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Old 02-12-2008, 09:17
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Old 02-12-2008, 09:22
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hmm nah
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Old 02-12-2008, 09:29
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Mmm nice, i want one. I wonder if 3 will be giving these away by march?
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Old 02-12-2008, 09:38
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Hmmm OS X or Series 60 - no contest.
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Old 02-12-2008, 09:51
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Give the HTC Touch HD a look - I love mine & at least with the Touch I can send picture messages and shoot video (something the iPhone can't do)

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Old 02-12-2008, 10:01
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im excited bout the n97 oly problem is im not used to a qwerty keyboard, ive got a n95 atm its gonna be a scary change but i will make it when its released
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:02
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that i would buy. i've been thinking that the n96 isn't enough of an improvement on my n95-2 to be bothered.

But the N97 does seem to offer a functional upgrade.
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:09
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Looks suspiciously like the iPhone as you would expect but I guess it depends on the cost whether or not it would be a serious rival.
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:13
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Looks suspiciously like the iPhone as you would expect but I guess it depends on the cost whether or not it would be a serious rival.
???? What makes you think it looks like iPhone? I can't seen anything apart from the fact they both have a screen.
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Old 02-12-2008, 11:17
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???? What makes you think it looks like iPhone? I can't seen anything apart from the fact they both have a screen.
Its just a title, jeez.

Its better than 6+1 = 7 n97 has arrived
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Old 02-12-2008, 11:19
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Hmmm OS X or Series 60 - no contest in my opinion.
Fixed that for you...
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Old 02-12-2008, 11:22
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Its just a title, jeez.
My comment was directed towards the "Looks suspiciously like the iPhone" comment. I can;t seen anything that makes it "look" like the iPhone. Specs and comparisons are fine, but "looks" ??
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Old 02-12-2008, 11:43
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A few points

1. Fairly impressive specs, as you would expect from an N-series device.

2. It arrives most likely mid 09. Should be new HW revisions from all the manufacturers by then.

3. Resistive touch screen, not capacitive. A decision I cannot understand.

4. Where is the developer story? If its just widgets then thats a fail.

5. You couldn't pay me enough to go back to S60.
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Old 02-12-2008, 11:56
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Via Gizmodo
"but the drawbacks of a resistive touchscreen (there, as always, to ensure character recognition via a stylus for Nokia's Asian market) were immediately noticeable when dragging widgets around the desktop."


Ah, so thats the reason for manufacturers consistently putting out resistive touchscreens rather than capacitive. Good piece of info.
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Old 02-12-2008, 12:04
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Resistive means no sale tbh.

If I go back to my DS Lite these days I utterly hate the touch screen. Less clear, less responsive.
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Old 02-12-2008, 12:06
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Give the HTC Touch HD a look - I love mine & at least with the Touch I can send picture messages and shoot video (something the iPhone can't do)
It's something it can't do out of the box, but something it can do very easily.
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Old 02-12-2008, 12:12
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The I-Phone Killer has arrived
Thought it was the Nokia 3310.
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Old 02-12-2008, 12:20
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???? What makes you think it looks like iPhone? I can't seen anything apart from the fact they both have a screen.
I don't know . . .the chrome around the outside? . . .the fact they're pretty much identical except it's white?

Anyway it seems quite chunky since it has a keypad and also runs Symbian.

So - no - it won't be an iPhone killer.

The next iPhone killer will be. . . .well. . . .the next iPhone.
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Old 02-12-2008, 14:52
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My comment was directed towards the "Looks suspiciously like the iPhone" comment. I can;t seen anything that makes it "look" like the iPhone. Specs and comparisons are fine, but "looks" ??
Sorry
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Old 02-12-2008, 14:56
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Tbh i think id prefer to see it in black.

Any photoshop wizards do the magic??
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Old 02-12-2008, 15:10
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Some extra information:

http://www.engadget.com/photos/nokia...ds-on/1196876/
http://www.engadget.com/photos/nokia...ds-on/1196875/

Gallery there. Looks very thick there - almost twice an iPhone.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/n...ideo-hands-on/

Video of black version.
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Old 03-12-2008, 06:32
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Thing is when this phone comes out most new phone will be upto 8 meg on the camera and nokia are still using 5 meg.
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Old 03-12-2008, 12:13
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Give the HTC Touch HD a look - I love mine & at least with the Touch I can send picture messages and shoot video (something the iPhone can't do)

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Yeah but its got windows mobile on it, which is slow and buggy.
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Old 03-12-2008, 19:01
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I've actually being playing with the Touch HD and the Xperia for the past week. The biggest problem with the Touch HD is the actual touchscreen. Three things kill it for me

1. resistive - simply not as responsive as the iPhone screen
2. no popup keys on the onscreen keyboard. so you often dont know you hit the wrong key until after you release.
3. spell correction is horrific. significantly less intelligent than the iPhones.

add to that WinMob just isnt designed for touch from a UI perspective and you have a second rate experience.

My worry is that the N97 will also have these same problems.
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Old 04-12-2008, 15:57
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Fixed that for you...
How was that fixed? Of course it was their opinion, by the very fact they said it, no need to add at the end "in my opinion" no need to state the obvious
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