And that is the point, it is a phone first and PDA/GPS/Camera and Entertainment unit second, although I’d have to say it isn’t too shabby as a Camera or an entertainment unit, you can even connect it to your TV and if you use Lonely Cat Games – SmartMovie and you don’t need to convert your divx TV shows.

For those who don’t like the feel of the screen, try it with a stylus (seriously – it makes a world of difference and worth the few bucks on ebay).

Okay true its games aren’t psp quality but are good enough to pass the time on that train ride home (when you’re not watching that TV show you missed because of the kids).

As for apps, give it time there are already some brilliant free apps out there like the skyfire internet browser(it supports flash) and not to forget the new nokia email app, I can now check all my emails even yahoo(without the yahoo charge) in one go.

Overall, yes it isn’t flawless and I understand because you can do so much with it people expect it to do more, but it is a decent phone and certainly does not deserve the bad press it has received. Truly the n97 is the jack of all trades even if it’s not the master of any.

People are already developing for Android/iPhone. And everyone is waiting for Maemo to catch up. S60v5 is dead, and the new Symbians are just around the corner (^3, ^4…).

Even with QT, it is a “lose-lose” situation: if the new Symbians make it, for more or for less, and they probably will anyway, nobody will develop for the older ones, because as I speak, Nokia is pushing changes to QT to break the “compile once, run everywhere” motto. Planned obsolescence to make current sets less and less desirable. And on the worst situation, Maemo remains niche and Symbian is lost on the past, not bringing new developers to the field. You lose.

Honestly, I will go for a platform that may not have the better hardware, but has momentum to bring all the useful applications. History tells that. Maemo/QT/Symbian may gain momentum tomorrow, I don’t deny it, but currently they are behind the curve.

Nowadays nokia running advertisement on TV saying NEW NOKIA N97,

I need to ask you all, whether they had made some changes in old N97 and launched the new one.

OR It is the old one only with just product line as NEW NOKIA N97

What is the difference between OLD N97 & NEW N97.

Pls reply,

Thanks in advance
Prakash.

Finally i got my N97 handset changed, this 1 is working fine so far. i m very much satisfied with this new handset.

As per my experience, Nokia has distributed some malfunctioning handsets all over or else there huge bugs in Firmware 10.0.021.

my new firmware has updated firmware 11.0.021, which is absolutely working fine. So suggest you all to get your firmware updated.

Problem faced by me in my old Nokia handset N97.

1) Often network fluctuation.
2) Cranky vibration sound while pressing touch screen.
3) Getting crashed while surfing or accessing any application.
4) Showing only 2 MB free of RAM.
5) And many small bugs..

Request all of you to get your handset changed immediately, if you are facing any of the above problems, Coz i had already sent my handset to nokia service centre & they were unable to rectified the sames.

Please put your experiences with N97 also.

Thanks…

Sounds like the problem may be a full memory. You may need to uninstall downloaded applications or delete the photos.

I have now been using my N97 for 3 weeks, and it works ok. Sometimes it loses the 3G packet connection; I do not know if it is the HDSPA network or the phone to blame. Another bug is that the browser sometimes crashes on heavy web pages, presumably laden with Javascript.

even i had sent my cell phone to nokia service centre.and waiting from last 14 days.
This pfone is FuckOFF…