*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N97

Maybe "not yet" was the exact wrong way of putting it. I first purchased my N95-3 in March of 2008, which wasn't too long ago if you think about it. System Rush Evo and those other hardware-accelerated apps were really back in the day. With Nokia's hardware trend, it's not really much of a surprise that those hardware-accelerated apps slowly faded to newer apps that ran smoothly on newer phones that lacked the dedicated hardware components of yesteryear.

I guess that's because the majority of Nokia's recent portfolio doesn't have graphic chips. Consequently, the majority of the Symbian S60 portfolio at present doesn't have graphics chips. That's why I'm doubting that many developers will embrace hardware acceleration without Samsung offering a little push, as the i8910 seems to be alone with the i8510 and the venerable faded Nokias of the past, I believe. It's not like console platforms where developers are developing for a unified architecture, or even like the PC where development is for the vast enthusiast/gaming sector that have a variety of different graphics cards. The mobile phone sector doesn't seem to be trending this way as you either have that graphics chip or you don't, and right now for Symbian most of the S60 phones don't have that benefit (especially since it cannot be argued that the GPU-less N97 will indeed represent the vanguard of the S60 platform, at least alongside the OmniaHD).

I guess what I'm saying is that I have been mostly satisfied with my experiences with the newer stuff that isn't optimized or coded for hardware GPU acceleration. My N95 and N85 both played Metal Gear Solid from N-Gage admirably, and I found the game pretty beautiful. It was a great game gameplay-wise, yet did not skip out on graphics as I might have expected.

Then I read earlier that you mentioned hardware acceleration isn't much of a benefit yet, but really will have potential in the future. Maybe, but this will only be if Samsung gives development for GPU acceleration a boost or more S60 hardware comes along with dedicated chips as well. No one is going to spend the extra time developing for the few devices that can garner that extra push without some incentives.. the widest market appeal will be sought possible in a program and that observes catering to the vast majority; the GPU-less majority will be the preferred for the application to perform smoothly for.

Bringing my XPERIA into a Symbian forum, I'll take that jab as deserved. But I feel that in the WinMo realm the above doesn't hold less true. Or maybe WinMo developers are just lazy.
 
I agree TF3D is very good. In fact, on my brief trial of the Touch HD I almost returned to WinMo. The fact that iTunes marketing has me and no 3G was too much for me to keep the Touch HD. So yes its possible to match the iPhone UI. Nokia can match or beat the iPhone in so many areas. The N97 is moving in the right direction. Unfortunately, multi-touch is still lacking (?)
 
For the person who asked if Pandora and (something else) worked with the N97, here is some info. I couldn't be bothered to go back and quote your post. :)

Web Runtime Widgets were next to useless in S60V3 but with S60V5 the WRT API has hooks into core operating-system functions and things like using the GPS and camera, making calls, etc. And WRT is basically designed for interacting with services which publish an API (like Pandora and others). It's much easier to develop a WRT app than an iPhone app, so I think we will start seeing more apps for services like Pandora, Mint, Google services, and others.

I'm not talking about the homescreen widgets on the N97. I'm talking about widgets that act like 'normal' apps on the phone, and may or may not include a homescreen widget.
 
Considering both the 3G and the 3GS are just rehashes of the original, it will probably be similar to their iPods in that we get a new product next year.

Their ipods went new generation in say 2005, then minor upgrade in 2006, then a new one in 2007.

Of course, Symbian^4 will be out then too so lets hope Nokia can deliver. :buddies:
 
I think you should look into Handy Taskmanager and Y Browser.

Since we are talking about apps... I'm surprised that I can't find a good calling card application that integrates with my contacts. On Android I have a good one called Calling Card v1.9. Does anyone on this board use a good calling card application for s60?
 
We should take a poll on how many pages this thread gets to until nokiausa ships their pre orders....I'll start by saying about 750?...3 weeks at about 100/wk sounds about right mabye
 
They'll come back when they feel it is right. Which I think will be right around Dec 2009 when SE comes out with their OMAP3 phone. Well, that is if Nokia doesn't want to get soundly beaten by SE on the hardware front.
 
It's nice to have a screen with no widgets for people who don't want them but couldn't these people be taken care of by an option to remove all the widgets in the same fashion in which they are added?
 
I'm sorry but you're a fool if you cancelled your pre=order because of SR....
But the wait and see thing is the safest thing to do for any cellphone
 
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