Although it has touchscreen functionality, the user experience is not as fluid as the i-Phone. (Come on Nokia, you have been in the mobile business longer than Apple) However it has been reported to work well; incorporating an accelerometer (which basically means that the image on the screen tilts as you tilt the phone) and a very larger screen it makes the job of mobile surfing a lot easier.
The full QWERTY keyboard looks easy to use, neat and tidy. It makes the phone look like a miniature laptop. In fact the phone is so full of features, Nokia are marketing the phone as a personal computer. I personally think that it’s not yet there. The downside of the slide out keyboard is that it makes the phone rather chunky, especially in comparison to the slim and sexy i-Phone.
It has a 5 mega pixel camera (the same as the N95 and N96) considering that this is a mobile phone the picture and video quality is very good, but there are already mobile phones out there with 8.1 mega pixel cameras (Samsung i8510). I was really expecting HD capabilities.
The handset comes preinstalled with Nokia maps and a host of other widgets. The big seller for me is that the phone is shipped with 32GB of internal memory and expandable via a SD memory slot by 16 GB. Excellent!
I think that this is a better handset than the i-Phone as you do not have to upload all your music to i-Tunes then download it to your phone before you can listen to it. ( What a silly idea, Apple sort your life out) With the N97 If the battery dies on you – you can replace it yourself. With the i-Phone you have to send it to Timbuktu to get a new battery. God alone knows how they expect you to make phone calls; this gets worse especially in the future when we are meant to be paying for items via your mobile phones) The Nokia N97 has Bluetooth which enables you can send your favourite pictures, videos, music etc to you mates. You can connect to wireless headphones, hands free car kits, car stereos and the list go on and on. The i-Phone does not have bluetooth. The Nokia allows you to stream all Active X media to your phone. This allows you to access Tube 8 (for all you naughty folk, it’s what the internet is for, apparently!), Meta Café, BBC I player etc and not only you tube which is the case with the i-Phone.
If you are interested in getting your hands on one the Nokia n97, it is out at the end of May 2009. If you cannot wait that long, then buy yourself a ticket and fly to Barcelona where the N97 is Nokia’s star attraction at the Mobile tech conference.
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