Nokia's N97 gets sized up, felt up, and photographed
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Dec 15th 2008 10:05AM
posted Dec 15th 2008 10:05AM
You know what they say -- another day, another hands-on look at the N97. Although the folks at Mobile Review insist that this is not a formal review, they have been kind enough to post their extensive thoughts on the phone -- as well as more UI and comparison shots than you can shake a stick at. Overall, they seem to really dig the handset's design: sure, it's big (a shade larger than the iPhone), but it's well-proportioned, and doesn't seem bulky. And even though it's a slider, it doesn't have that "wobbly" feeling that sliders tend to have. Other features of note include a secondary camera that can serve as webcam and the 3.5-inch, 640 x 360-pixel screen, boasting 16 million colors, which they call "a true marvel." But that's not all! Hit the read link for thoughts on the new, improved music player, all those widgets that you crave, and comparison shots with the HTC Touch Pro, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, and the Apple iPhone. Video after the break.
[Thanks, Imran]
[Thanks, Imran]
The writing in this writeup is atrocious. The first paragraph under Positioning is particularly appalling (or maybe I'm saying that because that's where I stopped reading...
"To be frank, however, all previous phones could work with these services just as well. All you needed to do was install that application, and that one too, then setup both, tweak a handful of settings and you were good to go. As you have already guessed, it means they weren't integrated into the phone's UI before. Nevertheless, it's probably more about personal preferences rather than anything else. As for other bits and pieces - the Nokia N97 is the first phone to come preinstalled Nokia Maps 3.0, and much like this app's previous versions, it'll be available to all owners of older Nokia-branded phones. On the other hand, some applications and features will remain exclusive to the N97, such as widgets, that have been developed for this phone and will be available solely with Nseries and Eseries handsets."
Contradict ourselves much?
Err, where did they get a 32gb microsd card?
This is Eldar Murtazin. If he asks for it, he gets it. He could ask for your mother and he would get her, too.
The writing is funky because mobile-review is a Russian site and the "review" has been translated...not very well
Gotcha. Still, the underlying logic appears to be problematic at best in some cases.
it's the way Eldar writes in Russian - his reviews are pretty difficult to read even before translation (contradictory sentences, awkward wordings, inconsistent flow of thoughts within paragraphs etc)
That's Russians in general not just this guy :)
thanks guys