Nokia N9 - Design, Social and Interaction

Hello Guys,

Nokia today announced N9, their new invention to compete with Smart Phone majors.

You can find more details on Nokia N9 - http://swipe.nokia.com/

I classify the device in to three major things , which are done beatifically in new Device.

Design - Unibody Design , and no Home Button , Curved Shape Glass

Social - Facebook , Twitter's OS level binding , creates a wonderful Social Experience without any efforts. Skype , Facebook chat available in built with Operating System

Interaction - Swipe gesture to access whole phone. Three states of phone Event Notifications, Applications and Current Application states maintained wonderfully

Final comments on Consume success Nokia N9:

This move by Nokia has stunned the Smart Phone makers.

But there is something more required for any smart phone's success story. On that front Nokia has failed every time they have launched exclusive devices. 'CARRIERS'.

Yeah for every success story of Smart Phone, phone carriers play larger role. But Nokia always had problem in revenue sharing with Phone Carriers. So in USA and Canada where the larger mass of Mobile phone users who actually afford/buy these costly and smart devices never played with Nokia Devices.

Where in India and China, lot of local providers offer cheaper mobile phones with lot of functionalities.

I see carriers major role in success story of Nokia N9, selling unlocked phones are not preferable for customer.

Another major challenge it may face is convincing small/medium developers to start building apps for their platform.