*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N97

Are you trying to say my junk isn't fashionable? LOL

I just need the phone to do what I need it to do and look good doing it. The only thing inside of the phone that I'll even think twice about is my SIM card, when I'm taking it out to put it in the next phone that catches my eye.
 
Well like I said.. Nokia is targeting the necessity..

What would you pick?

Nokia feeding you with all these higher MP numbers and just giving you a lower capture quality photo?

OR

Improving the capture quality on the 5MP they have?

"A real photographer would cherish a good quality of shots his/her phone takes and a person that doesn't know photography would use his/her phone mega pixel as bragging rights."
 
Thats a VERY uplifting answer, but the answer we're looking for or needing is for the real question ... WHEN will the N97-NAM begin shipping?

Jonny, the continental USA is split for 3G on AT&T no? Cali has 1900, while NY has 850?? I'm so upside down with so many strange threads on this that the FAQ's or Wiki's seriously need updating. Also any idea on which Rogers uses I thought it was both 850/1900 for UMTS/HSDPA but I've been told its either or not both - after fighting the good fight but ended up wrong totally.

I LOVE that print on the hinge too btw, The Internet Made by Hand. Nokia REALLY should ship this device with that on it along with the specs. Personally I'm getting it on charcoal black. I'd LOVE for a carbon-fibre print though.

If we're lucky, then AT&T and most likely Rogers will offer this next spring/summer.
 
Apple has no reason to stick a 5mp camera on their iPhone. Don't even dream about that right now.

I'm not gonna decide on what to purchase until I see what the new iPhone does, but something tells me it's just going to be a modest upgrade in terms of specs with 3.0 added on for good measure. There isn't that much apple needs to fix with the phone and I could see them just doing an incremental update to it.
 
Any money we'd save buying online, we'd lose when the price was converted from USD to CAD. The prices from Pacific Mall and SN Traders falls somewhere inbetween. Like the $900USD that Mobile City Online wants for the NAM N97 doesn't sit right with me. Not because it's $900 but because I can drive to SN Traders and pay $1000CAD and not worry about shipping costs or waiting a week to get it. In fact the only thing I have to worry about is crashing my car. It's a long drive from SN Traders to my house, do you really think I'm gonna be able to resist a brand new N97 on the passenger seat? LOL
 
I didn't find that promising at all. As we've progressed through the time line with demos the experience has gotten better and better but this one seemed like a real step backwards in terms of responsiveness. Hopefully this is addressed by release but we're so close I find it hard to believe they'll have the time.
 
It shows a lot of info on their n97 page, their system is connected to warehouses and sometimes it takes times to load, but it gives you real time availability on the left, showing which warehouse has how many units. As of now all the warehouses have no stock and all of them showing ETA as 5/31/09, most likely it's inaccurate as most ETAs are.

It really annoys me, why manufactures cannot have a proper official release date like movies? heck, like iPhone!! Waiting is hard.

It's hilarious, as a customer you call the ONLY Nokia flaghip stores in Nyc/Chicago and ask them about phone's arrival,they say they have ''No idea.'' For Nokia 5800 I called 5 times a day before release and the guy told me ''nokiablog'' and other websites are just rumors and crap and what not and completely shut me up, next day I called because I knew they had the phone in stock and then they admitted. I bet a lot of people will call them 2nd-5th June and they will act like they know nothing, default answer ' 2-3 weeks' I mean, why lie? are you telling me that the day of delivery Nokia employees do not have a clue that a Fedex truck is in transit with new phones?? Call them 11am, '' Sir, phone is arriving in 2-3 week, call them 5pm, phone is there!! :doh:

9 outta 10 times ETAs are delayed, Nokia 5800 nam was exception, but it was leaked by thenokiablog.com and for n97 they are saying 2nd June. Fingers crossed. http://thenokiablog.com/2009/05/17/nokia-n97-for-north-america-arriving-june-2nd/
 
Don't forget that Palm's new OS is HEAVILY based on the Linux by Access Ltd! Way too many similarities ... plus that Palm was testing it for months on end and then 4mths prior to the Pre announcement presentation, Palm states their working on a new OS.

There is NO intelligence algorhythm that you like to believe in the Palm Pre. I've watched EVERY rehash and video and there are STILL issues with touch accuracy - even by their head of sales who has been featured in 3 videos showing it off. Its just more forgiving with touch - but this CAN work against you too.

Search is the EXACT same as S60's ... I see No real functional differences - save for web searching (which seems to be intuitive and at the same time hidden to the user - a real problem in countries where TRUE unlimited data is NOT a reality: Canada is one such example for any of the 4 major providers). How the search is presented in a GUI is different but what it can search locally or in folders is the same; just that the user isn't forced to specify where they're searching. This is something I hope Symbian OS takes to heart, because with ever growing storage space ... 32GB on the N97 plus MicroSD reaching 16GB and soon 32GB ... remembering where data is stored MAY become a problem.

Searching on Palm OS or on iPhone is a different paradigm. You must recall that the system decides where your content is loaded (from the desktop), saved (either via the browser, email attachments, MMS contents, etc), or shared from. There is no user definition of WHERE the content should be stored! Due to this, having a search where the system looks everywhere - but really where it has decided to place the specific type of content - on the unit seemlessly after you specify the criteria. Symbian ... the user has pretty much complete freedom WHERE to store data/files/file types. The BEAUTY of Symbian is that it doesn't matter WHERE the user chooses to store data - its default programs can find the content their coded to associate with.

1. Music Player.
- searches BOTH the phone & MicroSD / Internal Flash storage for audio files it can play.
2. Maps.
- knows where to find stored map points, saved map files etc.
3. Gallery.
- searches for anything really Pictures, Videos, Music tracks & playlists (making them accessible to the Music Player).
4. Browser.
knows where to find saved web pages and allows user to load them again; rendering them the same as when originally viewed.

^ Everyone needs to understand this paradigm ... its used on Win2K/XP/Vista and Windows 7. Heck even in OS X users must install or save files in specific folders - but OS X is MORE forgiven of dis-organization (something completely backwards to OS 9 & prior really).

I like the freedom of where to save my files ... I don't like that the system can find them regardless - only when I've saved hot naked girly pics and my wife can load the gallery to find them. However, at least there are options on how to HIDE those files or multiple files in a folder from the gallery until I deliberately allow it; of which I'm looking for that ability on the web.

Oh and ...
Haptics ... N97.
TAT - Kastor is already been featured/shown in the N97 but more so in the N86. N-Gage ... thats not a whisper in the air but delivered, Symbian Foundation seems to be going where its promised. Try reading Symbian Foundation blog - interesting thoughts there from those working with that team directly.
 
My sentiments exactly...I've blown $500+ in many other ways..worth a shot to try it out then move on to whatever...the 3rd gen Iphone will be verrrry tempting.
 
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