Sound	Alert types – Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones Loudspeaker – Yes 3.5mm jack – Yes Dolby Mobile sound enhancement; Dolby Headphone support
Memory	Phonebook – Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Call records – Yes Internal – 16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM Card slot – No
Data	GPRS – Class 33 EDGE – Class 33 3G – HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps WLAN – Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth – Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Infrared port – No USB – Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera	Primary – 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, dual LED flash Features – Geo-tagging, face detection, touch-focus Video – Yes, 720p@30fps Secondary – Yes
Features	OS MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan CPU 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, PowerVR SGX530 GPU, TI OMAP 3630 chipset Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds Radio No Games Angry Birds Magic (NFC), Galaxy on Fire 2, Real Golf 2011; downloadable Colours Black, Cyan, Magenta GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Java Yes, MIDP 2.1 – MicroSIM card support only – SNS integration – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – Digital compass – TV-out – NFC support – Dolby Digital Plus – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA/FLAC player – MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player – Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), PDF viewer – Video/photo editor – Voice memo/command/dial – Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery	Standard battery, Li-Ion 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) Stand-by Up to 380 h (2G) / Up to 450 h (3G) Talk time Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) Music play Up to 50