Nokia N950

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It is only available to developers, and not as a consumer product.
It is only available to developers, and not as a consumer product.
It shares much hardware with the [[Nokia N9|N9]], with the notable differences that the display is TFT, not OLED, and there is a hardware keyboard.
It shares much hardware with the [[Nokia N9|N9]], with the notable differences that the display is TFT, not OLED, and there is a hardware keyboard.
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=Hardware=
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==N9/950 differences==
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* N950 is physically larger and is made out of aluminum, whereas N9 has
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  a polycarbonate unibody.
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* N950 has a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The N9 is a touchscreen
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  -only device.
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* N950 has a 4" TFT LCD display whereas N9 has 3.9" AMOLED display.
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  Display resolution is same on both devices (854x480). Due to the use
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  of different display technologies, developers should avoid one pixel
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  with fonts and graphical objects with lines one pixel wide. Also avoid
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  the extensive use of bright colors, especially white, when developing
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  for OLED displays as this increases the power consumption (typical
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  for OLED displays).
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* N950 has a different physical camera module than N9. Both camera
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  modules have very similar image quality (Carl Zeiss branding in N9)
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  and both modules support 8Mpix image mode.
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* In the N950 the front facing camera is in top right corner and on N9
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  it is in the bottom right corner. The actual camera module is same.
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* N950 supports Bluetooth version 2.1+EDR, whereas N9 supports
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  version 4.0
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* N950 does not have support for NFC
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* N9 has slightly more sensitive magnetometer and ALS
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* N950 has 1320mAh battery, the N9 has 1450mAh battery
[[Image:N950.jpg|frame|center|alt=Photo of N950 with open keyboard|Nokia N950]]
[[Image:N950.jpg|frame|center|alt=Photo of N950 with open keyboard|Nokia N950]]

Revision as of 22:19, 23 June 2011

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 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.

Contents

Hardware

N9/950 differences

  • N950 is physically larger and is made out of aluminum, whereas N9 has
 a polycarbonate unibody.
  • N950 has a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The N9 is a touchscreen
 -only device.
  • N950 has a 4" TFT LCD display whereas N9 has 3.9" AMOLED display.
 Display resolution is same on both devices (854x480). Due to the use 
 of different display technologies, developers should avoid one pixel 
 with 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).
  • N950 has a different physical camera module than N9. Both camera
 modules have very similar image quality (Carl Zeiss branding in N9) 
 and both modules support 8Mpix image mode.
  • In the N950 the front facing camera is in top right corner and on N9
 it is in the bottom right corner. The actual camera module is same.
  • N950 supports Bluetooth version 2.1+EDR, whereas N9 supports
 version 4.0
  • N950 does not have support for NFC
  • N9 has slightly more sensitive magnetometer and ALS
  • N950 has 1320mAh battery, the N9 has 1450mAh battery
Photo of N950 with open keyboard
Nokia N950

Features

Accelerometer

Compass

Battery

Camera Stills

Some features are only available with the latest firmware.

Still camera functionality
Feature Capability
Capture Resolutions ?
Flash Dual LED
Lens
Physical Features
Sensor
Zoom

Sample pictures are available from the Flickr N900 Group.

Camera Application

This application only works in Landscape

Camera application functionality
Feature Capability
Capture Modes Automatic, Night, Macro, Landscape, Portrait, Action
Edit Options Crop, Rotate
Exposure Options Automatic, ISO 100, 200, 400
Flash Mode Automatic, Red Eye reduction, Always Off, Always On
White Balance Automatic, Sunny, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent

Camera Video

Video camera functionality
Feature Capability
Features 4X digital video zoom, autofocus, enable/disable microphone
Video Formats MPEG-4 Video
Video Modes Automatic Video, Night Video
Video Resolutions WVGA: 848x480 (16:9) @ 25 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
GSM Quad-band EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
GPS A-GPS, GPS receiver, Network Positioning
Infra Red Port Community support of CIR from Irrecco project
WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz, Tmobile 2100 Mhz, U.S only
Micro USB (USB host mode in development) USB 2.0, USB Mass Storage, USB Charging
WiFi 802.11 b/g :WEP, WPA, WPA2 (AES/TKIP), UPnP, DLNA Certification

Memory

Main article: N900 filesystem


Memory specification
Feature Capability
Application memory 1.93 GB see the page on using /opt for applications
Expandable memory Micro SD slot for up-to 16 GB additional
Internal storage Maximum built in user storage 32 GB
System memory 512MB

Detailed Hardware information

Main article: N900 Hardware Subsystems


Further reading

See also the following articles