Nokia showed off its latest piece of hardware to the market today, the Nokia N97. Nokia calls this smartphone an advanced mobile computer, with 32GB of memory, supporting up to a maximum of 48GB of storage, a 5.0 megapixel camera attached to it, including a full QWERTY keyboard, running Symbian S60 Operating System, and also a touchscreen for users alike to enjoy.The phone is filled with features from both 2G and 3G network, to its Wi-fi 802.11 b/g UPnP technology, to its 16M colour 3.5 inch (360 x 640 pixels) touch screen. The phone also supports microSD (TransFlash) memory cards, with a maximum of 16GB added storage, Bluetooth and USB support. The phone also supports social location software, to allow people who use Facebook, Myspace, and other social networks a chance to stay up to date on the go.
The release of the phone comes after Nokia planned to stop focusing on the Japanese market, and move its operations and focus on the European and North American markets.
This phone is planned to rival the Apple iPhone which currently ranks number 1, beating the Motorola Razr out of the top spot last quarter. The Nokia N97 plans to launch in the first half of 2009.
I would've so bought one of these, but after using the 9200 -> 9500, there's no way i'm going back to Symbian. Oh man.
How predictable.
x2
Of course, YMMV.
Last edited by LTD on 03 Dec 2008 - 01:52
I concur.
Why would that be a problem when I'm happy with my choice? I loved it in August when I got it and still love it now. And it keeps getting better thanks to the App Store.
Every platform keeps getting 'better and better' due to more applications being developed for it. Has nothing to do with an App Store where you must pay for ridiculously necessary applications that didn't come with the phone.
No iPod, no sale? Huh? You need help.
Edit: By no iPod I assume you mean it wasn't made by Apple as it does have a great music player in it. Then it is as I suspected, you saw the name 'Nokia' instead of 'Apple' and instantly dismissed it.
Every platform keeps getting 'better and better' due to more applications being developed for it. Has nothing to do with an App Store where you must pay for ridiculously necessary applications that didn't come with the phone.
No iPod, no sale? Huh? You need help.
Edit: By no iPod I assume you mean it wasn't made by Apple as it does have a great music player in it. Then it is as I suspected, you saw the name 'Nokia' instead of 'Apple' and instantly dismissed it.
Yup, I put it all down to a lousy OS. It's Symbian, and Symbian aint great. At all.
I have no problem with it as a smartphone in and of itself. But as something being marketed to rival the iPhone?? It seems like an also-ran at this point.
And Palm is proof that not all platforms "keep getting better and better." Some companies out there put out absolute garbage. Nothing compelling, nothing interesting or captivating. Just more of the same. Most platforms suck. And since the iPhone was introduced, even more have that ignominious honour. It takes something like that to show just how far behind the industry is in terms of the nitty gritty, absolute fundmental USER EXPERIENCE. That's really all that matters. And when that isn't up to snuff, it affects and overshadows every other aspect of the device. You can shove an 8mp camera into a Palm or Motorola Q and make it 3G and give it WiFi, and it'll still be utter crap.
"Oh but LTD, these companies will come up with something entirely new and shake things up!!" The iPod has shown us that they *can* come up with something new . . . that will still suck.
The only saving grace here is that unlike the mp3 player industry earlier in this decade, the smartphone industry is relatively mature and has far greater ability to impress. I just think this latest Nokia attempt, like a lot of others, will be a swing and a miss. If I'm wrong, feel free to have your field day.
Of course, YMMV.
Do u ever listen to your self... No ipod... NO **** its a phone... Im sure its got some form of media player on it... and i bet you the battery is replaceable
Question is... Can you replace your battery...
Symbian is used on the majority of phones btw.
Who gives a crap about the app store? Windows mobile and symbian both support easy installation of files...all it requires is a google search and drag and drop.
User experience? Or great marketing team. People seem to think that the iphone has revolutionized the phone and no other phone in the world has anything similar. Sadly the iphone does nothing new, or nothing different. Infact many phones have what the iphone does, and a good majority have better.
Apple is just another company with a massive marketing budget and insane markups.... Thats about it...
Though i though they were the 1st phone with multi touch??? correct me if im wrong... Yet again i like to use 1 hand to support the phone and the other to use the phone... Thats just me though
Apple is just another company with a massive marketing budget and insane markups.... Thats about it...
Though i though they were the 1st phone with multi touch??? correct me if im wrong... Yet again i like to use 1 hand to support the phone and the other to use the phone... Thats just me though
The best thing about multi-touch is that it's bloody accurate and fast, at least in my use. I have to use a regular touch screen Windows mobile OS at work ALL DAY and it's pure and utter garbage. The system itself is nice (thanks to my companies devs NOT Microsoft), it's just that it doesn't work half the time because it has a crappy wifi driver and the touch screen is pathetic. It constantly misreads what I, and most of the employees using it, intend to do (tap vs select, etc.).
I'm gonna have to agree with LTD on this one. I LOVE my iPhone. Every other phone I've used in the past has had a crap interface that was powerful but confusing and difficult to use. The only phone that has come close is my old SE. It's interface was very easy to use and navigate but it was sluggish thanks to it being written in java (my wife's new SE speeds things up). The iPhone ups it one and is quite quick to use and has apps that I actually use daily.
People constantly forget that Apple writes software and OS's that are easy to use and powerful under the hood just not on the surface. Jailbreak an iPhone and tell me it can't do what any other phone does (including background processes).
