Nokia N97

boc121 · 16-07-2009 10:19pm

Any word on 02 getting it ?
Cheers.

xanthor · 17-07-2009 9:03am

cramp wrote: »

rang vodafone today for an update on relese date..

They siad its officially launched in Ireland on the 24th of this month...

but they dont expect stock till middle of august!!!!

cramp

^

Has the N97 "Mini" rumour been knocked on the head?

Jamie32 · 17-07-2009 9:39am

cramp wrote: »

rang vodafone today for an update on relese date..

They siad its officially launched in Ireland on the 24th of this month...

but they dont expect stock till middle of august!!!!

cramp

So are you confimring that Vodafone will have the N97 by end of August?? If that's the case i'll be first in the queue! Depending on what the cost is...i'm an existing customer of Vodafone through work and can't change networks so it would work out perfect!

lafors · 17-07-2009 10:13am

Checked in a meteor store yesterday, they said earliest would be end of August but possibly mid September. Should be 200-250 on bill pay.

I'm waiting for 3 to get it, hopefully they'll have it soon.

vibe666 · 17-07-2009 11:52am

it'll bethe same as always, they'll just keep people hanging on for months talling them it'll be out "soon" so they don't go off and buy it somewhere else.

sbhatia · 17-07-2009 11:57am

vibe666 wrote: »

it'll bethe same as always, they'll just keep people hanging on for months talling them it'll be out "soon" so they don't go off and buy it somewhere else.

Exactly, tommorow will be 1 month i have my N97 , o2 and 3 both promised to have it by end of jun or first week of july. :mad:

Bondvillain · 17-07-2009 12:37pm

vibe666 wrote: »

it'll bethe same as always, they'll just keep people hanging on for months talling them it'll be out "soon" so they don't go off and buy it somewhere else.

The quote above relating to the meteor store (August / September) would have been given to staff directly by a Nokia rep.

I know this because I happened to be in a city centre Meteor store earlier in the week and spotted a young chap in business attire wearing a nokia id lanyard around his neck in conversation with the black shirted store staff.

I collard him on his way out to ask about the N97, and he produced his own & let me have a good look, then stated that it will be out Late august/Early sept.

So although Im sure that Meteor & O2 etc would indeed prefer that you bought from them when it's eventually released, the ambiguity in this case is from nokia, not the networks.

The Roach · 17-07-2009 12:59pm

Hey all, I'll be heading up to Belfast today and was hoping to pick up an N97 for myself there. Anyone know of any decent shops up there that might stock it? Thanks

sbhatia · 17-07-2009 1:56pm

The Roach wrote: »

Hey all, I'll be heading up to Belfast today and was hoping to pick up an N97 for myself there. Anyone know of any decent shops up there that might stock it? Thanks

Save time and pickup from Newry -> Phone4u-> Buttercrane shopping center , you can get from any phones4u in north anyway, white one is exclusive to them.

Jamie32 · 17-07-2009 2:04pm

sbhatia wrote: »

Save time and pickup from Newry -> Phone4u-> Buttercrane shopping center , you can get from any phones4u in north anyway, white one is exclusive to them.

Really? Sim free I take it? How much?

sbhatia · 17-07-2009 2:10pm

Jamie32 wrote: »

Really? Sim free I take it? How much?

yes simfree, was there myself 3weeks ago. £490 , Even Nokia store is selling them for £499.99.

The Roach · 17-07-2009 2:11pm

Nice, thanks! Do they sell the black one too? never been a fan of white electronics myself

lafors · 17-07-2009 2:12pm

Bondvillain wrote: »

The quote above relating to the meteor store (August / September) would have been given to staff directly by a Nokia rep.

I know this because I happened to be in a city centre Meteor store earlier in the week and spotted a young chap in business attire wearing a nokia id lanyard around his neck in conversation with the black shirted store staff.

I collard him on his way out to ask about the N97, and he produced his own & let me have a good look, then stated that it will be out Late august/Early sept.

So although Im sure that Meteor & O2 etc would indeed prefer that you bought from them when it's eventually released, the ambiguity in this case is from nokia, not the networks.

Thats exactly what they said, the Nokia rep had been in the day before showing off the n97 to them.

sbhatia · 17-07-2009 2:15pm

The Roach wrote: »

Nice, thanks! Do they sell the black one too? never been a fan of white electronics myself

Yes They have black one also. same as my self shiney little number.:)

Bluefrog · 18-07-2009 1:42pm

I don't work for Fring but I would imagine that the reason they route through their own servers is that they use their own protocol between the phone and their server and their server then acts as a gateway to the other services. In that way they can keep the client size minimal. They have basically done what Microsoft and Skype both seem incapable of doing even a couple of years later - providing their voice service on mobile phones.

I have never seen any suggestion that Fring carries any malware so if they have some onboard they've done an excellent job hiding it. Security-wise, phones are quite a bit more restrictive than PCs and it is hard to imagine the purpose of such malware - if they disrupt their users' they would have a pretty short lifespan. They also seem to have a close relationship with Nokia which I doubt would exist if there were such questions.

