In order:
- N9 is Maemo 6 really, the Meego branding is about binary compatibility. It will be updated but not in step with Meego/Tizen
- No, it is slick and amazing even with a load of apps. Much more than the N900 which was never really "slick" it was just "not too bad"
- Probably, but we'll have to wait for custom kernels etc.
- No. Tenuous rumor that it may get shipped later for use in Firefox Mobile only, but I don't see the incentive for Nokia to license it at this late stage
- Not at all, it's great
- There's an LED but it isn't used for notifications (yet?), mainly due to the notifications being displayed on the AMOLED locked/off/sleep screen
- Slightly better than N900
- What do you mean? Initial lock without 'net connection?
- OS and middleware open, UI closed (as N900 but a bit worse, and more restrictions on deep-level system access for devs)
- Yes, in 2 separate apps/views
- Dunno, I only have a N950, which is "as before"