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Nokia N97
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yeah, i just don't like garmin, the whole searching for places thing seems counter intuitive to me, i just can't get on with it.
there was supposed to be a fix for tomtom to get it working with the n95 by using GPSd to create a fake BT GPS linked to the internal GPS in the phone so that whatever app you are using sees the internal GPS as an external BT GPS. pretty handy, but i never got it to work with tomtom. it did work with barbelo though on the n95, which is handy for wardriving wifi hotspots.
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and you're sitting on here posting?jesus_thats_gre wrote: »Whoop, got it
get to it man, what are you waiting for!
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I got that trick workin on my old n95. Took a few attempts thoughyeah, i just don't like garmin, the whole searching for places thing seems counter intuitive to me, i just can't get on with it.
there was supposed to be a fix for tomtom to get it working with the n95 by using GPSd to create a fake BT GPS linked to the internal GPS in the phone so that whatever app you are using sees the internal GPS as an external BT GPS. pretty handy, but i never got it to work with tomtom. it did work with barbelo though on the n95, which is handy for wardriving wifi hotspots.0 -
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i actually ended up removing the 'live' widgets from my home screen for that reason.
i was hoping it would all be seamless, it would just just wifi f available and then if not, revert to 3g/gprs (and back again), but it doesn't seem to work that efficiently (which is a shame).
i also seem to have my "o2 ie internet" AP set up with limitless access somehow, so it was always connecting it even if my wifi was in range. I ended up moving it out of my internet group in connections in the end to stop it being used (unless someone can figure out a better way).
the WAP AP still works like it always used to on the n95 tho, always only popping up if i specifically try and access something, so that's fine.
i do have a bit of an issue however with the battery life. 100% empty seems to come round very quick if you're a really heavy user.
to be fair, i had bluetooth and wifi on all day and night in my last test yesterday, but it's not so much how much juice it uses, but how quickly it goes from 'lowish' to totally stone dead, and then how hard it is getting it up and running again.
that said, it came off charge at 6:15am yesterday morning and i was using wifi and bluetooth pretty much all day, browsing the web, installing apps etc. and it died totally around 10:30pm, after only one low power beep, just as someone was calling me.
twice now i've had it right on the verge of death before i could even get the charger jack near it and both times when i plugged in the power and started to charge it, i've ended up with it on, but locked and in an unlockable state i.e. keyguard jammed on, unable to access anything. the only way i could get out of it was to pull the battery to kill it, put it back and then leave it (turned off) on charge for 30 minutes before i started it up again.
i can classify it under the 'quirks' section for now and learn to deal with it, but it's a bit of a PITA. to start with i thought the little keylock rocker switch was fooked, so i was a little nervous.
it's also an absolute canute to do anything with in the car. yes i know that i'm not supposed to do anything with it in the car, but when it's screaming to be plugged in you have to do 'something' with it.
had to pull over because there was no way i'd get it in the cradle and then the charger in the side without hitting a tree, unlike most phones which are easy enough to put on charge one handed.
it's just niggles tho, overall i'm more chuffed to bits than someone who got crossed by a steam train. 0 -
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i do have a bit of an issue however with the battery life. 100% empty seems to come round very quick if you're a really heavy user.
that said, it came off charge at 6:15am yesterday morning and i was using wifi and bluetooth pretty much all day, browsing the web, installing apps etc. and it died totally around 10:30pm, after only one low power beep, just as someone was calling me.
Have to agree with that, the exact same thing happened to me. One warning beep and then got a phone call and the phone turned off.
