Yes, the whole MeeGo community knows Whatsapp is coming, not the official version but a clone version produced by MeeGo developers.

It may be as early as next week so better get it back now!

Of course clone means it can work like Whatsapp and IM other Whatsapp users. Otherwise what is the point of hacking Whatsapp API? There are plenty of IM apps which can run on N9. The whole purpose is to bring Whatsapp unofficially to N9 because the company refused to do a port.

It's not a matter of supporting NFC. The whole design philosophy of Microsoft is to prevent any file transfer which bypass Zune. Unless this design philosophy change NFC or bluetooth is not going to help.

Wifik doesn't work at the moment.

save your sarcasm, I was just making a joke.

Is this official from Microsoft or some blogger's wishful hope? MS cutting out Zune will be a radical change in WP design. I don't see MS doing this unless they are really desperate.

All companies want to prevent piracy. But doing it in such a way that it greatly inconvenience ordinary users is worse and has contributed to consumer rejection of WP. Don't ask why Apple can do it and MS can't. Some can and some can't.

This post has been edited by KennyKB: Mar 9 2012, 09:25 AM

It doesn't really matter if OS upgrades stop after PR1.3 or PR1.4 By then the OS will be stable enough and good enough. Then it is up to the community to keep N9 alive by producing apps, tweaks and fixes. Your phone will be useful for a few more years until you decide to change it.

Lumia 800 has very poor music playback quality. It lacks bass and sounds muddy. I looked in Gsmarena review and the frequency response with headphones plugged in has a huge valley at the bass end. The Lumia 710 also suffers from the same defect. If music is important to you Lumia is out.

Yes, N9 earpiece is rather soft and a problem in noisy environment. In a coffee shop during lunch time I can barely hear the caller.

Here's a trick which can improve matters. Switch on the speaker and hold it to your ear. It will be louder than the earpiece.

It's not bad enough to be unusable. It may also be improved by firmware in future.

Hey guys, cheer up. redtube.com works on our N9 now.

Any developer here can create a KL traffic camera app like this one? There's already a MeeGo one for SG but none for KL.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...HJhZmZpYy5rbCJd

Let me say this again. Some can and some can't. Following iphone's restrictions and expecting to be as successful as iphone is like shooting at the moon. Microsoft and Apple are not in the same league. Not even in the same ballpark.

For start Apple is an iconic company which has built up a huge base of loyal fans. These fans will tolerate shortcoming that Apple comes up with. No FM radio? No problem. Will any other company dare to copy this? Not even Microsoft. They know not to commit suicide.

In fact a BBC report says researchers have determined that Apple products excite the same areas of the brain in their fans as religious imagery does in the faithful. Go figure.

Furthermore iphone is compensated by the best appstore in the world. It's 1.5x bigger than Android and if you compare them the general quality of ios apps is much better. For travel apps iphone has no equal - Android is one lap behind.

Then there's momentum. People generally follow the crowd and iphone has achieved a tremendous user base. Its momentum just carries it forward irrespective of restrictions and limitations. If you have almost zero momentum like WP7 you had better be much better than the competition instead of trying to ape their restrictions and limitations.

After 1.5 years of existence WP7 achieved a 1.9% global market share. Bada was launched only a few months before WP7 and despite being a badly managed os produced by only one manufacturer it has beaten WP7 with 2.2%. So why did Nokia take on this loser and tie the fate of the whole company to it?

Nothing that Elop does makes sense for Nokia but it makes a lot of sense for Microsoft.

Nokia didn't release the Pureview 808 camera on Symbian to make existing users happy. The WP7 OS is just unable to handle this advanced camera.

Warranty wise I think you can try the local service centre. They may still honour it even though it was bought in Australia. Actually I've never been asked to produce warranty card or proof of purchase by our Nokia Care.

The most critical period is the first few months. After that there is minimal risk that something will get defective. Still worth buying if the price is cheap.

If it is Cyan it should be 16GB. 64GB N9 comes only in Black or White at the moment.

RM1499 is almost the price for a new 16GB N9 so this is going to be a tough sell

A new 16GB or a used 64GB N9 for the same price. Which is better? Tough choice!

No sms ringtone will continue playing until you do something. It's always just a couple of beeps right? That's the way sms notification is supposed to work.

If you want to disable the auto lock completely for specific purposes you can use Backlighter. It will cancel the auto lock as long as it is open.

Lumia is not a competition to N9. They cater to quite different market segments. Those who buy N9 are well informed types who know what they want. Those who go for Lumia are mainly crowd followers.

Hang on there bro. When Whatsapp come it will be even more fun! Now we have flash browser to go to all those sites with movies, hehe.