Nokia's N97 mini gets its shipping papers

Right on cue, the smaller-but-just-barely N97 mini is now ready for public consumption over in Europe. Granted, we're certainly at the tail end of October, but we can't say that we caught Nokia in a lie or anything based on what was said last month in Stuttgart. You've already committed the specifications to memory and read all about firmware 2.0, so now all that's left to do is run along, fork out €450 ($667) and wonder forever if this decision will positively or negatively change the course of your life.

[jasonlackey Posted Oct 28th 2009 2:55PM]

Wonderful hardware, delightfully well built. Sadly the ones I have played with have all had rather dreadful usability issues, some of which are unlikely to go away in 2.0.

This is a very good one to try before you buy.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 28th 2009 4:21PM]

I've actually been using one for 2 weeks now...and I ditched my N97 after about 3 days. Frankly, I think the Mini extremely easy to use now...and I'm pretty picky.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 28th 2009 8:45PM]

@n8phillips
what would be the major points that made you like the mini more than the original n97?