According to a Reuters report, Nokia has already dropped the N9 before it was even close to launch. Sad news if you’re a Nokia fan. Too bad because, judging entirely from past leaks, the N9 looked like a really interesting device. In case you never got a whiff of those older rumors, the N9 was slated to be the first smartphone to run on the new MeeGo operating system, packed a 1.2GHz Intel Atom processor under the hood, and featured the E7’s QWERTY keyboard-equipped slide-up form factor, the N8’s awesome 12-megapixel camera, and the MacBook Pro’s looks.
The MacBook-styled Nokia N9 will be the first mainstream smartphone to come packing Intel’s 1.2GHz Atom processor, if the report from Finnish tech mag Prossessori proves to be true. They didn’t mention how they knew (the report didn’t mention a source), but they also mentioned that the N9 will be the first phone to run on the MeeGo OS, which makes the N9 a big thing for Nokia’s smartphone plans to fight alongside Apple and the Android Army.
Leaked images of Nokia’s upcoming N9 smartphone has surfaced (via this Chinese site), showing a metal unibody frame (is that aluminum?), black keys, and a glossy black bezel framing the screen. Does it look familiar to you?
