I only paid RM 100 for deposit lol

looks like the nfc headphones are given by the dealer themselves instead of nokia https://twitter.com/#!/nokiamy/status/119636630750498816

they said no free gift ma~ so i only paid rm100 lo~
hahahahahhaha

it should have support for chinese since it is going on sale in china lol
what do you mean by no chinese language?

stopped by KLCC after attending geekcamp this morning to ask about the workshop thingy. but the staff that i asked know nothing about it and suggested it is going to be @ Jalan IMBI?!?

well, i would say the sooner the better la...
downloaded nokia link but can't seem to get it work with my E52 (on mac, so no ovi/nokia suite)

lol, the dealer didn't say anything about freebie so i guess i will just wait and see lol

i dropped by KLCC nokia after geekcamp on saturday, there were basically no one trying the N9 lol

they did put on a huge bunting to promote n9 though

it looks just plain weird to me, I understand this may be the only and last phone running Meego (yea, Meego is sort of dead now anyway and is transitioning to Tizen) and there will be no successor (Meltemi seems to be playing in a different league since it is rumoured to replace S40, but it should have Qt and Swipe UI too), so they may not be much promotion done to boost the sales. However Nokia themselves are pushing it real hard online, like they set up n9seconds, and even filmed a couple of ads, if this is deemed dead, why put in so much effort?

not very likely to me, but Nokia has not release any statement on this.

there is this Meltemi project that is intended to replace S40 (rumour) that runs Linux. It is told that Swipe UI will live on other platforms except Windows Phone so Swipt UI and Qt should present there <http://vimeo.com/28758945>.

lol, i don't find him evil, he is just hired as CEO at the wrong time

but he is indeed kinda annoying because he sounds indecisive at times (eg. Symbian dies soon vs. Symbian lives through 2016 at least, MeeGo as market disruption experiment vs. N9 is the first and only MeeGo device).

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Added on October 3, 2011, 10:38 amalthough swipe UI looks good to me, but I still don't find it intuitive for first time user. :/ Even waking up the phone from sleep is already a huge challenge for most people

This post has been edited by Upsilon: Oct 3 2011, 10:38 AM

his track record is indeed... bad (he was the CEO of Macromedia when Adobe acquired Macromedia, and the fact that he was from Microsoft and he helped bringing Microsoft stuff to Symbian). However, look back when he was hired, both Symbian and MeeGo took too much time to deliver so the decision to switch-over to WP (or even Android) is a rational choice but not something that everyone would appreciate (yea, I don't, and N9 is probably my last Nokia device).

Problem with the strategic alliance between Nokia and Microsoft is that... Microsoft doesn't really like FOSS stuff especially Linux, and this PROBABLY (probably because there may be other factors that are unknown to outsiders like me) explains why MeeGo don't get to shine

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Added on October 3, 2011, 10:46 amyea, it is a good prop to impress your peers, but imagine when you can't run away from some work and you need your friend to call someone from your phone, it can be a real problem

I have seen a UX comparison between N9 and a WP device on Youtube but I can't recall what's the title :/ although it is kinda biased, but it does show N9 is not really intuitive to new (keyword: NEW) users.

This post has been edited by Upsilon: Oct 3 2011, 10:46 AM

we are very much off topic here~
Symbian and MeeGo was slow to deliver at that time, so it was logical for him to push WP, and AFAIK, he doesn't make that decision all by himself and has to be backed by the board of directors, no?

coexistence of different OS is expensive I would say, now that the major focus is Windows Phone, and moving all Symbian work to Accenture, they only have to maintain S40 (soon to be deprecated) and Harmattan (yea, the meego that powers N9). He didn't just put all eggs in ONE basket as devices running dummy OS like S40 is expected to draw in more money than smartphones like WP.

can we go back to N9 discussion lol?!

lol, not sure this is official, but i have seen people saying there will be no more successor to harmattan (not sure if Meltemi is considered as a proper successor) device after N9 regardless whether it is doing well or bad in market. I heard the core developers are only staying till sometime next year or until the device reaches EOL too.

i actually feel bad for Symbian core developers, it may be very old and difficult to further develop, but it is indeed much better (and probably efficient) than others considering the number of features that it is delivering.

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Added on October 3, 2011, 12:32 pmyea, been wanting something like this so I can transfer my IM to my smartphone and use the laptop for only real work lol

This post has been edited by Upsilon: Oct 3 2011, 12:32 PM

lol, the tweet is not from me (yes, i am @Jeffrey04)...
I asked @nokiamy whether there will be any freebies <https://twitter.com/#!/Jeffrey04/status/119441013000519680>
and this is their reply to my previous mentioned tweet <https://twitter.com/#!/nokiamy/status/119636630750498816>

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Added on October 3, 2011, 3:55 pmaccording to a developer who is having an N950 in hong kong, the latest firmware upgrade removed all chinese language packs in it :/
you can refer to our conversation over twitter here http://bettween.com/Jeffrey04/amanda_lam

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Added on October 3, 2011, 3:56 pmgive up your BH-505 lo~ lol

This post has been edited by Upsilon: Oct 3 2011, 03:56 PM

for arabic, it is possible to install the VKB from Nokia store, probably applies to Chinese too
mynokiablog.com/2011/10/03/video-nokia-n9-new-nokia-tune-and-arabic-keyboard-input/

FRIDAY!!!!!

probably no wo, called and ask ur dealer?!
why cancel?!

lol, if cannot then buy the phone first, and sell it a bit cheaper to other forumer la lol

deprecating flash favoring html5 is starting to become a trend or something, but I suppose other browsers such as fennec should ship with flash support when it is out?