nokia n97
27 June 2009, 07:51 PM
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24 hrs in here as well
not sure tbh... lol
its a good phone, dont get me wrong, but i really miss a joystick / thumb control...
if the G1 had more memory, better camera, and a headphone socket, i,d have had that....
That said. i havnt really played with it lol....time to get stuck in methinks
Mart
not sure tbh... lol
its a good phone, dont get me wrong, but i really miss a joystick / thumb control...
if the G1 had more memory, better camera, and a headphone socket, i,d have had that....
That said. i havnt really played with it lol....time to get stuck in methinks
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27 June 2009, 10:48 PM
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i have had mine from june 22nd
got it from mobile phones direct on vodafone £35 for unlimited text,internet and 600 mins got the phone for free on a 18 month contract think i got a good deal
think its is really nice it has crashed a few times but nothing that bad i got all my apps and games from Symbian S60v5 Forum
got it from mobile phones direct on vodafone £35 for unlimited text,internet and 600 mins got the phone for free on a 18 month contract think i got a good deal
think its is really nice it has crashed a few times but nothing that bad i got all my apps and games from Symbian S60v5 Forum
28 June 2009, 08:42 AM
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I have had mine a few months now, no problems with it apart from it always go to sleep mode so the screen goes black and you can't see the clock. It also does this when using the GPS feature, which is particularly annoying. I did a search on the net and it seems it cannot be fixed. Everything else works ok though.
01 July 2009, 04:47 PM
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Just got mine too.
Quite a few frustrations so far:
On the good side the full size keyboard is great, and battery life seems pretty good too; it also has serious internal memory. But I think my initial impression is a bit dissapointed - maybe I'll find workarounds and maybe its me who needs to work it out a bit more on some points (the manual is VERY slim for such a complex device).
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Quite a few frustrations so far:
- Touch screen doesn't seem half as useful and intuitive as i Phone - scrolling is sticky/juddery and often click-opens stuff up rather than scrolls page. It also feels upside down to me - drag slider down to scroll but drag screen up to do same
- Loads of 5" long 'cant find WLAN' errors which locks it out - I know mate, I'm doing 70 in the car at the mo!
- Cant seem to click a link in e-mails
- Difficult to paste a copied link - no CTRL+V or menu paste options in many modes.
- Easy set up for gmail was great as well as having it on 'desktop' - but doesn't send and no option to pull every 10 mins. It just sits there dead till you click 'connect' or dig deeper in menus for 'download all'.
- No delivery reports incoming for texts on mine - was fine on N95.
- ANOTHER new car mount and charger to buy - nothing like N95 I had
- Looks absolutely DEAD and so OFF when not in use!
On the good side the full size keyboard is great, and battery life seems pretty good too; it also has serious internal memory. But I think my initial impression is a bit dissapointed - maybe I'll find workarounds and maybe its me who needs to work it out a bit more on some points (the manual is VERY slim for such a complex device).
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01 July 2009, 07:56 PM
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Just got mine too.
Quite a few frustrations so far:
On the good side the full size keyboard is great, and battery life seems pretty good too; it also has serious internal memory. But I think my initial impression is a bit dissapointed - maybe I'll find workarounds and maybe its me who needs to work it out a bit more on some points (the manual is VERY slim for such a complex device).
D
Quite a few frustrations so far:
- Touch screen doesn't seem half as useful and intuitive as i Phone - scrolling is sticky/juddery and often click-opens stuff up rather than scrolls page. It also feels upside down to me - drag slider down to scroll but drag screen up to do same
- Loads of 5" long 'cant find WLAN' errors which locks it out - I know mate, I'm doing 70 in the car at the mo!
- Cant seem to click a link in e-mails
- Difficult to paste a copied link - no CTRL+V or menu paste options in many modes.
- Easy set up for gmail was great as well as having it on 'desktop' - but doesn't send and no option to pull every 10 mins. It just sits there dead till you click 'connect' or dig deeper in menus for 'download all'.
- No delivery reports incoming for texts on mine - was fine on N95.
- ANOTHER new car mount and charger to buy - nothing like N95 I had
- Looks absolutely DEAD and so OFF when not in use!
On the good side the full size keyboard is great, and battery life seems pretty good too; it also has serious internal memory. But I think my initial impression is a bit dissapointed - maybe I'll find workarounds and maybe its me who needs to work it out a bit more on some points (the manual is VERY slim for such a complex device).
D
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theres a new firmware out today i think
its a bit buggy, but improvements are on the way
Mart
10 July 2009, 09:00 PM
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Missus's n97 went back to orange today phone was resetting itself 3 times + a day freezing and to top it off the camera stopped working.