Also, I have yet to buy a replacement battery for any phone I've owned*. Why? because by the time the battery doesn't hold a charge my contract has expired and I just re-up with a new subsidized phone. The next time I fully plan on doing this with whatever current iPhone is out. It's really been that great an experience for me.
One more thing. As far as I know there is no integration with a PC counterpart (or hardware) like the iPhone has with iTunes and it's dock connector. One of my favorite things about the iPhone is that I don't have to carry CD's or another mp3 player in the car with me anymore. I get in and connect it to my Pioneer head unit via dock connector so I can listen to music off of the iPhone and control it from my remote. I LOVE that integration. I also love how I can control my home stereo (theater) with the remote app on the iPhone through iTunes and an Airport Express.
I'll deal with it's current shortcomings (mostly solvable through firmware [OS] updates) because it's simplified my tech life so much.
*I understand that some people really do need extra batteries. They're just in a small minority.
Last edited by QuarterSwede on 03 Dec 2008 - 23:52
I'm gonna have to agree with LTD on this one. I LOVE my iPhone. Every other phone I've used in the past has had a crap interface that was powerful but confusing and difficult to use. The only phone that has come close is my old SE. It's interface was very easy to use and navigate but it was sluggish thanks to it being written in java (my wife's new SE speeds things up). The iPhone ups it one and is quite quick to use and has apps that I actually use daily.
People constantly forget that Apple writes software and OS's that are easy to use and powerful under the hood just not on the surface. Jailbreak an iPhone and tell me it can't do what any other phone does (including background processes).
Also, I have yet to buy a replacement battery for any phone I've owned*. Why? because by the time the battery doesn't hold a charge my contract has expired and I just re-up with a new subsidized phone. The next time I fully plan on doing this with whatever current iPhone is out. It's really been that great an experience for me.
One more thing. As far as I know there is no integration with a PC counterpart (or hardware) like the iPhone has with iTunes and it's dock connector. One of my favorite things about the iPhone is that I don't have to carry CD's or another mp3 player in the car with me anymore. I get in and connect it to my Pioneer head unit via dock connector so I can listen to music off of the iPhone and control it from my remote. I LOVE that integration. I also love how I can control my home stereo (theater) with the remote app on the iPhone through iTunes and an Airport Express.
I'll deal with it's current shortcomings (mostly solvable through firmware [OS] updates) because it's simplified my tech life so much.
*I understand that some people really do need extra batteries. They're just in a small minority.
Yes because wifi drivers and crappy touchscreen is the fault of microsoft or the windows os?
You do know its the responsibility of the phone manufacturer, NOT MICROSOFT, to make the drivers and the touchscreens yeh?
It's different to the messy one in article.
They show the interface after 2:23 in the video.
Edit: She shows you can customise it to look like the one in article though. On second thought it is still messy but I guess it atleast shows useful information.
Last edited by Sacha on 03 Dec 2008 - 03:24
You can search for image comparison reviews that show side by side images.
The increase from 5 to 8 is purely for marketing reasons and will not make your images any nicer.
I wanted an N96 but maybe it's better to wait for the N97 now hmm
I wanted an N96 but maybe it's better to wait for the N97 now hmm
why? What's the fascination with the megapixels, the lens those things have is horrible, that's all that matters.
Edit: Nevermind I see that there are youtube videos!
Edit2: Though it seems you haven't seen these youtube videos. Check out http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=U-6YcXoRDG0 the black n97 shown at 2:23. It looks decent and has a nice interface (not the same as the one shown in article).
Last edited by Sacha on 03 Dec 2008 - 03:05
I agree with u.
Slow. Very Slow. Windows Mobile is far better.
Stay away of it. Leave it for me!
Your free to buy them where you like as well and install what you like without having to Jailbreak the phone. This means the prices are not overinflated because someone is skimming off the top and application vendors can do what they like rather than being bitch slapped by apple for doing something "bad" and having the app pulled.
The same as one of the reasons the 5800 is so cheap so they can identify problems with said ui before they release it in a model which will no doubt sell like the clappers. The ffat that the N97 is going to take 6 months to come to market and wont be mainstream and out on most networks until the end of July pretty much says this is its a poor timeline on Nokias part.
In 6 months time most people would have got bored waiting.
Im gonna get this or wait till the price goes down.
Im gonna get this or wait till the price goes down.
It won't be. In order to be you have to think outside of the box like Apple did with the iPhone. You can't create a killer that does similar things in a similar way unless you price is waaaaaay below the current market leader. Have you checked out how expensive the N97 is? It makes the iPhone look cheap.
Im gonna get this or wait till the price goes down.
It won't be. In order to be you have to think outside of the box like Apple did with the iPhone. You can't create a killer that does similar things in a similar way unless you price is waaaaaay below the current market leader. Have you checked out how expensive the N97 is? It makes the iPhone look cheap.
Oh my sorry.
Im not the type of guy that buys a cheap iPhone that does not send MMS.
N97 FTW.
Im gonna get this or wait till the price goes down.
It won't be. In order to be you have to think outside of the box like Apple did with the iPhone. You can't create a killer that does similar things in a similar way unless you price is waaaaaay below the current market leader. Have you checked out how expensive the N97 is? It makes the iPhone look cheap.
N97 costs $695 without any plan. Iphone costs between $550-900 (depending on 2g/3g and where you get it from) without any plan.
So?
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