Nokia N950

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This is a quick outline of a page, as I'm filling it in. The N950 is the second Maemo device which can be used as a phone. It is meant for development for target platform N9 under maemo-6 harmattan recently renamed to meego-harmattan, though the core OS still is maemo based and unrelated to http://www.meego.com aka meego-meego aka meego_proper, nevertheless several APIs and the UX try to approach the meego_proper appearance.

Nokia seems to refer to this device as N9-devkit: https://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/MeeGo/#article2 http://www.engadget.com/photos/nokia-n950-press-shots/#4243171

It is only available to developers, and not as a consumer product. It shares much hardware with the N9, with the notable differences that the display is TFT, not OLED, and there is a hardware keyboard.


Photo of N950 with open keyboard. From http://twitpic.com/5enaym
Nokia N950


Contents

Hardware

N9/950 differences

Feature N950 N9
Size Larger, Aluminium case. Smaller, Polycarbonate one-part case.
Input devices Slide-out keyboard Touchscreen only
Display (854*480) 4" TFT 3.9" AMOLED
Camera 8MP 8MP Carl Zeiss
Front Camera (identical) Top right Bottom Right
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR 4
NFC No Yes
Compass and Accelerometer Less Sensitive More Sensitive
Battery 1320mAh 1450mAh


Due to the use of different display technologies, on the N9, developers should avoid one pixel width fonts(?) and graphical objects with lines one pixel wide. Also avoid the extensive use of bright colors, especially white, when developing for OLED displays as this increases the power consumption (typical for OLED displays). See this page on common OLED pixel arrangements for more info

Features

Based on https://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/N9/ and http://www.developer.nokia.com/dp?uri=http://sw.nokia.com/id/3744886f-69c1-4544-8ad3-72b352b4a832/Nokia_N950_OneClickFlashers_Release_Notes

Accelerometer

Compass

Battery

N950 has 1320mAh battery (BL-5J ?)

Front Camera

The N950 has a front-facing camera in the top right corner (portrait mode) of the display.

Main camera

Still camera functionality
Feature Capability
Capture Resolutions 8MP
Flash dual LED
Lens non-Zeiss f/2.2, 28mm focal kength, 10cm to inf. focus
Physical Features Resolution 3248 x 2448 px still, 1280 x 720 px 30fps video
Sensor CMOS
Zoom 4x digital


Camera Application

Camera application functionality
Feature Capability
Capture Modes
Exposure Options
Flash Mode

Camera Video

Video camera functionality
Feature Capability
Features 4X digital video zoom, continuous(?)autofocus, enable/disable microphone
Video Formats MPEG-4 Video
Video Modes Automatic Video, Night Video
Video Resolutions 1280 x 720 px @ 30 fps, VGA: 640x480 (4:3) @ 25 fps, QVGA: 320x240 (4:3) @ 25 fps
White Balance Automatic, Sunny, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent

Connectivity

Connectivity functionality
Feature Capability
Audio/Video Out Nokia AV 3.5 mm inc. TV Out (included cable CA-75U)
Bluetooth Bluetooth version 2.1+EDR
GSM Quad-band EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA penta-band WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
GPS A-GPS, GPS receiver, Network Positioning
Micro USB (USB host mode in development) USB 2.0, USB Mass Storage, USB Charging
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (with flaws) :WEP, WPA, WPA2 (AES/TKIP), UPnP, DLNA Certification

Memory

Memory specification
System memory 1GB true RAM

Detailed Hardware information

Main article: N900 Hardware Subsystems


Further reading

See also the following articles