Nokia N97 video hands-on!

Once again Drita from Engadget Spanish has swooped in a caught some fantastic video of Nokia's new N97 in action. There's no point in beating around the bush -- just check out the device doing its thing after the break!

[eggothewaffle @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:04AM]

Drita sounds so adorable!

More importantly, this phone is sexy fabulous.

[Mobius_1 @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:28AM]

Are you sure that's more important? ;)

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:42AM]

I'm pretty sure the woman talking is Finnish with that accent. The refection doesn't look like Drita.

[Muhammad-Oli @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:48AM]

@Tes: That is a bad photo. You need to look at her other videos to really see how fine she is...

http://www.viddler.com/explore/drita/videos/

HOT.

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:56AM]

Think I might be wrong

[Fernando @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:57AM]

She mentioned Ovi icons, so she actually knows/cares about Nokia/S60

[Atanas Boev @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:02AM]

yess, finiss acssent.

[Johan S @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:21AM]

The UI seems complicated, busy, and requiring too much configuring. Even adding top contacts seemed like a chore. Top contacts should be there automatically by default.

I'll need to see more, but it looks like the iPhone UI still wins.

[drita @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:53AM]

Tes, OMG, you choose the worst ever photo about me! that's really cruel! :-O

Anyway, phone is more important. That's a technology blog.

[tuna @ Dec 2nd 2008 1:35PM]

@ Tes

That is a really mean comment regarding Drita. Put up a photo of yourself and let us all critique your appearance, let's see how you feel about that.

[Joshua Topolsky @ Dec 2nd 2008 1:55PM]

@Tes -- You're an incredible jerk. If you feel this kind of garbage is acceptable on our site, you can expect to be promptly banned. Feel free to apologize to Drita at your earliest convenience.

[Fuzzy Kittens @ Dec 2nd 2008 4:27PM]

@ Tes

Who the fuck does that man? Like seriously linking images of other people so people behind a computer screen can bash all they like.. was that your goal?

People like you make me ashamed of being a nerd at times..

[eggothewaffle @ Dec 2nd 2008 4:30PM]

Drita! I just want to let you know that I think you are super cute and you would totally be in my Top Contacts widget :')

Ignore Tes; I think he's just jealous of how fabulous he isn't in comparison to you!

[Visor @ Dec 2nd 2008 5:35PM]

Johan S,

You're nothing but a whining troll making up imaginary critique towards anything Nokia. You've been doing it for ages.

Absolutely nothing in the video is "complicated, busy, and requiring too much configuring." like you whine about it.

Official laughing stock. You. Enjoy.

@Tes: Go fuck yourself. Because of the society we live in, girls in particular are very sensitive when it comes to appearance. And you know it very well. So, repeat the first sentence at you.

[haX0r @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:02PM]

This phone is going to be a nice seller for Nokia. Well done, well made and on the spec sheet....32GB of onboard memory with microSD expansion (for up to 48GB total capacity)? Can't say that with the Storm or iPhone.

Fo shizzle! Say hello to my next phone. I'll wait, it's worth it. Just hope I can tether it!

[Nickocosmic @ Dec 4th 2008 2:22AM]

lol tes got pwnd. anyway, phone looks neat, but it seems like the interface is a little crowded after adding widgets and what-nots to it.

[Mystic @ Dec 4th 2008 5:31PM]

When are you anti-Apple zealot idiots going to start complaining about the REFLECTION? Oh that's right, this isn't an apple product.

[Arpit @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:07AM]

Selling my N95... cant wait for N97 yahoooooooooo

[Frankenstein Black @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:00AM]

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!!

[Richard @ Dec 3rd 2008 8:21AM]

I might be doing the same, out with the N95, in with N97!

[Michael @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:08AM]

Nice, looks like a very responsive OS

[Paul @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:18AM]

yes...it really does not look responsive...

good to see the innovation in the mobile phone platforms... i'll wait for version 2

[Labrador @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:31AM]

It's almost as slow and flickery as the good ole N95 8GB. Nokia produces top notch hardware but their OS just isn't competitive any more.