Anyone else had any problems? after the pita I have had with my n96 I think we will be staying away from nokias in the future
phone was resetting itself 3 times + a day freezing and to top it off the camera stopped working.Anyone else had any problems? after the pita I have had with my n96 I think we will be staying away from nokias in the future
11 July 2009, 11:02 AM
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I remember saying I'd never touch Sony Ericson after wasting a lot of money on a very un-functional P990. Nokia has been far better for me.
Really starting to like my N97 - at last. It really is a mini laptop so is saving me some time.
Its very buggy though throughout and the touch screen isn't in the same league as i phones. Battery life, 16:9 screen and keyboard make up for this though.
I'll stick with it (and guessing the functions and how things work - when I get stuck I contact 16year old kids on web fora as Nokia find this far more profitable than making proper manuals
!)
D
Really starting to like my N97 - at last. It really is a mini laptop so is saving me some time.
Its very buggy though throughout and the touch screen isn't in the same league as i phones. Battery life, 16:9 screen and keyboard make up for this though.
I'll stick with it (and guessing the functions and how things work - when I get stuck I contact 16year old kids on web fora as Nokia find this far more profitable than making proper manuals
!)D
11 July 2009, 11:23 AM
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I remember saying I'd never touch Sony Ericson after wasting a lot of money on a very un-functional P990. Nokia has been far better for me.
Really starting to like my N97 - at last. It really is a mini laptop so is saving me some time.
Its very buggy though throughout and the touch screen isn't in the same league as i phones. Battery life, 16:9 screen and keyboard make up for this though.
I'll stick with it (and guessing the functions and how things work - when I get stuck I contact 16year old kids on web fora as Nokia find this far more profitable than making proper manuals!)
D
Really starting to like my N97 - at last. It really is a mini laptop so is saving me some time.
Its very buggy though throughout and the touch screen isn't in the same league as i phones. Battery life, 16:9 screen and keyboard make up for this though.
I'll stick with it (and guessing the functions and how things work - when I get stuck I contact 16year old kids on web fora as Nokia find this far more profitable than making proper manuals
!)D
Yes the ahem phone has many unique and clever features, and some shocking ones as well but as with all makes & models of phones to date, not one of them has delivered everything in one package
each phone has a selling point for each user, for me it was camera, memory & keyboard & headphone jack.. on the downside, no joystick
Mart
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12 July 2009, 10:05 AM
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i was thinking of one of these after my iphone which has to be the crappest phone on the market even after the software update, do flash and java applications work on the n97 when your on the web ?
12 July 2009, 10:51 AM
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12 July 2009, 10:52 AM
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Its got a right click? Love it - take heed Nokia!
Scooby Pup: Re Flash and Java... Well You Tube works both with the app and straight via browser so Flash is good. Give me a URL and I'll try it for you.
Annoyingly it doesn't hyperlink URL's from e-mail (unless you use the GMail app - which is great) and copying and pasting URL's is a very difficult fiddly affair.
Ironically I hate the mobile Scoobynet site on it and so tend not to go there. The text is tiny, the 'reply' text box is smaller than a postage stamp and it looks like a basic boring basic text page. Bythe time I've zoomed in and scrolled around I've lost patience! The std HTML site would suit me better - but I cant see a button to get it to default to this.
Nokia are really winding me up with the abysmal lack of detailed info though - can you find an EXACT spec for what video it will play? And please dont say 'MP4' - the answer is a paragraph long of geeky MP4 encoding details! Trial and error is drawing a blank! There has to be a better way!!!
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Scooby Pup: Re Flash and Java... Well You Tube works both with the app and straight via browser so Flash is good. Give me a URL and I'll try it for you.
Annoyingly it doesn't hyperlink URL's from e-mail (unless you use the GMail app - which is great) and copying and pasting URL's is a very difficult fiddly affair.
Ironically I hate the mobile Scoobynet site on it and so tend not to go there. The text is tiny, the 'reply' text box is smaller than a postage stamp and it looks like a basic boring basic text page. Bythe time I've zoomed in and scrolled around I've lost patience! The std HTML site would suit me better - but I cant see a button to get it to default to this.
Nokia are really winding me up with the abysmal lack of detailed info though - can you find an EXACT spec for what video it will play? And please dont say 'MP4' - the answer is a paragraph long of geeky MP4 encoding details! Trial and error is drawing a blank! There has to be a better way!!!
D
12 July 2009, 11:10 AM
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you tube works on the i phone as its got its own app which is good, my lad always trys to go on a site called funnygames which is all flash and java based and they never work, also other sites cant remember which ones now come up with a blue box when there should be moving pictures or a site intro etc
