Advertisements In this video, the Nokia designers explain how the homescreen, as we have seen on the Nokia N97, has come about. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C35s7ZLm1go] Initially, I wasn’t sold on the subject when I heard about the homescreen – I thought it was like Nokia’s “active standby” just slightly beefed up. Having used it for over a […]
The Nokia N97 looks absolutely stunning in the first 30 seconds of this video. It’s a new advert to showcase some of the major features of the N97. Homescreen Facebook Full Web Browsing Ovi Store Navigation with Ovi Maps Camera capabilities with Carl Zeiss Optics Uploading to Ovi Store Enjoying Video and TV Email Buying […]
The Nokia N97 has a compass mainly for rotating your maps to align with the roads/surroundings as you turn your phone. It doesn’t rotate instantly towards north like a real compass – and so, needs a bit of calibration, which according to the manual, the method is to swing your phone in an 8-shape like […]
From moubail.com is this free “match’em game”, where the aim is to match multiple icons on the screen. It’s touch based (though a little flakey) but for N97 users you can also use the D-Pad. It’s a little harder than it looks, as you’ve got to put some thought into what order you’re going to […]
This is one of the Nokia N97 reviews I have been waiting for, and it was a nice surprise to see Ricky Cadden, the Guru, take the helm of such a major handset review. Transition black looking stunning with this charcoal grey and gun metal rim combination. Spanning 8 pages, the review is extremely in […]
If you’ve been following the Nokia N97 reviews, you will have noticed large contrasts in opinion about it. Whilst opinions on the software are understandably much more subjective, the physical hardware should be less so. Nevertheless, there are still comments about how the keyboard on the N97 has virtually no tactile feedback (e.g. BGR and […]
Ovi Maps 3.0 is the latest edition of Nokia’s free Sat-Nav software. Below is a screenshot taken from Ovi Maps 3.0 on the Nokia N97. The improvements with Ovi Maps 3.0 are well worth the time to upgrade because the interface is much improved, requiring much less menu wading and button pressing than the previous […]
Previously, Michael Sherlock compared the browsers of the iPhone 3GS and Nokia N97. Now Michael compares other aspects of both handsets.. [Note, that although the N97 is more expensive in the US due to it being unsubsidised/unavailable on contract, outside the US, and at least in the UK, there are some really good deals that […]
This is TeknoReview’s review of the Nokia N97. Part 1 covers the hardware aspects of the phone including: build quality/aesthetics slide mechanism keyboard screen speakers They also cover the S60 UI slightly. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJe9Nd_wx0] Part 2 covers most of the N97 software. User interface/Homescreen Ovi Store Web Browser Camera GPS Navigation Video Playback (ooh, I felt […]
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