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The Nokia Nseries was a high-end lineup of feature phones , smartphones , and tablets marketed by Nokia Corporation from 2005 to 2011. The Nseries devices commonly supported multiple high-speed wireless technologies at the time, such as 3G , or Wireless LAN . Digital multimedia services, such as music playback, photo/video capture or viewing, gaming or internet services were the central focus of the lineup. The lineup was replaced in 2011 by the Nokia Lumia line as the company's primary smartphone lineup.

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23-620: The Nokia N1 tablet was introduced in November 2014 and so revived the 'N' prefix, but it was not marketed as 'Nseries'. On 27 April 2005, Nokia announced a new brand of multimedia devices at the press conference of mobile phone manufacturers in Amsterdam. The first three Nseries devices introduced at the conference consists of N70 , N90 and N91 . On 2 November 2005, Nokia announced the N71 , N80 and N92 , and on 25 April 2006, Nokia announced

46-409: A 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The N1 runs an otherwise stock distribution of Android 5.0 "Lollipop" , but includes an alternative home screen known as Z Launcher. Z Launcher emphasizes the use of gestures for navigation; users can search for applications or contacts by tracing letters onto the device's screen. Z Launcher was also released via Google Play Store for Android smartphones , but

69-415: A laminated 7.9-inch IPS LCD display, a 64-bit , 2.4 GHz quad-core Intel Atom system-on-chip with 2 GB of RAM, and 32 GB of internal storage. The N1 includes an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The N1 runs an otherwise stock distribution of Android 5.0 "Lollipop" , but includes an alternative home screen known as Z Launcher. Z Launcher emphasizes

92-471: A pure question of having the availability. We believe that the reversible connector is an easier way, and of course the chipset from Intel is quite capable and we wanted to maximize the capability there, but the 3.1 USB capability was not available for this chipset at this time." The overall design and hardware specifications of the N1 are very similar to the iPad Mini 2 , featuring an aluminium unibody chassis,

115-598: A release in European countries to follow. It is unknown whether the N1 will be released in any other regions. Nokia N1 The Nokia N1 is a tablet developed by Nokia , running on Android 5.0. Unveiled on 18 November 2014, it is Nokia's first mobile device since the sale of its original mobile phone business to Microsoft earlier in the year. It was released in January 2015. According to Sebastian Nyström, Head of Products Business Nokia Technologies, work on

138-638: Is manufactured by Foxconn and has 8-megapixel back camera and 5-megapixel front camera. In June 2011 at the Nokia Connections in Singapore, Nokia launched the new N9 with MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan OS which the company calls Qt device as the whole app and UI framework is written in Qt. It is also the world's first pure touch phone with no buttons for home screen and a great new swipe UI. Reviews have been average to good for this phone, with most reviewers liking

161-502: Is quite capable and we wanted to maximize the capability there, but the 3.1 USB capability was not available for this chipset at this time." The overall design and hardware specifications of the N1 are very similar to the iPad Mini 2 , featuring an aluminium unibody chassis, a laminated 7.9-inch IPS LCD display, a 64-bit , 2.4 GHz quad-core Intel Atom system-on-chip with 2 GB of RAM, and 32 GB of internal storage. The N1 includes an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, and

184-599: The Maemo OS-based N800 and N810 Internet tablets , and N900 smartphone). The Nseries was retired and replaced by Lumia that year. The company introduced the Nokia N1 tablet on 18 November 2014, which marked the return of the N prefix, but 'Nseries' branding has still been absent. The Nokia Nseries is aimed at users looking to pack as many features as possible into one device. The better-than-average cameras often found on Nseries devices (with many using

207-793: The N72 , N73 and N93 , and on 26 September 2006, Nokia announced the N75 and N95 . On 8 January 2007, Nokia announced the Nokia N76 , Nokia N77 and Nokia N93i . On 29 August 2007, Nokia announced the N95 8GB , N81 , N81 8GB , and on 14 November 2007, Nokia announced the N82 , the first Nokia with xenon flash . At the 2008 GSMA held in Barcelona, the N96 and N78 were unveiled. Two new Nseries devices were revealed at

230-610: The N82 and N86 8MP were top-of-the-range smartphones with advanced cameras, so are clearly 'high-end' as their fellow N9x models. The first Nseries device was the Nokia N90 in 2005, which ran the Symbian OS 8.1 mobile operating system with Series 60 2nd Edition Feature Pack 3, as did the simultaneously announced Nokia N70 . The Nokia N8 , released in September 2010, was the world's first phone to run Symbian^3 , and

253-419: The N1, and not Nokia. The N1 is one of the first major devices to include the new reversible "type-C" USB connector; although the new design is part of the updated USB 3.1 specification, the N1 will only support USB 2.0 speeds. In response to this regression, a Nokia spokesperson stated that "our partner didn’t have access to that kind of solution on the chipset that we’re building the device on. It’s just

