James Whatley hands-on with the Nokia N97

And what does the Nokia-fan-in-chief think of this pre-release version of the Nokia N97?

Find out here:


James Whatley on the Nokia N97 from Mobile Industry Review on Vimeo.

Here’s James’ initial thoughts:

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The industrial design is pretty cool; with an extremely satisfying *click* when you open it… PLUS it takes the BP-4L Battery, which is the same one as the E61i and the E71… ie: The largest battery that Nokia make – so that’s good to know.

Performance wise – I’m tempted to leave opinions until I have a more up to date version. The handset itself isn’t due out until Q3 this year so the software was buggy and not massively responsive… that aside, I was still quite impressed with it and am seriously considering it as my N95 successor…

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We shall see, eh? Is anyone else contemplating an N97 purchase?

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