It's taken a long time for
Nokia's MeeGo-packing N9 to make its way into our top secret labs (the N9 moniker was first applied to early
E7 prototypes), but it's here in our dirty little hands, at last, and it's glorious -- well, as glorious as a stillborn product can be, anyway. The N9 is the latest and greatest in a long line of quirky, interesting, yet ultimately flawed touchscreen experiments from Nokia that includes the
Hildon-sporting 7710, a series of
Maemo-based "internet tablets" (
770,
N800,
N810,
N900) and most recently, the
N950 MeeGo handset for developers. What makes the N9 special is that it represents Nokia's last flagship phone as an independent player. MeeGo is already dead, and future high-end devices from the manufacturer will run Windows Phone and use Microsoft's services. So, is this the company's final bittersweet hurray? Did
MeeGo ever stand a chance against Android,
iOS and
Mango? In its attempt to stay relevant, is Nokia throwing out the baby with the bathwater? Most importantly, how does the N9 fare in today's merciless
dual-core world? Find out after the break.
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