Nokia N97

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• Anonymous
• nbu
• 06 Aug 2009

Pepsi, 06 Aug 2009I already have an iPhone, I wouldn't change it for anything... moreBackwards compability is an unknown term by Apple fanboys. Can you play original Ipod games on the Iphone? You can even play Commodore games on Symbian, while you can't on Apple platforms... not that the hardware isn't capable of doing so, but Apple wants you to BUY new games instead. Just like the lack of radio, Apple wants you to BUY music instead. Nothing that doesn't generate profit will EVER be availible on any Apple product, thus ALL your apps will be unusable within 2 years, when the next gen Iphone will come out with better screen res (Apple will unable BC, don't worry about that).

Besides, why and how is Symbian 1 bad? Do you know the difference between OS and UI? Symbian OS is miles ahead of Iphone OS, it just doesn't have an UI, so Nokia had to do their own. Multi-tasking and processing efficience are Symbian's main strength over the Iphone OS (lack of multi-tasking) and WinMo (ineffective CPU).

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• Anonymous
• nbu
• 06 Aug 2009

monty-0, 06 Aug 2009The N97 is nothing more then a tiny step for Nokia whereas ... more"Hardware:
- AMOLED capacitive touchscreen 16M colours
- 32GB-64GB on board storage
- 12MP camera wide 28mm Carl Zeiss lens
- Video record at 720x480@30fps
- Dual core processors (350MHZ)
- etc

Software:
- Make Symbian open source
- Free OVI map navigation
- Free Quickoffice
- etc"

12MP is already confirmed, but the release date is unknown, varying from Q409 to Q210.

Symbian Foundation OS says hello, and QuickOffice 6 might be free for the new C- or X-series, as it already is for Eseries (E72).

64GB will NOT happen this year, not too bad either, as it'd cost at least 200€ to produce and ship.

Nokia's GPS solutions are the cheapest availible, even for free.

D1 res video will most likely NOT happen, but WVGA@30fps is another thing, as the new Symbian OS will support 800x480 res screens. Don't except such a phone before October.

Dual CPU will NOT happen. Nokia might however use Intel's hyper-threading feature in their new CPU:s. This might however take awhile to reach the market, just wait. Might have built-in 3D GFX thou.

If the screen will be capasitive, then it'll use OLED tech. TFT is only used for resistive screen by Nokia.

All this, and much more will happen when the new Symbian Foundation OS will be finished. The reason why N97 wasn't such a revolution is because Nokia is still waiting for it, and it won't reach the market before Satio does.

Another good new: Nokia is prepping a N93 successor with 3x optical zoom (confirmed).

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• Anonymous
• uHP
• 06 Aug 2009

What I really want to hear from nokia world 2009 September 2-3

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N98 = n97 + TFT/amoled capacitive screen+ xenon flash+ 256/192 ram+ 600mhz+ symbian foundation os
do I ask so much???? I think no

go nokia , have been waiting for this event! At least offer us capacitive phone for n97 or 5800xm

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• Anonymous
• wr1
• 06 Aug 2009

not many isheep stalking on OHD i8910 forum. Why?? because they are inferior to it and afraid.
that's not the case with N97 though..
you just wish that Nokia delayed N97 release and come up with 600mhz and capacitive.
Anyway.. maybe on sep 1-2 which is near distant we gonna get some enlightment from Nokeea.

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• monty-0
• NH@
• 06 Aug 2009

The N97 is nothing more then a tiny step for Nokia whereas with phones like the N82 giant leaps were achieved.

There is no point trying to defend the N97. Although it has great features it is nothing more then Nokia's attempt to play catch up in the touch screen market.

Iphone is not that great either. It can't compete in hardware against the likes of Samsung and Nokia and it can't compete in software against Android. Its an overpriced piece of wannabe.

Nokia will take back what ever market share they have recently lost if the next flagship model will incorporate these features amongst the normal found:

Hardware:
- AMOLED capacitive touchscreen 16M colours
- 32GB-64GB on board storage
- 12MP camera wide 28mm Carl Zeiss lens
- Video record at 720x480@30fps
- Dual core processors (350MHZ)
- etc

Software:
- Make Symbian open source
- Free OVI map navigation
- Free Quickoffice
- etc

Right now the majority of the above mentioned features can be found in phones so why not put them all in one like with the N82

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• Anonymous
• B@t
• 06 Aug 2009

Pepsi, 06 Aug 2009I already have an iPhone, I wouldn't change it for anything... morehahaha its not because its crappy they r upgrading the Symbian 2 3 and 4... if it was crappy Nokia would have fallen a long time ago and symbian wouldnt be the #1 O/S...

every O/S gets updated just like the O/S on your computer... if it is upgraded this means it was crappy?!?!?!

man please talk some sense come on....

