I've had the N97 for approximately 3 weeks now and cannot understand the following:
Ovi Suite works nicely, however, when I drag a mp4 movie across, it converts it to avi format which it should. i can understand that it will take appx 1.3hours to convert. it converts the file and it shows on my phone as downloaded file, under videos. i play the movie, and the quality is ok, but for some apparent reason, the movie just dissapears off my phone some hours later. i try to locate the file through my pc in mass storage and cannot find it anywhere, and when i disconnect and want to delete the file through the phone, it tells me : "general:in use". i thought this was an isolated incident, but its happening all the time. - its taking up space on the phone, but its not showing. a friend of mine has this problem on 5800 music express as well. can any one help - and btw, i have downloaded all latest software updates from nokia. thanks. adam
Kevin, 15 Oct 2009I have had many models of Nokia and use 2 phones during the day the first a N97, the second a ... moreI'm sure yours must have been on the original firmware which is why it gave you problems. Did you do a update the firmware before deciding on sending it for repairs? Most people who have updated their N97 soon after buying it haven't experienced many problems as the current firmware is much more stable than the original one.
I have had many models of Nokia and use 2 phones during the day the first a N97, the second a E71.
The N97 i have had for 2 months and has been at Nokia for no longer than 20 days, the phone hangs freezes and and and. The E71 is a for superior phone i my opion.....
ames, 15 Oct 2009hi eric, thanks for ur advice. i will keep my iphone but i will still buy n97 as my second pho... moreThe battery of the N97 is quite good, way better than that of the N96! It is good enough to last you a day with extensive use. For example, I use the GPS in the morning while using the FM Transmitter to play music through my car's radio for about 45 minutes or so and by the time I get to work, not even a single battery bar has moved! Now how do you like that?
Here the new Qt Beta version which works and looks really great:
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eric, 15 Oct 2009Hi ames,
I am a N97 user myself and I don't recommend you switching from iPhone to N97.
... moredam i wish i knew this much about phones, yes i know the basics. im due for an upgrade, from my n95!!!
i like a good phone to show off with but must have the necessities.... N97 or X6 or ?
eric, 15 Oct 2009Hi ames,
I am a N97 user myself and I don't recommend you switching from iPhone to N97.
... moredam i wish i knew this much about phones, yes i know the basics. im due for an upgrade, from my n95!!!
i like a good phone to show off with but must have the necessities.... N97 or X6 or ?
Winura, 15 Oct 2009I recommend you this phone over the iPhone 3G which lacks almost all basic features which noki... morehi winura, coulsd you pls tell me everything bout n97. For example battery life, sound quality, picture quality, does it lag?? everytime you know just tell me.. thanks :)
eric, 15 Oct 2009Hi ames,
I am a N97 user myself and I don't recommend you switching from iPhone to N97.
... morehi eric, thanks for ur advice. i will keep my iphone but i will still buy n97 as my second phone.. can you pls tell me hows the battery life? does it lag? is the sound quality better than my old nokia n95? thanks :)
ames, 14 Oct 2009hi,can anyone tell me how is the battery life for moderate usage? hows the sound quality? is t... moreI recommend you this phone over the iPhone 3G which lacks almost all basic features which nokia provides free of charge without PAID firmware upgrades. iPhone may have a better screen as some people claims but thats all you get. and true, you get hell of a lot of applications for the iphone but most of them are utterly useless. even in the 3Gs there are a lot of things missing.
N97 is worth every cent you pay.
Reviewing the Nokia N97 camera
http://myphotographer.posterous.com/another-brick-in-the-wall-mobile-nokia-n97-ph
Great camera phone.
Feedback and examples of the quality of the Nokia N97 camera.
tokiya03, 14 Oct 2009hi... im planning to buy this fown.. cab anyone tell me how is its camera? compared to n82? an... moreHi tokiya,
N97 has a very decent 5MB camera but N82 of course has a far more superior camera because it is its main key feature.
For music wise N97 can be easily compared 5800 as well. However 5800's speakers are generally louder than N97's.
Either way N97 is a very decent phone that has a good camera, sound quality and a faster speed than 5800.
ames, 14 Oct 2009hi,can anyone tell me how is the battery life for moderate usage? hows the sound quality? is t... moreHi ames,
I am a N97 user myself and I don't recommend you switching from iPhone to N97.
Reason is iPhone is using capacitive touch while N97 is using resistive touch. Capacitive responds through touch through finger tips and does multitouch. Resistive touch responds through pressuer thus you can use any object to interact but it doesn't do multitouch.
iPhone has built-in 3D engine which means it supports 3D graphics that appear on most of the apps. Apps on iphone is easier to develop due to its back-end nature so you will easily find more free apps for iphone compare to N97 which is using symbian.
N97 can do multitasking, has physical qwerty keyboard, a pretty decent 5MB camera, good sound quality, which iPhone is lacking of.
Both phones serve different purpose I think. it might be hard for you to switch over to symbian platform. So I would suggest you stay with iPhone first. You decide.
nasa, 14 Oct 2009hello all
please can any body advise me should i get this phone or not and onething else has... moreHi nasa,
N97 is actually a quite decent phone. While it is true that the original firmware is not stable as it should be but Nokia has released few firmwares and the last one v1.2 has made the phone pretty stable and on top of that, the new firmware v2.0 will be released on 15th Oct for Asia, else where will be few days later.
About the skype, yes there is a free skype app for N97 but you can only login after you choose your country and the countries listed are quite limited. I cannot recall what are the available countries. It doesn't have mine, Singapore.
Hp ini trlihat bgus
memang hp symbian seperti n93, n95, mngkin n97 kurang stabil
tp ttp ini hp yg luar biasa
this phone looks great
this is true that phone with symbian os like n93, n95, and maybe n97 have bad stability
but this is a awsome phone
This comment was posted on Oct 12th..... Buyer beware!!
I bought a n97 on the 23 Sept 2009, I am now on my 4th n97 as at 9th Oct. They are dreadful, they crash.... regularly and then programs run in the background, unknown to the user, and flatten the battery. They won't respond to bluetooth Voice recognition 50% of the time, mainly because the default is VERY poor English, and worse still, that can't be changed. On top of which it regularly won't ring, it just vibrates, so many calls are missed. Minus 9 stars!!
de n97 bad, i love it, it wukkin good
hello all
please can any body advise me should i get this phone or not and onething else has it skype for free like i phone or not i hope you answer me
thanks all
hello all
please can any body advise me should i get this phone or not and onething else has it skype for free like i phone or not i hope you answer me
thanks all
i have it and trust me its better then an iphine 3gs
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