The One & only MeeGo device Nokia made till date, Nokia N9, is not forgotten. The Nokia N9 will get updated to PR1.3 verysoon, a small but valuable update according a Nokia post regards its future plans for the N9.

A representatitve from Nokiaconfirmed that PR1.3 will arrive to the only Nokia MeeGo smartphone by June, and will contain many little fixes, but also some surprises. The update is said to be already undergoing testing a good sign that it will indeed hit the platform on time.

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Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 is the latest version of Android that all android smartphones owners are waiting to update their phones to it. Meanwhile, Nokia N9 already got it thanks to "Project Mayhem".

Its not fully complete yet or you can say its an alpha version that only covers the basics of ICS, Screen, rotations sensors, Bluetooth, Wifi, phone. It also has software buttons (on-screen buttons) like the galaxy Nexus. The few hardware buttons that the Nokia N9 has are working too along with the headset buttons.

Project Mayhem Features:

- 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)
- ECI accessory (headset buttons)
- USB networking
- lcd off in sleep mode
- alarm driver, RTC
- mounting MyDocs as "SDCard" [realized; NOT FIXED, but HACK EXISTS]
- basic video decoding (sw) and playback, youtube (choppy)
- basic CellMo functionality: network registration, USSD, SMS, data (GPRS/EDGE/3G), signaling. Actually, ofono/ofono-ril stack is used: all things that it able to do on the n900.
- bluetooth (scanning, can pair devices. I didn't test deeper).
- charging (note: without any notification in UI)
- sensors: accelerometer
- audio: playback (audio routing to: loudspeaker, headset or earpiece)
- lights HAL (lcd brightness)
- root access (via adb shell; su/Superuser.apk)

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Maemo and MeeGo users has a great online community and thanks to that community Nokia N9 and the N900 are getting an unofficial version of WhatsApp, even though the official App company behind it has not made an official app for the platform. The app is still a work in progress using WhatsApp APIs, you cannot get it right now but it will available eventually very soon.

The app is based on the Series 40 J2ME app, which helped the project get a Head start. A working beta of the unofficial WhatsApp for N9 and N900 is expected to come out next week.

After one Month of testing by the developers, the MeeGo 1.2 Update goes live for the N9 users. The update size is about 284MB and it may take a while to install too. But it is well worth the wait. With it, you will get to make video calls and finally put that front-facing camera of the Nokia N9 to good use. MeeGo 1.2 also offers folders in the app launcher so you can get the place more organized.

Other improvements include updates to the camera and gallery and copy/paste functionality with brackets.

Opera Mobile is Now Available for Nokia N9 MeeGo device on Nokia App Store. Provide MeeGo users super fast browsing and support for full site view too.

Up until now Opera Mobile was available for the N9, but not from the Ovi Store and required some work. Now, it is MUCH simple... Just Go to the app Store and download the browser.

Download Opera for N9

Two Days ago we posted some shots of Android ICS 4.0 running on Nokia N9, port-maker Alexey Roslyakov has returned with a video demo of Ice Cream Sandwich on the ordinarily MeeGo smartphone. Roklyakov hack turns the N9 into a dual-booting device hitting the volume key during boot stops MeeGo from running and instead brings up Android 4.0.3.

There are still several issues still to be overcome before Android on the N9 is a realistic prospect, however. Currently the battery indicator is not working the N9 says it needs to be plugged in, though it is clear from the video that is already the case and network connectivity is also non-functional at present.

It is Cool to see the transformation of the Nokia N9 MeeGo smartphone into an Ice Cream Sandwich Device. Credits goes to Alexey Roslyakov and the NITDroid project, Still, There is not yet a public release or guidance on how you can get your own N9 to dual-boot between the platforms.

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.

A week ago Nokia released N9 PR1.2 beta version to the Nokia N950 developer device but at the time we did not have the full changelog at the time. Well now we do it includes 5 new languages, app folders, extended copy-and-paste support , lockscreen music controls, front camera support, etc.

Changelog :

• New languages

• Software update notifications for content in Nokia Store

• Face recognition for gallery and face tags for Facebook

• Support for folders in the application view

• Mail for Exchange global address book lookup

• Mail thread support in the Email client

• Extended copy-paste support

• Media sharing with DLNA compatible devices

• Improved browser history view

• Compass support in Maps

• QtWebKit update to version 2.2

• New font taken into use

• Front camera support

• Video editing support in the Gallery application

Other important improvements:

• MeeGotouch Framework

• Visual hint for differentiating swipe close gesture from normal swipes

• Timestamps shown in notifications

• Notifications sorted by timestamps

• Improvements in Event Feed area

• Music controls in Lock screen

• New feedbacks added to MeeGoTouch theme:

• priority2_callbutton_press

• priority2_callbutton_release

• priority2_close

• priority2_close_multiple

• priority2_move

• priority2_popup

• Kernel updated to be in sync with the upstream kernel version 2.6.32.48

• Connectivity

• Android NDEF Push Protocol disabled

• NFC polling enabled in lock screen

• Separate switch for controlling mobile background connections while roaming

• Camera

• Self Timer support

• Composition grid + on/off control

• Calendar

• Better handling of To-Do lists, recurring events and timezones

• Private flag support for events

• Support for read-only events

• Ability to forward/reply/reply-all for received events

• Clock

• Clock alarm becomes silent by flipping the device face down instead of snoozing

• Updated time picker

• Gallery

• People view added to the grid toolbar

• Improved multiple selection indication in grid view

• Music Player

• Audiobook and podcast support

• Ability to create playlists

• Ability to delete music files from music player library views via object menu

• Possibility to see songs that are on the current play queue

• In addition, there are numerous bug fixes related to the implementation of new features, improving the overall user experience and reliability of the device.

The expected Nokia N9 PR 1.2 update has completed yet another stage of its evolution and has now started seeding.

Unfortunately, it is still only a developer-preview version, so you would need to be a registered MeeGo developer who owns the N950 developer platform to get it, but the final release should not be too far away now. Normally, it takes a month or a month and a half of testing, before such beta versions graduate.

The changelog for PR1.2 includes app folders, video calling support, better camera and gallery and improved copy/paste functionality with brackets.

Nokia N9 PR 1.2 Update has been leaked, finally, Nokia N9 users can make use of the front facing camera as video calls are coming with this update The camera improvements in the last screenshot leak is confirmed as well as many more stuff.

Check out those folders. It has been a Nokia thing having folders. I know the implementation would now resemble iPhone by showing the little mini icons.

We have also got some in browser copy/paste goodness. It is a little more windows phone 7 like with those brackets. This time it works in browser too.