Nokia unveiled their first MeeGo based smartphone, the N9, at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore
The device will feature no front-facing hardware buttons making it the world's first button-less smartphone
To activate the phone, just double tap the display instead of pressing a hardware button
The device will feature an Unibody design. It is constructed of a single piece of anodized poly-carbonate and a curved glass display sitting on top of it
The N9 will boast of some other formidable features such as, a 3.9-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 854x480 and a 8-megapixel autofocus camera featuring a Carl Zeiss lens with 720p HD recording capabilities
NFC (Near field Communication), Dolby surround sound and 1 GB of RAM have been added to give the device some extra oomph
The device will be launched in two variants, one a 16 GB and a whopping 64 GB one. The N9 will be available in three colors - black, cyan and magenta - later this year
The MeeGo operating system will feature a carousel-like view for the home screen with the space divided into calls, applications and social media
MeeGo will feature a powerful web browser based on the webkit engine
Users will be able to now swipe from edge-to-edge of the display to switch between applications making the user interface intuitive in-comparison to Symbian, which involved a series of steps