Well, the Nokia N97 is out, the TV ad (embedded below) is doing great, but where is the best place to buy it?
Well, Omio.com is a great site for the purposes of comparison, they have all of the mobile phone deals in a simple and easy to read layout, with listings from most of the major networks and retailers sorted. Nokia N97 deals that offer cashback, free gifts as well as a combination of 12, 18 and 24 month tariffs are all there for your perusal.
It isn’t just the N97 that they cover, however. All of the most popular Nokia phones including the 5800 XpressMusic and E71 are reviewed, compared and contrasted, whilst the rest of the hot handsets available at the moment are included too!
Go there, and find your perfect Nokia N97 package!
If the latest news from the San Francisco Game Developers Conference is to be believed, the Nokia Ovi store will be opening its digital doors in May and at the same time rolling out to 9 other countries in Europe.
Unlike the Android Store and Apple’s App Store, publishers can set their own prices in the Nokia store. Publishers can also get as much as 70% return on all the sales they make
The Ovi store will have a social element to it with users being able to upload their content onto the site. It’s still unclear whether they’ll be able to charge without being classified as publishers.
Users will be able to share links to download with their friends and track anything they want to share.
With theN97 due to hit stores in May, it’s an exciting time for Nokia.
If I was an iPhone I think I’d been feeling constantly under-attack. Every time a new phone is released, BAM let’s compare it to the iPhone. I’d be like, ‘Just leave me alone, why do you always have to compare me to other phones, can’t you just appreciate me for what I am?’
Sorry iPhone, here’s another attack on your increasingly fragile ego. But this time, it’s a worthy competitor - the Nokia N97. Fanfare.
Unfortunately it’s not a true comparison, theNokiaN97.com does not have an actual N97 to hand, but they have a nice picture of the two adversaries. Instead NokiaN97 speculates on why Nokia’s latest is better than Apple’s only handset. Here’s a potted break down.
Resolution - N97 - 360×640 Vs iPhone’s pitiful 320 x 480
Keyboard - N97 - Physical keyboard, bigger, wider, better typing experience Vs iPhone on screen keyboard but this depends on a user’s preference (I actually hate touchscreen keyboards, so thumbs down from me)
Headphones - N97 3.5 audio jack compatible with all headphones Vs iPhone which supports selected headphones (why so exclusive Apple, get over yourself)
Memory - N97 - 32GM of built in memory Vs iPhone 8 or 16GB of memory (depending on model)
Camera - N97 - 5 megapixel camera, LED flash, autofocus, Carl Zweiss optics Vs iPhone - 2 megapixel camera (might as well use a disposable camera)
The Tocco and the N97 are Nokia and Samsung’s the two super smart phones.
Nokia went as far as to call the it the “ultimate portable computer” and Sony Ericsson said their Samsung Tocco Ultra was the “ultimate touch screen for the mobile person”.
But which one should you be spending your money on? We lined them up to compare the stats.
The high resolution wide TFT, LCD display makes navigation easier on the Tooco and it only weighs 106 grams so it’s easy to carry around and fit in your pocket.
With its black coated shell and shiny interior, the Tocco is the sexier of the two phones. It fully supports email, SMS, instant messaging, and large file web downloads and is HTML compatible so browsing won’t be slow or jittery either.
The 8 mega pixel camera with dual power LED flash with an integrated smile shot feature means that you’ll also get quality pictures with every shot you take aswell.
The Nokia N97 has managed to carve out an enviable spot out for itself in the crowded N-Series market.
The phone’s full-size slide out QWERTY keyboard makes sending emails and texting speedier and easier. It’s particularly popular with business users who have to write out long emails . This is also helped by the fact that the screen can turn to horizontal mode after a swift shake of the handset.
The 5 megapixel camera is smaller than the Tocco’s 8. But this is made up for with a massive 32 GB of storage, double that of any other mobile handset available. The storage space jumps up another 16 GB when you add in the phone’s micro SD ,to a whopping 48GB. It really is that portable computer that Nokia keep mentioning. It also has a stand time of 430 hours.
With dimensions of 52 x 110 x 13 mm, the Tocco is just that little bit shorter and thinner than the N97 (55 x 117 x 13 mm). But there is something in having a phone that’s just a little big bigger and sturdier.
Do you know your widgets? Here’s your change to cast your vote in Nokia’s competition to find the ultimate homepage widgets.
We mentioned how ground-breaking the N97’s widget homepage was a while back and now Nokia have published their shortlist of widget superstars.
There’s the Get Stock Widget that lets you play the stock market on your phone, the Music Locator that morphs geo-location with your music library for location-dependent play lists and Sports Scores Live; a customisable widget that lets you organise sports scores and watch videos of the most exciting scoring moments.
Entries with the most votes, plus 9 more, selected by the Forum Nokia panel, will go on to the next stage of the competition.
Don’t let the list above influence your vote - they’re just my favourites!
The Nokia n97 has made the number 3 spot on T3 magazine’s list of the top 10o gadgets.
The editors of T3’s magazine went as far as to call the n97, “the cleverest, most technologically advanced handset to date”.
You can’t ask for much better than that!
The list makers, “trawl the globe for the most exclusive gear” before drawing up their short list of gadgets they deem worthy of inclusion. Along with also being published on the website, the Top 100 list is published in 24 countries around the world.
Three other Nokia handsets also made it in there. The Nokia 5800 Music was credited for being an,”excellent MP3 player which also has the ability to make phone calls”. The Nokia 96 got to number 66 and the E71 was only slightly further down at number 76.
This video, courtesy of AllAboutSymbian.com, shows hows kinetic scrolling works on the N97. Like the iPhone and the G1, flick scrolling makes navigating web pages a seamless experience. Scroll down a page with a flick of a finger and zoom into web pages simply with a double tap. It looks pretty impressive, definitely on a par with the iPhone and the G1. The other interesting aspect of the video is how widgets will work on the N97. In this video you can see Bloomburg and Facebook widgets but in the future there will also be MySpace widgets and LinkedIn widgets and many more.
