Nokia n97

July 3rd, 2009

So here’s my N97.

I’m still getting used to it so I don’t have that many comments on it yet so here are some miscellaneous observations:

The keyboard slides out. When you use the keyboard the n97 is in landscape mode, otherwise it’s in portrait.

The screen is pretty big and easy to look at. The standby screen has widgets each of which can be configured to display different information like your favourite contacts, recently emails, the weather, etc. They display well whether you have the n97 in landscape or portrait mode.

Like the 5800 the other day the N97’s UI doesn’t always feel very optimized for touch screen. For example sometimes you have to double tap while other times a single tap is sufficient. Another example is how sometimes you can scroll by pressing and holding the screen and then sliding around while other times you can’t. It can make for an inconsistent user interface.

When you’re on the E71’s standby screen you can type someone’s name and it will automatically search your phonebook. This doesn’t work on the N97

The back of the phone feels kind of cheap, like it’s unpainted. It also creaks a tiny bit when you slide the hold button. Not a big deal but it doesn’t inspire confidence. I think the N97 looks more expensive than it feels.

Anyways, I’ll have some more thoughts on the N97 later.

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