*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N97

Really? Pinching isn't intuitive but a rocker is? To each his own I suppose O_o? Pinch on the Mac browser is pretty much like pinch on the iPhone, where is the inconsistency again?*





Yes but with the larger screen I've got room to spare :)*






I've found 32 Gigs is plenty, however if you need more a sd slot certainly helps. Although, I do enjoy not having to deal with three partitions-phone, mass and sd card storage. If that's your thing, great, personally I don't like dealing with it. Simple, functional and efficient is the way for me :)
While the N97 does win in battery life, I enjoy using all the third party docks and chargers available to the 3GS. Something about carrying extra batteries around simply doesn't do it for me, but hey, if that's something you enjoy, to each his own :)




Sure, you can go search high and low for a signed app v5 app or go through the headache of having to sign your own stuff or you can simple open Cydia or the App store either way 3GS>Headache :) Yes the App store has many, many useless apps, however, 2% out of thousands upon thousands is a sizable number, less not forget that. The App store also offers many ways to slice through the crap and get to the good stuff :)*





Nope, not a gmail guy, my push yahoo works great for me. None of those 'issues' you referred to here. Got a spotlight function on the N97 to quickly find your important stuff? Or a flick scroll to quickly get there?



And just think of how much more you could do with double the CPU/RAM, like on the 3GS :)*



Really? So using flick scroll to cycle through emails, SMS, to do list or anything else really is just fluff? Could of fooled me, because back where I come from, simplicity, efficiency and usefulness is king, and the 3GS has it, the N97 doesn't :) That's probably why every other major flagship phone can flick scroll, with the exception of the N97 of course :)





Seems to me the N97 is a Jack-of-all-trades but a master of none. In every corporate aspect the 3GS wins. Faster browser, cut/copy/paste from browser, better rendered pages, auto-fill, flick scrolling, spotlight, larger screen, solid unit, scratch resistant glass not plastic, smudge resistant glass, faster CPU/RAM, auto corrected keyboard (I'm wrote this post from my iPhone for gods sake, spell check (the little red line under text, with correction suggestions), background tasks with much more CPU/RAM behind it to support it, 2% of thousands is plenty of useful apps from a clean fast simple source, etc. So yes, as a convergence phone, the N97 is unparalleled, however, as a functional business tool, not a toy, the 3GS has no equal :buddies:
 
Re: stylus. They can be a pita at times and a wonderful tool other times. On my pro it's def. A love/hate situation. But at least it's onboard if I choose to utilize it.
 
I thought your wife used a Nokia before??? Apparently the Iphone works for her too...JK :buddies:

The games are really good on Iphone/Ipod Touch. My favorite right now is real racing.
 
Sorry bro, but I didn't see any scrolling in that video. I must admit the interface of that widget was nice, but there was no scrolling. Show me someone scrolling from top to bottom of this very thread on HoFo without it requiring 20 swipes your thumb. I doubt very much it will happen.

Or how about top to bottom on the Wikipedia entry for Nokia? Probably needs 20 swipes of the finger to do it.
 
You all got an amazing deal. Kinda wish I got one since i was toying with the idea when it popped up but that wouldve drained my bank account and I can't spend that much money without knowing when it's gonna ship.
 
I doubt I would pay more than 600$ for a mobile phone (and I consider myself a fan of mobile devices and gadgets), I got my N82 for 500$ when it came out and I'm getting N97 for 560$, and in both cases pushing my limit as sunatic said.
 
I dont understand why would you need a virtual keyboard in landscape mode. If the phone is in landscape mode then you are already holding it in two hand . Dont it makes much more sense to use the hardware keyboard in that case ?

Good to hear that the browser is improved. I8910's dont feel like much improved over 5800's
 
All of these 3g frequencies issues i see you guys writing about are ignoring that Nokia has class 32 edge.
If I'm gonna start talking about speed of access and arguing with other people over the pros of SamSung hd I would atleast make sure I knew what class of edge I was sporting before i start talking s***, but you guys don't do that do you?
 
I love reviews where people blast something and use the harshest superlatives they can think of but they offer absolutely no reasoning behind it. The last time I read something as shallow as this was the review of Terminator Salvation in the Toronto Star. The reporter kept mentioning that the movie was bad but didn't even mention what they didn't like about it. Come to think of it, he hardly talked about the movie at all. It was more an article of him lambasting McG for directing the Charlie's Angels movies (which weren't anywhere near as bad as every critic wants you to believe they were when they talk about McG today. They each made $260 million worldwide after all)
 
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