*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N97

few pages back, think someone said ARM 11 CPU @ 369 MHz. i didnt click on that link above, just stating what i recall.

anywho, looks like the bombardment of questions has died down a bit. i myself am pretty much sold on the N97 as well.

trying to decide between black or white, and i am leaning towards black. to me it is more subtle and not as eye-catching. what i would like to ask is if anyone ever thought about the white colour getting dirty? specifically the qwerty keyboard.

a great example of this is the white macbook. the palm rests naturally get dirty over time because of the salt and dirt in our sweat, and in the oils on our fingertips.
 
I'M SO FREAKING PISS!!!

MISSED OUT ON THE GREAT DISCOUNT!!!!.

:doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:

I would have ordered like 20 of them.

:doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:
 
I told you guys it was the date it was shipping out, not the date these companies would receive stock. Late June/early July still sounds about right just like several bloggers mentioned months ago.
 
@finaldecison,

No you didn't if you had used time and use i would of agreed that's exactly what i posted but you changed that to

"Dude, you have no idea what you talking about, I just picked on your line that phone will become slower with ''usage'' like by calling/texting and laughed,"

I never said like by calling/texting that's what you turned it into and not what i said or meant and last time i checked telling someone they have no idea what they are talking about isn't a compliment either. So don't play the innocent of i insulted you first and you only insulted me in retaliation what are you a child? Now whilst that may well be your opinion that doesn't make it true and i certainly don't agree.

As for anyone that wants to ignore me do you really think that's going to effect my life in anyway? do you even think i care?

Oh and I'm not an Englishman I'm a Canadian and proud of it i just happen to live in the UK.

Marc
 
Nice. What is that first cable anyway? Seen that in all the unboxings pretty much. An adapter cable of some type....

Charging is over microUSB right? SO I can power from a computer with full USB attached to mini-USB on N97? That would be my hope rather than having to buy another charger for the office (and leave the included charger at home).
 
Why MUST they be widgets? You can easily have email and/or calendar as one of the 4 shortcuts in the shortcut bar. The widgets can always be manually switched on the fly. I can easily see an ebb and flow in use of the social widgets for example.

If anything, teh shortcut bar seems very easily expendible by hitting the home key going into applications. Turns from one instant click from home screen to 3 clicks (home key -> applications -> app).

Another method that could be cool would be to tie different home screens to profiles. So your general profile has widgets x,y,z while your meeting profile has different widgets.

In general, though, I'm finding your... entitlement attitude... to be a bit intruiging. You disagree with the 5-widget limitation... yet are arbitrarily assigning certain widgets as invaluable in your own limited context, apparently refusing to realize that Nokia isn't custom making a phone for just you. Maybe you should go through the SDK and see the examples that show 5 completely new widgets on there?

This is all software... provided the memory and resource issues are as trivial to bypass as you seem to think they should be, there should be easy software adjustments to multiple home pages. Or your preconception is incorrect and there won't be. In the meantime, N97 owners will still have 5 more widgets than everyone else... Or those can always stay with a device with active standby... and it's own limitations. This is indeed the most hopeful part: that software can expand. This is surely just the beginning, though. Maybe you should conclude this device isn't going to please you and wait for a future device, maybe?

Not sure if you're just looking for "me too" or if you're playing devil's advocate... or just generally griping?



The point is that not everyone will have the same essential unchangable/unremovable widgets you do. Surely you can conceive that some people will use 5 entirely different widgets that you?







lol, I'm sure they were no more arbitrary or intuitive than you in going to the side than down.



How many other mid-end phones do you see with the hardware feature set and capabilities. Start with 32GB of flash, 3.5" touch screens, Qwerty keyboards, 5mp cameras and MicroSD slots. With any widgets. Go. :befuddled



Or those who otherwise found N95 and N96 lacking... chiefly in comparitively non-tiny touch screens and qwerty keyboards and usually a trade off between built in and removable storage. N96 finally solved the last problem... at huge price and not solving any of the others.
 
With this announcement, 5800 should now be prized at 279 euro (438.25$) as they initially announced. So ppl with a tight budget can afford the 5800 and opt out for N97. IMO i will buy 5800 first then upgrade to N97 once prices fall.
 
i'm probably in the minority, but going from my e71 to 5800 was a huge improvement in ergonomics. the e71 was so thin and slippery it was difficult to hold to your ear during a long phone call. hand would hurt/cramp after a bit. the 5800 is much easier to hold onto on the phone's edges.

i think there is such a thing as an ergonomically "correctly" sized phone, and nokia has historically nailed this with their candy bar form factor phones. i love the 5800 for this reason.

i'm not worried about n97 thickness, i'm actually worried about its width. if its too wide its not comfortable. 5800 is perfect here.
 
I reckon the preview is just pulling our legs.
nokia wont be using omap in the n97.

they just do the same as the 5800 hardware wise it will be the same.
 
"You have received this message because you signed up to receive notification from Nokia N97 Members Club."

I think it's perfectly normal to not have signed up for the club after you ordered (which I assume is the case here). I wouldn't worry about it.
 
Whatever you do don't run the Boingo app. It installs a protected access point that I can't delete and it's forced to 1st priority. The app doesn't show up in Installed apps so I don't know how to uninstall it either.
 
Is this that guy with the incomprehensible and heavy accented English (and extremely rude) who has that podcast with Mickey, the cellphone junkie?
 
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