http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/ Engadget Comments for Is this the Nokia N98, or the twisted brainchild of a Sidekick fanatic? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/It would be rather surprising if they started to get worse, wouldn't you say?]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
i wouldn't say...

http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/alienware_mockup_1a.jpg]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/I call it a fake. The interface is s60 5th edition, exactly like on the N97, even though we've heard there's a revamp coming. There's no way they'd replace their flagship without implementing that interface. The details are pretty different from the N97 style and don't get me started on the freakish color. Have we ever seen an N-series with a color like that? That looks straight out of some older Nokia everyone had a few years ago...]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/it should be much better than the current crop of nokia symbian phones, i would however wait and watch if it would turn out to be a killer phone.

I am not impressed easily, and i am not buying a new phone until i am!

- from my "never-locked" e71 (which i love to death)]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
i like turtles]]>Feb 12th 2010 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/I don't particularly enjoy the color but I'm sure it will be offered in more choices besides puke-green.]]>Feb 11th 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
you know... i kinda dig the colour... unique at least... different from the black, white or grey designs from everyone else...
]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/if not, would be good to have the option to buy different cases.]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
You got me here, Doc! I thought exactly the same. Seems that the Finns got some pretty nice designers on board for this one! It totally rocks!!]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
I cant say anything about Symbian^3, but the specs are very interesting. Hope they just ditch LCD for the screen and come with some *LED version.

You forgot to mention the rumor that is cooking about the streaming of movies from Ovi straight to the phones.

]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Ranked up dude :)]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/And where are the speakers? All recent Nseries and Xseries have had visible speaker slots on the left side (when holding phone upright in hand), so the side you can see w the screenlock]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
Imo it's good design.]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/I've used both the N900 and N97, and I don't like it.
Also the engadget reviews here, the editors don't like it, and most of the comments agreed with them.

The key here is standardization, so you don't have to learn some "new and improved design" which doesn't really offer any benefit at all.

The same argument was made in 1932 by Dvorak -- claiming his keyboard layout was more efficient; really none was a "better" design than the other, it's simple an annoyance to learn a new layout other than the one that has been around forever and people are already used to :)]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
It was very weird in the beginning but with time this stops being an issue and, I might be wrong, but I type faster this way. The mostly used keys are on the right side keeping the fewer ones to the left, along with space bar... So typing is faster.

Just buy a N900, you will love it :D
Come to the good side with us brother...]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
I will if this drawing here is the actual N98 with a normal keyboard layout and a tilt screen :)]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
I've got the N900 and don't care about the spacebar, but 3 rows is definitely not enough.]]>Feb 11th 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
Nokia, do it.

Do it and you'll win me back.]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/If it's a fake Nokia should give it a look, because the is pretty amazing.]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
What a total unnecessary comment this one. I hope you are down ranked into oblivion.]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
It was a contextual joke about the focus that nokia has made on its emerging markets, principally India. ]]>Feb 11th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/I'm also missing a micro-USB port and the supposed mini-HDMI port, along with the regular 3.5mm jack, which I doubt are all crammed on two sides of the phone]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
Oh life...]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
Yeh, they were speaking about their Barcelona thingy, no new models there.]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
]]>Feb 11th 2010 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
Nope.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fi&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taloussanomat.fi%2Finformaatioteknologia%2F2010%2F02%2F11%2Fnokia-ei-julkista-uusia-puhelinmalleja-barcelonassa%2F20102136%2F12

"Nokian viestinnästä ei kommentoitu uutistoimisto tietoja. Nokia's news agency did not comment on communications data. "

Nokia hasn't confirmed no new models in barcelona, or confirmed that there will be new models. They are silent on the new models, until barcelona.]]>Feb 11th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
Anyway, looks pretty cool. Hopefully it's real.]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Over and through,
Back around -
the joke's on you (Nokia nay sayers).

sincerely Nokia]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/
This site had this image (alongside some other images of the alleged N87) almost 3 days back, and when I checked again today, it was all gone, with a note from the author:

http://ragsnram.com/?p=1981


]]>Feb 11th 2010 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/is-this-the-nokia-n98-or-the-twisted-brainchild-of-a-sidekick-f/Feb 11th 2010 3:08PM