Another day, another leak. Here we have 7 images of the N9 successor, codenamed Lauta. It was to be “immediate successor” launched right after N9, also in Q4 2011.

it was identical to N9, both in design and internal components, with the only differentiator being a full HW Keyboard.

Of course, we all what happened with the Feb 11 Announcement, so no point bringing that up again.

“Elop saying only 3 MeeGo Phones in 3 years was huge lie”

The 284MB update should be available worldwide

http://www.ideasproject.com/community/en/n9

Give your feedback on the Nokia N9 user interface – in particular ideas to improve the key features.

The top 10 ideas selected by the Jury in the end of the challenge will be rewarded with a Nokia N9 each!

http://mynokiablog.com/2011/10/14/unannounced-1-4ghz-nokia-710-specs-at-nokia-developer-page-symbian-or-windows-phone/

Something called the Nokia 710 (which I think someone had tipped about the other day, but I was not able to cover that story at the time). You can see it complete with specifications, with labels suggesting a new Symbian phone. The specs initially say Maemo Internet Tablet 2008, but they all point to Windows Phone.

Would be interesting if it was actually a return of Maemo :p

Sources tell us that Nokia is developing a Linux-based replacement for its S40 phones, called Meltemi. The news was leaked, accurately, by the Wall Street Journal last week. Now we can confirm it.

The codename turned up in an internal communication we saw in April, referring to opportunities for redundant Meego staff “in the Meltemi organisation”. We inferred that was a Windows project. It isn’t.

The April memo referred to Meltemi as a platform for “rich Featurephones” and stated that development will be centered in Ulm, Germany.

Meltemi had been long-been touted as a richer successor to S40.

Windows phones will occupy the budget smartphone segment, not Linux.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20112580-64/intel-finds-a-way-to-let-go-of-meego/#ixzz1ZEuiy23z

More information:
https://www.tizen.org/
http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/meego+sai+kuoliniskun++tizen+elaa/a693878?s=r&wtm=tietoviikko/-28092011&
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4888/introducing-the-tizen-project
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/27/zombie_linux_merger/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20112580-64/intel-finds-a-way-to-let-go-of-meego/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

WP7 currently supports 5 languages: EN, FR, DE, IT & ES. Coincidentally, the #N9 is not being released in those countries.

The stand for Ubuntu Linux also had some Meego people showing that Meego is still going wrong. I got my hands on the Nokia N9 prototype version (I did not get permission to take picture of it). There was also Intel Meego tablet reference platform shown on the stand. The MeeGo people from Nokia were not allowed to tell any interesting details of their MeeGo plans…

http://www.epanorama.net/blog/2011/08/07/seen-at-assembly-2011/

In an interview with AllthingsD, the head of Nokia’s US operations declared that Nokia will be focusing exclusively on Windows Phone devices in North America. Reasons cited include the low profit margins of the ubiquitous low-end Series 40 devices and lackluster sales of Symbian based devices. This also means that the N9 won’t be making it to North America either.

http://allthingsd.com/20110809/exclusive-nokia-to-exit-symbian-low-end-phone-businesses-in-north-america/