Thread: Orly? N9 not coming to USA
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Milhouse is offline Milhouse
2011-08-09 , 21:49
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Originally Posted by mikecomputing View Post
I bet Nokia will come with N9 to US. cause of FCC already filled but it will run WP7.

And then.they will try to give "free upgrade" to the europeans to run WP7 in Q1 2011. start make me wonder if this is the "support" Klas Ström means :O

FAIL
Unlikely, as the N9 is TI OMAP based whereas WP7 devices are (so far, and this isn't likely to change any time soon with Nokia and stock Mango) Qualcomm Snapdragon based.

So the N9 and the Nokia WP7 "SeaRay" will be totally different devices in terms of internal hardware, but externally they (may) look very similar. I seriously doubt the FCC would care much - if at all - about external appearance. Maybe one day Microsoft will support more SoC hardware than just Snapdragon, but for now that's all their is.

The N9 will be available in the US though, via Expansys etc. - from Juha-Pekka Helminen, "Mobile telecoms & device strategy & planning, product mgmt, BD, MeeGo, Qt. @Nokia":

It basically means that Expansys or whoever will sell you #N9 in the US "grey market" i.e. they will import it to the US.
Followed up with this tweet:

What this basically means is that Nokia will not provide first line customer care and support in the US either for #N9.
So the N9 will be available in the US one way or another, no doubt with pretty hefty price mark ups, and don't expect any first line support from Nokia. Nice, eh?
 

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