I gave up too about a month ago and flogged it for £320 sheets on feebay
Now back on my old 5800 and couldn't be happier.
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I gave up too about a month ago and flogged it for £320 sheets on feebay
Now back on my old 5800 and couldn't be happier.
New maps will be good. It really annoyed me last night in Plymouth as it developed a fault where if you were following a route then it would not update your position on the map, but as soon as you stopped navigation it would update your position, so I had to constantly stop at the side of the road, stop the navigation, search for my destination again, make the next turn, rinse and repeat.
Also finding that often searching for an address would come back "no results found" even though searching for that same address 5 minutes previously worked fine, and a few attempts later it works fine again
Also finding that often searching for an address would come back "no results found" even though searching for that same address 5 minutes previously worked fine, and a few attempts later it works fine again
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Iv now jumped onto the N97 (Mini) band wagon via Vodafone
Iv had the phone 24 hours now coming from a Nokia 5800 and so far im well inpressed with no probs at all
Im loving the keyboard on this!
Iv had the phone 24 hours now coming from a Nokia 5800 and so far im well inpressed with no probs at all
Im loving the keyboard on this!
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Will you only consider a Nokia? There are much, much better choices out there at the moment.
Even the N900 isn't really a phone, more of a mobile computer that a lot of people wouldn't be able to get on with.
Well this is a Nokia thread.
It's swings and roundabouts right now. There's always the iPhone but I figure people who want an iPhone know they want an iPhone. The only other option I'd consider right now is the HTC Desire, but while it's OLED display is unarguably awesome, it lacks a hardware keyboard and has a capacitive touchscreen (= no stylus, and cannot be used wearing gloves).
The point of my post is still valid though. There really is no compelling reason to buy an N97 right now.
After a year of use I can say that while I enjoy the phone, it has major flaws.
It's quite slow and unresponsive at times, has random problems now and then, and there are too little fun&useful apps. Also some apps like spotify seem to absolutely eat up the battery, even after closing spotify, the battery will run dry within 4-5 hours and is constantly hot to the touch, have to reboot my phone after using spotify for it to not run dry.
I am still very happy about the keyboard, it beats the touchscreen qwerty crap even on phones like the iphone, real buttons ***...
The phone, like all my phones, has fallen hard many many times, and it still works as it did before falling, so that's a plus, I hate phones you have to be careful with and laugh at people who have got a rubbish built phone, dropped it and that the screen broke/cracked. I do regret getting a 2 yr contract though and will be getting a 1 yr. one next time when getting a phone.
It's quite slow and unresponsive at times, has random problems now and then, and there are too little fun&useful apps. Also some apps like spotify seem to absolutely eat up the battery, even after closing spotify, the battery will run dry within 4-5 hours and is constantly hot to the touch, have to reboot my phone after using spotify for it to not run dry.
I am still very happy about the keyboard, it beats the touchscreen qwerty crap even on phones like the iphone, real buttons ***...
The phone, like all my phones, has fallen hard many many times, and it still works as it did before falling, so that's a plus, I hate phones you have to be careful with and laugh at people who have got a rubbish built phone, dropped it and that the screen broke/cracked. I do regret getting a 2 yr contract though and will be getting a 1 yr. one next time when getting a phone.
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You could get a Milestone. It does have a capacitive screen but also a hardware QWERTY. And Android is a million times better than Symbian. I had an N97 but gave up after about 7 months and got a Desire, and I'm much happier. I'd never go back.
Also I found the whole 'but you can wear gloves with resistive screens' negligible as my gloved fingers were always too fat to hit the correct button, meaning I'd end up taking my gloves off. Just my thoughts
£25 per month 18 month contract is what I am after which limits phone choice a bit, 3 I'm looking at, at the moment are HD2, N97 mini and E72 (already have a E71).
Although I highly rate the E71 I currently have I fancy having touchscreen again but don't really know if I can live without hardware keyboard so for me the N97 mini fits the bill nicely.
Looked at the milestone, but would need a 24 month contract which I dont want.
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I like my n97, it can be a **** sometimes, crashes a lot and can be very slow and unresponsive, especially when it takes over 5 seconds to start replying to a text.
But when it works it works well, but I would never advise anyone else to buy one too.
But when it works it works well, but I would never advise anyone else to buy one too.
Out of those 3 I'd be taking the HD2 (its what I own curently), the E72 is a very decent phone as well but I could not live with the 320x240 res screen.
The HD2 is a great phone and the screen is fantastic though I'm sure someone will be along shortly to suggest some Android variant to you.
You will only get the best out of the HD2 though if you are prepared to stick a custom rom on it, which some people find intimidating.
If all you've used previously is a Symbian phone then the N97 wont be a huge disappointment, just a small one.
It's only once you compare it to a phone running Android, Maemo or iPhone OS that it becomes a huge disappointment.
The removal of keyboard shortcuts for cut+paste on the N97 was my biggest annoyance with it other than the general slowness and clunkyness of the OS. They're now buried in a menu, assuming whoever wrote the app you're using bothered to implement it.
It's only once you compare it to a phone running Android, Maemo or iPhone OS that it becomes a huge disappointment.
The removal of keyboard shortcuts for cut+paste on the N97 was my biggest annoyance with it other than the general slowness and clunkyness of the OS. They're now buried in a menu, assuming whoever wrote the app you're using bothered to implement it.