[Mark Anderson @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:41AM]

Oh right. So you've used S60v5 then?

*Sigh*

[linuxamp @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:14AM]

What's the CPU on thing?

[Johan S @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:33AM]

If you watch out for it .. you can see quite a bit of lag actually. Especially when new screens are being drawn. Even the video clip when there was a scene change there was some drawing issue that slow computers have.

Look at any of the iPhone demos on youtube, you will not see this lag.

[lman @ Dec 2nd 2008 12:10PM]

@johan s:
If you like your iphone so much, why dont you marry it??

And I, for one, welcome my replacement for my good ol' reliable N95-3.

Almost every Nseries I have seen had some slow UI with the first firmware, but nokia always managed to get it faster, and better (and also improving the battery life like in the case of the N95).

My $0.02.

[FireSketch @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:16PM]

the iPhone does have lag... and the demos are cut.

[Mobius_1 @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:43PM]

@ Linux

Very powerful :)

[Aidan @ Dec 4th 2008 6:56AM]

The demos for the iPhone might not lag but mine does and so do most of my friends' iPhones. Spec wise the N97 is better too but we'll have to wait for it to come out en masse.

[Lionel @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:09AM]

I want one now!

[Saad Rabia @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:09AM]

I love everything about this phone but one thing is kind of strange: Sometimes they double click on stuff and other times it's one click. Isn't that little confusing for the user?

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:19AM]

You click once to select the option then again to confirm OR if you don't click again it automatically clicks again after a very small amount of time. Plus Its buggy software so there is always a chance it's by accident.

[neeko @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:09AM]

Yupp id def switch from my $50 Sprint bill to GSM for this phone. Hopefully Tmo 3G svc is much bttr for NYC area in Q1 2009.

[zbot @ Dec 2nd 2008 5:27PM]

wait a sec...are you saying the N97 is compatible with T-Mo's 3G bands?????????????

[Stefan NUxoll @ Dec 6th 2008 6:17PM]

@zbot No, it will not be. Any Nokia phone that was not released explicitly for t-mobile has never supported their 3G bands here in the states, I highly doubt that will change.

[ri @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:10AM]

for a prototype! thats darn fast! loving the Ovi icons.

[FinnFanBoy @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:28AM]

Am I the only one who thinks this place is raided by Nokia PR team? How can a comment like this get high ranked?...

[Mobius_1 @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:45PM]

Taking a page out of Apple's book?

(This is so seriously gonna get lowest ranked :P)

[phobic99 @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:10AM]

Hmm I literally just switched to AT&T yesterday (thanks to T-MOs slow 3G rollout) and I got the HTC Fuze despite my slight hate for Windows Mobile. This N97 though... mmm!

I wonder how long we have to wait for the N97-NAM version.

[NickNick @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:11AM]

Drita

[NickNick @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:12AM]

< 3

[Tes @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:29AM]

You guys are joking right?

[Atanas Boev @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:43AM]

http://www.viddler.com/explore/drita/videos/17/251.729/
Less iphone, more Drita please.

[eNEKOM @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:11AM]

Slow interface, is symbiam, is nokia

[craptastic @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:12AM]

fantastic crap


...yes you know meeeeeeeeee

[Plamen @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:14AM]

What happen' to the TouchHD :D

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:16AM]

I love the Finnish. No one does rock like em. You can tell It's early software because that video looked bad. Everything else looks good and can only get better by the time it gets released. I can still remember the Nokia 3310. Black and white screen and everything. Just gos to show how all technology is moving forward.

[Squee @ Dec 2nd 2008 1:12PM]

@Thi mam(kris120890) I still have and use the 3310. The things indestructable. Had to replace the battery but after about 7 years of constant use, Im not complaining.

[jpxdude @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:17AM]

Great demo, the UI is surprisingly slick and looking good for s60!! Might have to upgrade to this once its out on contract :-P