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15 Feb, 2010
Nokia N97 - A pretty good smartphone
For today's sophisticated mobile user looking for his first non-linux smartphone, N97 comes like a breath of fresh air. It contains all the features one has gotten used to with an Iphone or a Google G1/G2. The menu can be a little tricky at times (to be honest, I am still finding my way around it; still not able to locate the call log :P) but once that has been mastered, the user will be astonished at the marvel that is N97. I am using a vodafone upgrade(sim-free) UK black model.
I am very surprised at how light the phone is. Compared to my previous phone - a Google G1, its much more compact and lighter. Applications and features wise, initially it does not seem any different from the 1000s of models nokia has released over the years. But the added advantages become clear very soon. First of all, there is the configurable phonetop(If it can be called that), which allows the user to place all the important applications and phone features on the first screen of the phone and have one touch access to them. The mailing and messaging systems are very intuitive and one can set up and configure a mail account very easily. 'Mail for Exchange' is a very impressive application that allows a former Google phone user to download contacts/calendar/notes directly onto the N97. This saved a big headache for me as the PC suite does not readily import the CSV format of the contacts that can be exported from one's google account.
The phone contains a powerful Carl Zeiss powered 5M pixel camera that takes very smart pics even in the dark. For a person like me who likes a point-and-shoot camera, this is a wonderful addition to have in one's pocket. It is GPS enabled in the home network and from the OVI suite, one can download detailed maps of any country. This would mean that one need not use GPS/roaming services for maps while on holiday!! The audio player is not only good with the headphones but can also play really well when connected to a full component speaker system. The video playback is also good and is very useful when travelling. The phone comes packaged with a mini speaker system and TV out which are very useful. With 32GB of built in space, one can store all the music/videos one wants and not be bothered to replace them very often(if at all).
Now onto the not so smart features. The phone tends to install all the applications directly to phone memory and not onto the 32G hdd, this means that the mail retrieval application keeps getting disabled very often due to lack of space. I am yet to come across a way to automatically get applications installed onto the hdd. The touch screen seems a little clumsy compared to the capacitive screens of the other phones and needs to be pressed hard to register a touch(to push a button for example). Scrolling can be a real bother initially. The keyboard takes some getting used to, specially after a G1 as the numbers don't have their own buttons and the space bar is located on the right. Nokia seems to have redeemed itself by providing a stylus that gives much better control and most importantly it can be used to access features on the phone on a cold day while wearing gloves. The OVI store will come as a major disappointment to the users of Iphone and Google as there are hardly any applications in each category and most of them are paid. But there are a few sites out there which provide a solution.
All in all, a very decent smartphone for those willing to give Symbian OS a chance
15 Feb, 2010
Nokia N97 - A pretty good smartphone
3 of 3 found this helpful For today's sophisticated mobile user looking for his first non-linux smartphone, N97 comes like a breath of fresh air. It contains all the features one has gotten used to with an Iphone or a Google G1/G2. The menu can be a little tricky at times (to be honest, I am still finding my way around it; still not able to locate the call log :P) but once that has been mastered, the user will be astonished at the marvel that is N97. I am using a vodafone upgrade(sim-free) UK black model.
I am very surprised at how light the phone is. Compared to my previous phone - a Google G1, its much more compact and lighter. Applications and features wise, initially it does not seem any different from the 1000s of models nokia has released over the years. But the added advantages become clear very soon. First of all, there is the configurable phonetop(If it can be called that), which allows the user to place all the important applications and phone features on the first screen of the phone and have one touch access to them. The mailing and messaging systems are very intuitive and one can set up and configure a mail account very easily. 'Mail for Exchange' is a very impressive application that allows a former Google phone user to download contacts/calendar/notes directly onto the N97. This saved a big headache for me as the PC suite does not readily import the CSV format of the contacts that can be exported from one's google account.
The phone contains a powerful Carl Zeiss powered 5M pixel camera that takes very smart pics even in the dark. For a person like me who likes a point-and-shoot camera, this is a wonderful addition to have in one's pocket. It is GPS enabled in the home network and from the OVI suite, one can download detailed maps of any country. This would mean that one need not use GPS/roaming services for maps while on holiday!! The audio player is not only good with the headphones but can also play really well when connected to a full component speaker system. The video playback is also good and is very useful when travelling. The phone comes packaged with a mini speaker system and TV out which are very useful. With 32GB of built in space, one can store all the music/videos one wants and not be bothered to replace them very often(if at all).
Now onto the not so smart features. The phone tends to install all the applications directly to phone memory and not onto the 32G hdd, this means that the mail retrieval application keeps getting disabled very often due to lack of space. I am yet to come across a way to automatically get applications installed onto the hdd. The touch screen seems a little clumsy compared to the capacitive screens of the other phones and needs to be pressed hard to register a touch(to push a button for example). Scrolling can be a real bother initially. The keyboard takes some getting used to, specially after a G1 as the numbers don't have their own buttons and the space bar is located on the right. Nokia seems to have redeemed itself by providing a stylus that gives much better control and most importantly it can be used to access features on the phone on a cold day while wearing gloves. The OVI store will come as a major disappointment to the users of Iphone and Google as there are hardly any applications in each category and most of them are paid. But there are a few sites out there which provide a solution.
All in all, a very decent smartphone for those willing to give Symbian OS a chance