*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N97

You should do what you think is best. :rolleyes:

Searching mp3 tags can be done very badly, I know, I've fixed applications that did it very badly. gtkpod was one of them a few years ago, omg it did it badly. To read the tags from a 30mb podcast took about 15 seconds, and that's on a desktop computer.

A website once compressed must be expanded. It reduces image size (I normally don't need 1024x200 banner at the top on my phone), and remove javascript parsing to the other side. The point of bringing up the app is to show how fast some things can be done. if you want to see a more full featured web browser running on Nseries try O3. Since it's in alpha, well, it crashes a lot still.

The built in web browser is a pig, and I don't under why Nokia doesn't put some of it's resrouces behind updating and fixing the beast.

Global race is slow and crap on modern handset, it's problably the one and only application that used 3d acceleration. ;) It was also designed years ago for the E90 and still runs on modern handsets, that's pretty good. So...why not try one of the 3 ngage racing games. Need for speed has way more depth, scenery is fine, and it runs great on my N85.

Though, I guess we've kinda wandered off the thread. It woudl be nice if the N97 had a ton more ram/cpu/etc. I'm guessing there's a main reasons why we got this compromise.

Nokia is conservative. This handset is touch, keyboard, s60v5, 45 tilt up. That's a lot of changes for a conservative company. Changing the CPU makes for more changes yet. They know this architecture and they stuck with what they knew. Legacy apps will probably still run (and better than the 5800 since it has a d-pad), so you have a large library of apps.
 
The N-Gage client allows you to, depending on the game, e.g. upload high scores etc. to the N-Gage forum, add experience/gamer points to your N-Gage profile, connect with other players, and in some (unfortunately so far rare) cases play with others on line.
 
Go to Symbian Freak and look for the Designer's Diary videos where they are interviewing the N97 designer. There are a few shots of him using the phone and you can see that his device has menu transitions and runs a lot more smoothly than the demos at MWC.
 
The wait now is brutal enough. It's like the tube. I would love to own it now, but I can't survive without 3g anymore. I know that in about 45 - 60 days there will be a tube that will cater to my needs. Now a phone is announced that will come out sometime in the first half of next year, that has a US3g band in the phone, and then to tell me i might have to wait another 2 - 3 months til i get one that works for me with 100% accuracy. I don't know if i would be willing to wait 9 months for this gorgeous phone.
 
Who's been bashing the keyboard without using it? Everyonehas specifically addressed their own opinion and whether or not they actually used it or not. Is is just a coincidence that all of the people who have tried it are also the same people that don't like it? Does the keyboard magically gain better feedback and larger keys after a week of use?

Speak for yourself, man, The device deserves neither praise nor any bashing until that person has tried it for themselves, and that goes for the release dates too. Your positive launch speculation is just as credible as someone else's negative launch speculation until people start to unbox their preorders.
 
I saw the conference too, lmao, haha.

No offense to their great job on App Store and its demand, but announcing a whole new device with major additions a 3 Megapixel camera, with video recording WOW, copy and paste and MMS, all of them are standard services available for almost a debate now from their competitors and having the crowd clapping on that announcements was too much for an afternoon or should I say comedy? lol
 
Reformatting Nokia's a PIA. On a BB all I do is an OS update and it backs up (by that I mean makes an image-file) and restores it back AS IS. Everything from texts/emails/contacts/calendar/apps and preferences are restored. Takes about 45 mins, but that's IT. Nothing extra!

But yea, dont know if beta 5 is jailbreakable. I did, however enable cut/copy/paste on OS 2.0 and even used backgrounder to enable background tasks!

That's how active the dev community is. :lol:
 
I just don't get why people buy flagship Nokia devices in the first place, when it's pretty obvious that they're going to release an improved version at some point. Thank you sir, may I have another, indeed.
 
All great points, I never thought about the math behind the usb charging strength. One thing that bothers me is that after using an N95 you start to get the upgrade bug, and I feel the n97 is really not a huge upgrade.

If you think about it wouldn't you want at least the 8mp Nokia currently has in some of their handsets? I could even live with them keeping the 5MP but at least adding xenon flash. It just feels like Nokia halfassed this phone.

When you look at the Omnia HD it's a spec king just like the n95 was way back in the day. The n97 has too much carry over of stuff we N series users have gotten used to. When the n97 finally is released and lets say it makes it over to the states it will be outgunned by all the other high end offerings, I think it will just blend in and fade away.
 
I can definitely seem some validity to that argument. A phone can definitely be a little "too thin". I wouldn't complain about my e71...but I can definitely see what you're trying to say. I think I'll be fine with the thickness of the n97.
 
Honestly if it comes as early as that and SN Traders gets it when they say they will, I might just have to buy one before I leave the country. I would put the camera through a crazy workout in Puerto Plata.
 
Wow, when did that pre-order page go up? When I went there earlier, it was still saying Pre-order the E75 and there was a banner at the bottom saying the next phone to be available for pre-order is the N97. I see the July 2009 but that's better than no date at all. If the release date is 23 June 2009, shipping in July is about right.
 
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