Nokia N97 testing notes: day 2
Thing I like most about the Nokia N97 so far: the feature hinge. It’s a feature, for sure, as it solidy lifts the screen into an open-laptop position above the QWERTY keypad. (Nice action”, as Alan Partridge would say).
But the feature hinge is also the place that Nokia has opted to spell out the N97′s impressive feature set: 32GB | AF 5MP Carl Zeiss | nHD 3.5″ | A-GPS | Bluetooth 2.0 | WLAN | 3G HSDPA | USB 2.0 | FM RDS.
The Nokia N97's feature hinge
OK, so it peters out a bit at the end there (USB 2.0? Wow), but I’m very intrigued by nHD 3.5″. near hi-def? nuhidef? I shall investigate.
I also like the fact that the N97 works as a mass storage device, unlike the iPhone, so I can ship my work home on it. But I’m less impressed by the paucity of Mac software have to find something to do with its 32GB capacity. Maybe I can port my Comes With Music subscription?
Finally, the haptic feedback, which vibrates when you touch the screen, is a Good Thing.
PS Apparently nHD means the N97′s screen is proportionate to a hi-def telly. Which I guess means it’s widescreen. The 640×360 resolution definitely isn’t HD, although it beats the iPhones 320×480 screen. But as Apple has proved, it’s not the resolution that counts, but what you do with it. Fortunately, Symbian seems to be catching up when it comes to font smoothing and anti-aliasing and yes, these things are truly important to me.
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Nokia N97 testing notes: email, web and (uh-oh) battery | tomdunmore.com added these pithy words on Jun 04 09 at 12:18 pmtom, keep it coming. Can’t get enough of the N97 Thing!
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