As for revenue, they have been experimenting with ads in the interface in a way that suggests they are very conscious of the importance of not annoying users unnecessarily.

towel401 wrote: »

all those 'Fring' and the likes route every call through their own server for some unknown reason.

i also wonder what their business model is.. spyware?

holdfast · 18-07-2009 9:06pm

quick question for numpty n97 or ipone 3gs for some who wants music and phone

grassyknollie · 19-07-2009 1:51pm

can anyone recommend good sis sites for free games etc. There is always a few out there. I have tried using links from easy-share and the games wont download.

Any recommendations.

Also just wondering,

When storing music on the phone do you put them into the digital forlder or what do people do. So far I've had a few small problems being able to recognise music and video files on the phone and was wondering is there a specific direcory layout you need to use.

Hope ye can help

Al.

xanthor · 19-07-2009 4:46pm

xanthor wrote: »

^

Has the N97 "Mini" rumour been knocked on the head?

Anyone? Or is it time to skip back to 02?

kmart6 · 19-07-2009 4:56pm

xanthor wrote: »

Anyone? Or is it time to skip back to 02?

Well Vodafone got rid of any evidence about it!

There's been no word of any such device on the reliable sites such as AAS!

kerno · 19-07-2009 5:04pm

When is it out on the networks..
DYING to get one.. :mad:

jesus_thats_gre · 19-07-2009 5:36pm

xanthor wrote: »

Anyone? Or is it time to skip back to 02?

Something will be coming out at some stage. It was described to me as being a slightly revised version of the n97 that would make it cheaper to sell. That's about the only info that I can offer.

Look at what they have just done with the 5800 for example. They have released a 5800i with the only difference being what is contained in the box, i.e. no tv cable, a short usb cable and a mini cd.

xanthor · 19-07-2009 6:21pm

^ Thanks for that. Can manage without most of the packaged extras, but if they start messing with the phone itself, i'm jumping ship.

kmart6 · 19-07-2009 6:43pm

xanthor wrote: »

^ Thanks for that. Can manage without most of the packaged extras, but if they start messing with the phone itself, i'm jumping ship.

Why?

Nonoperational · 19-07-2009 6:57pm

holdfast wrote: »

quick question for numpty n97 or ipone 3gs for some who wants music and phone

iPhone for me.

Boxfresh · 19-07-2009 9:39pm

kerno wrote: »

When is it out on the networks..
DYING to get one.. :mad:

got the following email from 02 today

''At the moment I can advise that o2 will be releasing the new Nokia N97 at some stage in August.
Unfortunately at the moment, I don't have an exact date for this.''

vibe666 · 20-07-2009 9:09am

holdfast wrote: »

quick question for numpty n97 or ipone 3gs for some who wants music and phone

i suppose it depends if the gui and ease of use or the actual sound output are more important to you.

GSM Arena have started doing extensive music tests and the n97 came out very well in the sound quality department when using the 3.5mm jack, even though lots of people have commented on the lack of grunt when using the speakers.

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n97-review-363p7.php

drver1 · 20-07-2009 11:26am

I'm getting the N97, if i buy in UK it works out a about €550, cheapest i could find in ireland is €650 on expansys, Went into carphone warehouse, they told me they would be selling it for €550, but couldnt tell me when it would be out, i would like to buy it before the end of the week,

Are UK phones fully compatible in ireland?

What would you do?

Pulse8 · 20-07-2009 11:34am

Thor wrote: »

have the same problem. not sure how to get it to stop grabbing them all.

will check again and see if i can figuire it out. unless. someone else here already has.

Just figured out how to do this finally mate if you havnt already....I put a post up on the nokia discussions board & 2secs later a friend in work explained it to me & i figured the rest myself, typical!

Problem is because we're seting up through the wizard & entering a gmail address as our email address its automatically grabbing the settings as IMAP4. (which is what auto syncs your entire mailbox)
Then when you try to change it in the settings it wont allow it, this is where the problem lies.
Gmail allows you to set it up via IMAP4 or POP3....you just need to be able to access the manual settings on the phone.
Was scratching my head for a few mins but gave something a go & it worked....in order to access the manual settings I started the wizard as normal... but this time put in my email address as "whateveryouremailis@g.com"
When it didnt recognise the g.com bit...it asks you to put in Pop3 settings & all the usual bits which I nabbed off the Gmail settings tab on my actual account & set it also to only activate POP3 settings for mail from now.

Then its just a case of closing out once its setup & going back in & tweaking some settings like the incoming port number etc

Should all work fine then....hopefully you can follow my meandering explanation lol

drunkymonkey · 20-07-2009 11:38am

Mr. Frost wrote: »

Only thing about all these handsets is there's not a battery out yet that sustains them for a decent period when taking advantage of it's features.

Also looking at this these:

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_idou-2683.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_km900_arena-2666.php

i got my girlfriend one for her birthday the other day, its really really amazing and fun, the internet options are class on it!

with the battery, it lasted her about 2 days with one charge thats very very good for a phone that has so much in it!
i'm definitly getting one too soon enough , was half thinking of just keeping her one before i gave it to her but i already told her i got her an amazing present! :pac:

seriously this phone is 9 1/2 out of 10 for me!

vibe666 · 20-07-2009 2:30pm

there's a few 'extended' batteries for the n97 on ebay already, but one of them was listed as a 1000mAh 'extended' n97 battery, which is 550mAh shy of the 'standard' 1550mAh battery you get with it, so watch out for cons.

expect the double thickness/capacity batteries to come out any time now with the fat back cover like the 5800 and n95 ones.

Nokia N97

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