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276-700: The end of August 2008, the Nokia N79 and Nokia N85 . On 2 December 2008, Nokia Nseries announced the Nokia N97 . On 17 February 2009, Nokia announced the Nokia N86 8MP , which is Nokia's first 8-megapixel phone. The Nokia N8 with 12- megapixel camera was announced in April 2010 and on 21 June 2011 Nokia showcased their Nokia N9 smartphone based on the MeeGo OS, their fourth non-Symbian Nseries device (after

299-851: The first phone by Nokia featuring a 12- megapixel autofocus lens . On the Nokia N800 and Nokia N810 Internet tablets (2007), and Nokia N900 smartphone (2009), Nokia chose to use the Linux -based Maemo operating system. The last Nseries mobile phones were the Nokia N9 and developer-only Nokia N950 , released in September 2011. Maemo had merged with Intel 's Moblin to create MeeGo in May 2010, so Nokia opted to use MeeGo "Harmattan" 1.2 for these devices. The Android-powered Nseries tablet Nokia N1 developed by Nokia , released in January 2015, uses Android (operating system) 5.0 (Lollipop) . It

322-415: The higher-quality Carl Zeiss optics) are one such example, as are the video and music playback and photo viewing capabilities of these devices, which resemble those of standalone portable media devices. As of 2008, in all recently launched devices GPS, MP3 player and WLAN functionality also have been present. The numbers describe the traits of the phone: There are exceptions though - considering N8x, both

345-511: The manufacturing of future Nokia products to third-party companies, to ensure a continued consumer presence for the "valuable" Nokia brand. As part of the sale, Nokia is subject to non-compete clauses forbidding it from producing Nokia-branded smartphones until the end of 2015, and feature phones for 10 years after the closure of the Microsoft sale, but is still free to produce devices in other product segments, such as tablets. The Nokia N1

368-496: The phone's good quality and operating system, but expressing concern over the fact that it loses out to competitors in terms of specs. The device was expected to be sold in selected regions in Q3 2011. Nokia N1 The Nokia N1 is a tablet developed by Nokia , running on Android 5.0. Unveiled on 18 November 2014, it is Nokia's first mobile device since the sale of its original mobile phone business to Microsoft earlier in

391-596: The sale, Nokia is subject to non-compete clauses forbidding it from producing Nokia-branded smartphones until the end of 2015, and feature phones for 10 years after the closure of the Microsoft sale, but is still free to produce devices in other product segments, such as tablets. The Nokia N1 was ultimately unveiled the next day at the Slush conference . While using a Nokia design, its software technology, and brand under license, Foxconn will be responsible for manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and technical support for

414-437: The tablet began on 28 April just days after the acquisition of its former mobile phone division by Microsoft . The unveiling of the N1 came shortly after an announcement on 17 November 2014 by Nokia Technologies President Ramzi Haidamus, that the company would begin to contract the manufacturing of future Nokia products to third-party companies, to ensure a continued consumer presence for the "valuable" Nokia brand. As part of

437-571: The tablet version is exclusive to the N1. The N1 is the first Nokia-branded device to officially support Google Mobile Services and ship with access to Google Play Store ; the discontinued Nokia X series used a fork of Android, Nokia X software platform , which substituted Google's proprietary software with similar apps from Nokia and Microsoft, and used a Nokia-specific application store . The N1 will be released in China in February 2015, with

460-401: The updated USB 3.1 specification, the N1 will only support USB 2.0 speeds. In response to this regression, a Nokia spokesperson stated that "our partner didn’t have access to that kind of solution on the chipset that we’re building the device on. It’s just a pure question of having the availability. We believe that the reversible connector is an easier way, and of course the chipset from Intel

483-429: The use of gestures for navigation; users can search for applications or contacts by tracing letters onto the device's screen. Z Launcher was also released via Google Play Store for Android smartphones , but the tablet version is exclusive to the N1. The N1 is the first Nokia-branded device to officially support Google Mobile Services and ship with access to Google Play Store ; the discontinued Nokia X series used

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506-416: The year. It was released in January 2015. According to Sebastian Nyström, Head of Products Business Nokia Technologies, work on the tablet began on 28 April just days after the acquisition of its former mobile phone division by Microsoft . The unveiling of the N1 came shortly after an announcement on 17 November 2014 by Nokia Technologies President Ramzi Haidamus, that the company would begin to contract

529-401: Was ultimately unveiled the next day at the Slush conference . While using a Nokia design, its software technology, and brand under license, Foxconn will be responsible for manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and technical support for the N1, and not Nokia. The N1 is one of the first major devices to include the new reversible "type-C" USB connector; although the new design is part of

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