*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N97

I would hope that firmware is up to date with all other variants this time, it seems like the N97 is pushing for global launch and keep up to date with everything. But if history teaches us anything, N97 NAM will always be behind in fw.
 
I have a feeling a lot of people are going to use their home screen the same as you, which means that they really need to find new ways to get people interested in what other things you can add to the home screen.

From what we've seen, the N97's home screen is just like a customizable Active Standby combined from a bunch of devices. Clock, date, profiles, email, text messages, notes, music player, radio, Share on Ovi, and contacts were all available on various versions of Active Standby, so the evolution of it is supposed to be everything else it can do, namely the new widgets that update automatically.

If people don't care about that though and just want to have the core functions like you're looking for, there'd be no reason for them to choose a device in the future that has the new home screen and Nokia's months of development will be wasted.

I'm glad Accuweather has a widget though. Weather has been the biggest complaint about missing info from Active Standby and I agree.
 
Sure, just like you'll never have a built-in keyboard or 850. You can add an microSD but N97 will always have 24 more GB capable than OmniaHD 8GB. Those features are easily quantifiable, even if they don't matter to you (which makes your purchase justifiable to you). You can realize that those features are worth that to me?

I wouldn't mind the OLED, but don't particularly care about it's benefits either. I do envy you the 3 extra megapixels (even though you admit they don't matter) and the P&S features. Difficult to quantify how much they're worth, though, even if you like the phone.

What if you end up like a few innov8 owners and end up hating TouchWiz, though? My main competitor for N96 was innov8, btw. Ultimately I chose to go nowhere and wait out the news on the new iPhone and G2.
 
What are you talking about, we have the OmniaHD for that purpose. :confused:

This is stretching it, but I think you subconciously believe that just because we all chose the N97 that we did it because we want to stick with Nokia. That is not the case, I was debating between both phones and settled on the N97. For a long time, I was set on the OmniaHD before I realized I had an empty wallet. Well, not empty, but not quite fat enough for the OmniaHD.

OmniaHD = N97 minus qwerty.

N97 = OmniaHD minus better processor/RAM. (let's not get into camera/OLED, those hardly matter)
 
BT OBEX Implementation iPhone = FAIL
5 MP Camera iPhone = Fail
REAL physical KB iPhone FAIL
Connectivity on PC via Mass Storage Device iPHone = FAIL
Spare Batteries iPhone = FAIL Makes battery life non issues
MULTI-TASKING -iPhone MAJOR FAIL
Customize look of GUI iPhone= FAIL
SMS iPhone = FAIL "coming soon"
Reception = iPhone MAJOR FAIL.
Voice guided GPS iPHone = Fail
Choice of flash or not iPhone FAIL
Choice of browsers iPhone - Fail
iTunes no match for Media Monkey......
Making on the fly Playlists on the phone iphone= FAIL

Capacitive Screen matter of choice...They both have their advanrages and disadvantages. One can use resistive with gloves on. In the summer that doesn't matter much.....except to those of us who ride motorcycles with gloves.


Wonderful toy = iPhone WINNER.....

The iPhone is a great idea that is yet to become fully realized. Apple is bringing it up to standards in dribs and drabs.......What I love about it I have in the itouch. What I dislike about it I have in the N97.
I will tell you after having both side by side for over a week the reception is not so hot on the iPhone.

I don't consider hacking a phone to bring it up to the standard of $100 phones a winner.....
 
LOL.

As manufacturing costs for the N97 come down and it becomes more affordable for Nokia to make (and probably more affordable for the end consumer as well), Nokia will want to give the unit a reason for staying on the market and still being sold. It is for this reason that the N97-x+ or whatever won't have linearly improved hardware across the board to make the entire first iteration redundant. The N95-1 still sold as a EU 3G variant with a microSD card door, and it was your only option for that. The price for moving up to the 8GB N95-2 was (painfully) slow internal memory operation, lack of camera protection, and the removal of the hot-swappable microSD door for that beefed up RAM and battery and slightly larger screen. For many, these "features" could be deal-breakers and the N95-1, at a lower price point, still pushed many units despite the existence of its "superior" sister unit. Nokia hasn't yet made its older sister units entirely obsolete compared to the newer ones, ESPECIALLY not in the way of internal architecture (CPU and GPU; forget about camera!), and I don't expect them to do that with the N97 either.

And even then, don't expect N97+ (with minor improvements) for at least another 9 months or so. Take note of the small improvements made prior. RAM was the basis for the N95-2, the rest were arguably gimmicks. It was released considerably later. The E90 tweak barely fixed the keyboard imprinting the screen, if anything else.

I'm expecting that Cortex A8 in the N98, not in the N97. GPU is still a maybe, for the N98, not the N97. I expect the N97-whatever to bring improved RAM if the firmware updates couldn't do it to the N97-1, but little else (possibly even a few negatives coming along with it). I'm doubtful of the N97+ because the N95 line was still hardware-superior and profitable for that reason as the N95-2 was released. That won't be the case with the N97+.

Give my my N98, thank you.

Also, I find it funny you rabble-rousers are so disappointed with a product you don't even own. :rolleyes:
 
Looks like though that Apple seems to be pulling somewhat of a 2yr run for their devices - meaning that each device gets at least one major OS redo before its for all intents and purposes put out to pasture. Can't say that's the case with (NAM) S60 devices ;P

This is such a fun month.
 
i did see that you are using the curve and bold my mistake.

http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1305539

Of the total industry mobile device volumes, converged mobile device industry volumes in the first quarter 2009 increased to 36.0 million units, based on Nokia's preliminary estimate, compared with an estimated 33.3 million units in the first quarter 2008. Our own converged mobile device volumes were 13.7 million units in the first quarter 2009, compared with 14.6 million units in the first quarter 2008 and 15.1 million units in the fourth quarter 2008. We shipped approximately 5 million Nokia Nseries and over 3 million Nokia Eseries devices during the first quarter 2009.
 
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