In relation to watching videos, I transerred some .avi files to the phone but couldn't view them on it, does video format have to be real player format?0 -
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one of the (very few these days) remaining perks of having a ltd. company is that a phone like this can be classed an essential business tool.I want this phone but man, that's a lot to pay for a phone!
trust me, there are very few benefits to it these days, think of us still working every day we can physically pull ourselves out of bed with our fancy phones when you're off sick and still getting paid or on holiday.
of course i'm assuming everyone else is only getting it as an expensable business tool and isn't mad enough to pay for it outright? jebus the missus would murder me if i couldn't get that money back.
just a note to say that i've only been using it quite lightly today, maybe 30 minutes of calls, an hour of music over BT in the car, maybe an hour or so of web browsing over 3G/GPRS
and maybe 30 minutes over wifi and so far since 7am this morning i've only lost 1 bar of power and it's past 1am now.
expect the same usage again tomo so i'll see how the battery does under those conditions, rather than the hammering i gave it yesterday.
incidentally, we were in a phone shop today looking for a 5800 for the missus (now she's fallen in love with the n97 and wants one 'the same' as mine
) and the guy in the shops has a 5800 too so he was showing her all the things it does and she says "yeah, it's nice, but it's not quite the same as yours is it, get it out and see how it looks side by side with his" (careful now, down with that sort of thing!).
anyways, his chin just about hit the floor when he saw it. it's now top of my list of "fun things to do with your n97" and i'd highly recommend it whilst the wow factor is still there!
probably works best when viewing a 5800 with a phone geek in the shop, there was another guy in a different shop who barely knew which way was up who didn't even bat an eyelid when he asked what it was and i said it was an n97. and he worked in a phone shop! bloody spoilsport, ruining my fun!
EDIT: still in love with it anyways and getting used to the controls, it's actually pretty intuitive aside from a few small niggles, but i'm sure a few firmware updates will sort those sooner or later. finding the widgets a little limited in use, especially if you're watching your data and power usage levels and sticking to offline apps.0 -
Would I be right in saying, based upon your comments, that the N97 is basically a faster N95 with a keyboard? I was also wondering how you found the keyboard, as I can't see a mention of it in your last few posts.one of the (very few these days) remaining perks of having a ltd. company is that a phone like this can be classed an essential business tool.
trust me, there are very few benefits to it these days, think of us still working every day we can physically pull ourselves out of bed with our fancy phones when you're off sick and still getting paid or on holiday.
of course i'm assuming everyone else is only getting it as an expensable business tool and isn't mad enough to pay for it outright? jebus the missus would murder me if i couldn't get that money back.
just a note to say that i've only been using it quite lightly today, maybe 30 minutes of calls, an hour of music over BT in the car, maybe an hour or so of web browsing over 3G/GPRS
and maybe 30 minutes over wifi and so far since 7am this morning i've only lost 1 bar of power and it's past 1am now.
expect the same usage again tomo so i'll see how the battery does under those conditions, rather than the hammering i gave it yesterday.
incidentally, we were in a phone shop today looking for a 5800 for the missus (now she's fallen in love with the n97 and wants one 'the same' as mine) and the guy in the shops has a 5800 too so he was showing her all the things it does and she says "yeah, it's nice, but it's not quite the same as yours is it, get it out and see how it looks side by side with his" (careful now, down with that sort of thing!).
anyways, his chin just about hit the floor when he saw it. it's now top of my list of "fun things to do with your n97" and i'd highly recommend it whilst the wow factor is still there!
probably works best when viewing a 5800 with a phone geek in the shop, there was another guy in a different shop who barely knew which way was up who didn't even bat an eyelid when he asked what it was and i said it was an n97. and he worked in a phone shop! bloody spoilsport, ruining my fun!
EDIT: still in love with it anyways and getting used to the controls, it's actually pretty intuitive aside from a few small niggles, but i'm sure a few firmware updates will sort those sooner or later. finding the widgets a little limited in use, especially if you're watching your data and power usage levels and sticking to offline apps.0 -
bastardable wrote: »Any of you cunning foxes know when Meteor plan on taking the N97? I read in the Irish Times Yesterday that they plan on selling it?
As I said the other day..
I asked in the Meteor store thursday and they are "probably" doing it in July or August , it will just arrive in the store some day
They think it will be about €199 on talk 300 billpay same price as their current dearest handset the Sony Ericsson C905 but it might even be cheaper if they are doing an offer, Meteor generally subsidise all phones very well 0 -
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