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Old 02-12-2008, 8:41 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Nokia's N97 clearly aimed at taking on the Iphone:

Nokia unveils flagship N97 phone [updated with video] - Engadget

Looks good.
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Wow, that does look good. Better resolution that the N96 and a keyboard too.
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Ooh, the big announcement "the Internet had no idea about".

It does look good, shame I'm not in the market for another 16 Months
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It does look good, looks like Nokia are realizing that people like to have a physical keyboard too, will be nice to see what it is like in practice.
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My upgrade has been due for last 3months now, but I am happy with my N95 and will only upgrade if the new phone is miles better. This N97 has wowed me so now i am patiently awaiting release.
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It's great to see that a phone manufacturer realised people need a keyboard or pad. The interface looks easy to use, with better feedback when using the touchscreen.
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I think Nokia have finally made a phone that will prise my N95 8Gb out of my hands

Looks very good and hopefully a Q1 2009 release
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My contract with 3 is up in February.....this looks very tempting

here's a link to Nokia N97 datasheet http://events.nokia.com/nokiaworld/a...okia%20N97.pdf
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Looks amazing. Hope it will come out about the same time as my contract runs out.
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It will be interesting to see what its like, if it can do everything well and have a good Nokia like battery life then it should be at least as good as similar devices like the G1, and HTC Touch Pro.
Although from an OS point of view I can't see i taking on the iPhone OS or Android, Symbian needs to be faster and easier to use because compared to the iPhone or G1 which are fairly simple to use Symbian can be a total nightmare at times.
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It will be interesting to see what its like, if it can do everything well and have a good Nokia like battery life then it should be at least as good as similar devices like the G1, and HTC Touch Pro.
Although from an OS point of view I can't see i taking on the iPhone OS or Android, Symbian needs to be faster and easier to use because compared to the iPhone or G1 which are fairly simple to use Symbian can be a total nightmare at times.
I had a play with a 5800 a couple of weeks ago and was quite impressed; none of the S60 sluggishness you get with the S60v3 phones.
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I had a play with a 5800 a couple of weeks ago and was quite impressed; none of the S60 sluggishness you get with the S60v3 phones.
Thats good, I've tried a variety of S60 devices and its the sluggishness which has always put me off buying a Nokia for the last few years.

Well by the time my contract is up I'm going to have a tough choice picking my next smartphone, iPhone 2, Android, Blackberry Bold 2 or by then the N97-2 probably!
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Why don't any of the newer phones come with Xenon flash? I think this phone would be perfect if it had that feature, although I'm not to keen on touchscreen phones.
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So it has a resistive touchscreen rather than capacitive. What are the advantages of capacitive screens? With it being Symbian, I take it there's no stylus?

Edit: A quick search shows that capacitive screens are more responsive - I saw a review of the HTC Touch HD, saying that although it had the best resistive screen they had seen, it still wasnt a match for the iphone's capacitive screen. If there is indeed no stylus with symbian, then what's the point of using a resistive screen?

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I assume resistive screens are cheaper as they are more mature technology?

you get a stylus with the 5800, but the interface doesn't really need it - it has big buttons for fingers to use. Its also a lot less sluggish than you'd think. and when you type on its touchscreen keyboard, you get a tiny vibration as you 'press' each key which is nice.

Even if N97 was just a 5800 with a keyboard I'd be tempted, but that web 2.0 style homescreen looks excellent.
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