Nokia N97 video demonstration
Posted on 02 December 2008, at 5:50 am, by Wayne Schulz
Here’s the latest from Nokia. Introduced today in Barcelona at their Nokia World 08 conference, the Nokia N97 is a touch screen with flip out keyboard that on the surface beats the iPhone in several features. Here’s what Nokia N97 does that the iPhone doesn’t -Keyboard, Video capabilities, 5 megapixel camera, copy/paste, replaceable battery. What it doesn’t have? 10,000 available apps, iTunes sync. Look for it to start playing catch up in the second quarter 2009.
Nokia N97 Tilting Touch Screen, QWERTY Keyboard
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December 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
WTF?!
What the N97 has? 32GB of on board memory AND a microSDHC slot. TV-Out. Bluetooth with A2DP support. A customizable homescreen where you choose your fullscreen background, you choose what to be notified about right on the screen. TRUE multitasking. Dual LED for even better images and videos in the dark. Resistive screen that works well with finger touch AND when wearing gloves. Higher resolution screen than the iPhone. Flash support in the browser. An OPEN platform (yes today Nokia aquired Symbian and the Symbian Foundation is official).. Do I need to continue? Also, funny enough, when you take it out of the box, you can instantly use it, without an iTunes activation, woooaw how about that for a *does have* list? It’s an average feature, but somehow becomes rather important when you compare it to the competition.
What it doesn’t have? Multitouch and major support in the USA, the 2nd being a big fat error in its otherwise perfect portfolio.
The apps?! At least 20% of current S60 apps run on it now, in 2009 when it’s released they almost all will. iTunes Sync? You never heard of Nokia Multimedia Manager for the Mac, or the Nokia PC Suite and iTunes Agent for the PC, have you?
Please next time you write an important post like this, don’t let the loyalty to a brand get over to you. The last time I checked, Gear Diary was a global site, not a US-only site, so you owe it to your readers to write with objectivity, and to write about global announcements with a global point of view, not a local or a subjective one.
In an subjective point of view of my own: we will sure see who will play catch up.
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
So how many applications does the S60 based phone have? I understand 1st and 2nd editions aren’t compatible since they’re based on Symbian OS’s before 9.1, but you probably wouldn’t want to run those apps anyways since they’re made for much lower resolution phones.
So is S60 5th edition backwards compatible with applications from 3rd edition?
PS – I believe 4th edition was skipped due to the number 4 being connected to death in asian cultures…
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:41 am
I guess at least some applications for existing Symbian should work on Touch version, so it’s not like it’s starting from zero.
Anyhow given the popularity of Nokia devices here in Europe, I guess it should have no problem outselling the iPhone…
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:53 am
10,000 apps doesn’t mean as much when 3,000 of them are tip calculators!
Seriously, I think this looks incredible. Hope they make a North American version.
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 am
@questionfear there will be a NAM version of it, confirmed by nokia officials.
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
At first glance from the video, It looks nice.
Having a strong camera and video built in means alot. On paper its good enough to not carry an extra camera or camcorder for most everyday events.
To me, the killer component is the keyboard and the single biggest thing keeping from an iphone. I’m still on an old Treo 700p and can’t make a move without a real keyboard. I’m just too verbose
It definitely doesn’t have a UI that is nearly as slick as the iphone. I wish they showed how well or not the web browser works.
Kind of moot for me until a US model shows up, but even if this isn’t my device, it proves that the technology now exists to do all this. Other than the wierd steve psychology of no keyboard, there is no reason the iphone couldn’t incorporate most of these features. It clearly is “thicker” than an iphone (but still much thinner than my Treo). And that would be an issue for apple. For me, I don’t care if a phone is a little thicker if it can replace pounds of other gadgets to take along.
The future is indeed bright