On Thursday, Nokia spokesman Doug Dawson stated in a Reuters article that “Going forward, N-series devices will be based on MeeGo.”. The currently unreleased N8 will be the last N-series device to run Symbian, and the rumoured N9 device is speculated to be the first MeeGo handset from Nokia – to be released in the final quarter of this year.

It’s great to see Nokia throwing more weight behind MeeGo, and dedicating a series of handsets to it. I’m looking forward to MeeGo Handset user experience details being released in the next few days.

Read more over at Ars Technica, All About Maemo, and Engadget.