Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ported on the Nokia N9

The latest version of Android – 4.1 Jelly Bean – has been ported, surprisingly enough, on the Nokia N9.

The proof has been posted on Twitter by its developer.

Since the N9 is being slowly forgotten by Nokia, it is now up to the developers’ community to keep the thing alive. While official updates are still going on, we all know they won’t continue for long, so it’s good to see that N9 fans are taking matters into their own hands.

Hopefully, the JB port will be one of the many we will see in the near future. A company may abandon its phone, but the community won’t give it up that easy.

Thank you, John Danvic, for the tip!

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News MeeGo isn’t dead yet: Jolla plans to launch smartphone with MeeGo software

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Nokia may not be making smartphones with MeeGo Linux anymore, but a new company is hoping to keep the open source, Linux-based mobile software platform alive. Jolla plans introduce a new smartphone running MeeGo-based software later this year.

Nokia N9 with MeeGo

MeeGo was formed when the Moblin netbook operating system and Maemo smartphone OS merged a few years ago. Nokia was the primary backer of the project, but Nokia pretty much dropped the platform after releasing the Nokia N9 smartphone. Instead, the Finnish company is now partnering with Microsoft to release devices running Windows Phone software.
Jolla isn’t just a group of enthusiasts hoping to keep MeeGo alive though. The Jolla team includes folks that worked on the Nokia N9, including former directors of the project.
MeeGo isn’t under active development anymore, with much of the action now focused on the the Tizen Linux operating system, which emphasizes web-based technologies. But there is an open source continuation of the MeeGo project called Mer, and Jolla’s new phone will include software based on both MeeGo and Mer. It will Jolla’s own custom user interface.
Jolla is based in Finland, and has been working on its new phone since late 2011.

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MeeGo team says goodbye to Nokia, N9 quietly weeps

So, this is the end of the road the MeeGo team at Nokia, as Head of Development of MeeGo Sotiris Makrygiannis joined by other team members announced they are parting ways with the Espoo company.


Those are the same people responsible for the birth of devices such as the N770, N800, N810, N900, N950 and, of course, the N9. Currently, there's a thread over at the Maemo forums, where people can say 'Thank you' and wish the team good luck in their future endeavors.
We are now waiting for Intel and Samsung to come up with the first devices running on the MeeGo-based Tizen OS. Here's hoping that they bring as much innovation as the Nokia N9 did back in the days.
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News : Nitdroid N9 status (Android for N9)

NitDroid forum is following the progress of getting Android onto the Nokia N9. Above you can see the ICS icons. Not working but critical seems to have been crossed off.

http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=67.msg102#new

“What is working:

• - dualboot kernel (without reflashing), ability to choose OS after power on.
• - 3D drivers, OpenGL
• - hwrotation (portrait mode only, accelerometer HAL doesn’t work)
• - touchscreen (multitouch)
• - hw buttons (volume, power)
• - USB networking
• - lcd off in sleep mode
• - alarm driver, RTC

Important, but not critical:
- USB ADB driver
- lights HAL
- battery status
- charging (BME; also R&D is required due to missing watchdog “pingers”)
- any connectivity (3G, wifi, bluetooth)
- audio (headphones, earpiece, loudspeaker), jack switch
- video decoding (HW or SW)
- camera
- GPS. GlonASS also 
- sensors (accelerometer, compass etc).
- vibra
- a lot of other things

Source: nitdroid

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[News][Update]Nokia N9 PR1.2 new features detailed

The new update to MeeGo on the N9 has been available since last week, and now we have some details on what exactly has been added.

The most notable is the introduction of the Google Talk Video Call app, which is the first app to take advantage of the N9′s front-facing camera for video. You can also show the person at the other end of the call what you’re seeing by simultaneously turning on the rear-facing 8MP shooter.

Also, thanks to the new continuous shutter featuer, you are able to snap up to nine pictures in quick succession by holding down the capture button. Finally, Nokia’s face recognition technology is able to tag your friends in your photos and upload them to your social networking sites.

Nokia Drive now allows you to adjust your routing options so you can avoid traffic or toll roads, and you can also sync with your favorite locations on maps.nokia.com. It can also tell you if you’re speeding, if you’re to be in an unfamiliar area, for instance.

Other cool improvements include wireless media sharing to select TV’s and game consoles, 3rd part app update notifications, improved media management, improved web browsing capabilities, as well as support for five additional languages: Vietnamese, Thai, Persian, Hebrew and Kazakh.

At the time of this writing, the update should be available OTA WiFi to over 70% of all N9 handsets, with full implementation expecting over the coming weeks. 

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[News]Nokia N9 runs Ice Cream Sandwich in Android port

Efforts to get Nokia’s N9 running Android look to be bearing fruit, with modders coaxing theMeeGo smartphone into loading Ice Cream Sandwich. The handiwork of Alexey Roslyakov, theNITDroid project builds on earlier work porting Android to the Nokia N900, though there’s not yet a public release or guidance on how you can get your own N9 to dual-boot between the platforms.

The N9 was launched to much fanfare last year, though Nokia quickly shifted its attention to Windows Phone and its deal with Microsoft. That’s despite strong reviews – ours included - and a very positive reception to MeeGo itself. Development of the OS has now been pushed over into Tizen, while Nokia has said it will use its own work on MeeGo back in the R&D labs to tinker with next-gen devices.

Where MeeGo lacks the bulk of third-party apps, however, Android does not, and for some the polycarbonate 3.9-inch smartphone would deliver the best of both worlds running each OS. At present, pressing the volume-up button during boot automatically loads up Android rather than MeeGo.

Progress is being partially documented over at Maemo.org, though it seems getting the N9′s hardware to work with the functional Android kernel on the handset has caused the most headaches. There’s also ongoing issues with getting OpenGL to work, without which the whole thing is unusable. Still, we’re hoping efforts continue speedily, as this could be just the excuse we need to give in and grab an N9 ourselves.

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