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• Anonymous
• B@t
• 06 Aug 2009

gems, 06 Aug 2009so when did u return Nokia phone thats not very clear.i never did return any of the Nokia phones i used, thats the point...

i am totally satisfied with Nokia...

thats y i dont use anything else but Nokia...

this is from my experiance man... you dont have to agree with me...

you might be more comfortable with i-phone or samsung or SE ext...

all phones have issues when its 1st launched in the market especially software bugs, and after a while it gets fixed so where is the big deal in that?

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• Esi
• 0y9
• 06 Aug 2009

Guys, dont listen to these apple/iphone fan kids.

this is a good good phone, had it fo two weeks and hasnt crashed yet, everything works fine.

but remember as soon as you get the phone you need to update the firmware to V11, uninstall facebook and accuweather widgets or at leat remove them from your home screen, they drain your battery, RAM and make the phone crash.

you can also unistall all programs installed on C drive (phone memory) and reinstall them on E drive (mass memory).

here is a link on how to optimize N97

http://nokiaexperts.com/tips-tricks-optimizing-n97-internal-phone-memory/

after doing that you wont have a problem, its got a nice big screen with a lovely keyboard, FM transmitter, GPS navigation (i use garmin mobile XT), texting and web browsing is a joy, its like a little laptop.

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• Pepsi
• v0g
• 06 Aug 2009

Anonymous, 06 Aug 2009no man its not crappy at all... if u dont like symbian ... moreI already have an iPhone, I wouldn't change it for anything else at the moment. This phones version of Symbian is crappy. Symbian themselves know that, and they are now developing Symbian 2 and 3, one of which is supposedly being released at the end of 2009/early 2010. So all these new phones with this version of Symbian are going to be majorly disadvantaged next year when they are outdated.

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• Anonymous
• 3Ir
• 06 Aug 2009

what is the different between 97NAM and 97 ???

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• Anonymous
• 3Yy
• 06 Aug 2009

NOKIA, 06 Aug 2009Yeah i am a Nokia fan and i only buy Nokia. i have been usi... moreIt is your problem then one in several tens of millions irrelevant to Iphone great success

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• Anonymous
• B@t
• 06 Aug 2009

Pepsi, 06 Aug 2009It's crappy because Nokia took a year to release it. It wou... moreno man its not crappy at all...

if u dont like symbian well then u got other choices as u mentioned... your not obliged to go with symbian man but its not crappy...

neither is i-phone or HTC or anything else... u have a big choice in the market now so one of them should suit ur taste... :)

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• Anonymous
• wr1
• 06 Aug 2009

Anonymous, 06 Aug 2009in Indonesia the 16gb Iphone 3G cost about US$1.200 and N97... moreYeah man.. and also you still have to subscribe monthly. Why? this is because sh!tty way apple marketing their product in Indo.
they just throw the whole lot to one provider to monopolyze this and the price. And can you imagine the price of 3GS when it launch? I dare not imagine. LOL.. it's CRAZY dude!!

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• gems
• TR9
• 06 Aug 2009

NOKIA, 06 Aug 2009Yeah i am a Nokia fan and i only buy Nokia. i have been usi... moreso when did u return Nokia phone thats not very clear.

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• Pepsi
• v0g
• 06 Aug 2009

Anonymous, 06 Aug 2009whats so crappy about it?? the software? update it to V11..... moreIt's crappy because Nokia took a year to release it. It would have been great months ago before the launch of the 3G S and the new Android phones, now it gets blown away by its competition. Symbian series 60? Ewww!

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• Anonymous
• B@t
• 06 Aug 2009

Michal, 06 Aug 2009Had this phone about a month - piece of crap. I work at a ... morewhats so crappy about it?? the software? update it to V11... nothing wrong with the N97 it works perfectly...

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• Anonymous
• B@t
• 06 Aug 2009

check this out "The Great iPhone Lockdown"

http://www.slate.com/id/2224340/

this is typical from apple.

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• Michal
• 2CQ
• 06 Aug 2009

Had this phone about a month - piece of crap.
I work at a phone shop and more than half i sell come back due to problems. Software on N series is always going to be sh*t..

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• Anonymous
• vae
• 06 Aug 2009

Anonymous, 06 Aug 2009in Indonesia the 16gb Iphone 3G cost about US$1.200 and N97... moreIn Australia the N97 is $1199, the iPhone 3GS 32GB is $1129, they ripping you off in Indo.

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• zigi
• N7I
• 06 Aug 2009

very good phne:) only problem with all dem new nokia phns. Non of em read sis files...that is so frusrating.
the old 6630 for example read every file. why can nokia jst not make this happen. new software is under sis....??

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