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From: Ian F. on 5 Jul 2010 14:56
I was thinking of getting one but have heard some bad reports from pals,
even though the online reviews seem OK. I've always had good advice here, so
is there anyone here who can recommend it, or otherwise?

Thanks,

Ian

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From: R. Mark Clayton on 5 Jul 2010 20:52

"Ian F." <wowfabgroovy(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message
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>I was thinking of getting one but have heard some bad reports from pals,
>even though the online reviews seem OK. I've always had good advice here,
>so is there anyone here who can recommend it, or otherwise?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ian
>
> --
>
>

N97 is fully featured, but it is heavy on batteries. Hinge may be fragile.

N97 mini appears to lack only FM transmit and lasts days on standby.

N79 is fully featured, but no qwerty keyboard and the multi-media button
falls off and the screen is a bit small.

The N8 is due out next month and should address most of these niggles, but
with questions on touch screen and OLED long term reliability.


From: White Spirit on 6 Jul 2010 05:39
On 06/07/2010 08:50, Chris wrote:

> If you're willing to spent a bit more and if you're looking for a more featured
> and open OS, check out the N900 with which I'm totally satisfied (apart from
> the battery life - need to charge every day, and missing Line2 support).

The battery life is no worse than my N96 so far. Heavy use of any smart
'phone will drain the battery quite quickly.
From: Ian F. on 6 Jul 2010 09:04
"R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> N97 is fully featured, but it is heavy on batteries. Hinge may be
> fragile.
>
> N97 mini appears to lack only FM transmit and lasts days on standby.

Thanks to all for the comments. Much appreciated.

Best,

Ian

From: Daniel James on 14 Jul 2010 16:29
In article <89eo7bFsc8U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Ian F. wrote:
> is there anyone here who can recommend it, or otherwise?

SWMBO has had an N97 for ~15 months. It's a nice phone, seems to get
decent signal strength (not quite as good as my Nokia 6310i ... but
that's a high standard to match), and has a reasonably intuitive user
interface once you get used to it (standard Nokia S60 stuff).

She has reported that /very/ occasionally and for no apparent reason it
gets into a state in which incoming calls are sent directly to
voicemail without the phone even ringing (despite no diverts being
set). This is fixed by powering the phone completely off and on again
(a reboot, in other words). There has been a recent software upgrade
that may have fixed this issue for good.

My one criticism is that the touch screen -- which I thought was great
wen she got it -- is SO much less responsive than that of my HTC Legend
that it now seems almost a pain to use.

If I were getting a Nokia today I'd probably get an N900 ... but the
N97 is pretty decent.

Cheers,
Daniel.


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