As sure as the sun,
Mobile-review's Eldar Murtazin managed to nab a very early look at the still yet-to-be-announced
Nokia N97 Mini, and as if we needed
another reminder, the
FCC filing wasn't kidding with that 1:1 scale. Turns out it only takes "around a centimeter" difference to earn the "mini" nomenclature in Finland, and in addition to that peculiarity, the company's apparently managed to make the keyboard actually worse than its predecessor -- no small feat, if you ask us. Of course, we haven't had a chance to try it ourselves yet, but the prognosis so far isn't so good. Perhaps more interesting is good ole' Eldar's teasing about a number of other touchscreen Nokia devices, some without keyboards, that'd target the same segment as the N97 Mini, including one he'll be revealing and previewing tomorrow -- and no matter what it is, we can all but guarantee with supreme confidence that it'll have a more compelling
raison d'être than this thing.
posted August 24th 2009 4:46PM
Nokia really needs to get their hands on actual designers: hardware and interface designers. The N97 felt like too many cooks in the kitchen (though the N800 wasn't too bad for a tablet)... Palm/Google/IPhone just feels a lot more consistent... my N800 is collecting dust while my Magic is taking over a lot of the tasks I was doing on the N800...
i don't think symbian is quite as bad as people make it out to be. its far and away from ideal, but it works on my friends e71x
I dont think it is nokia N97 mini....it looks more like NOKLA
This mini is a slap in the face to owners of the N97. I love my N97 and seeing a newer version, although with a gimped keyboard, pisses me off. The only thing that worries me most is when Symbian^2 comes along I wont be able to get a hold of it without purchasing a new phone since Nokia has been terrible with not allowing people to upgrade to a new feature pack. As for the OS itself, it take some time to adjust to, but once adjusted it is very solid. It took me about a month of use before I was accustomed to the layout and where things were located.
I would think having an N97 was already a slap in the face of N97 owners.
I hate rhat Glare.....
Photographs show that N97 Mini indeed is significantly smaller than N97. Why does Ross Miller post 'reviews' like this on Engadget?
I own N97 and use it extensively for web surfing. The physical qwerty keyboard is ok. In N97 Mini, Nokia has replaced the D-pad with arrow keys on the right of the keyboard. The D-pad is a great help in web surfing because one can easily and accurately choose and click a link on a link heavy web page.
I don't know what pictures you were looking at but to me it didn't look that much smaller. Example: http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/nokian97mini-leaklg.jpg it's smaller, but not by very much.