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PH3AR · 05-14-2009, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Uxi

One of my buddies has one and loves it. He's a regular at crackberry.com or something like that.

One of my coworkers has one and doesn't seem overly fond of it.

QC seems to be the biggest problem. The buddy who likes it exchanged the first one cause it's screen would wobble or something like that.

thnx i just want a better verzion phone with internet since my LG voyeguer has slow interent!

Uxi · 05-14-2009, 03:05 AM

Ah yeah... nice concept... really poor execution, especially the screen(s). One of my coworkers got the Voyager to try and compete with teh iPhone guys. He joined them and is now one of them. lol

xtop · 05-15-2009, 12:52 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/14/b...ictured-early/

[QUOTEWe knew it was coming, and just like its relatives the Onyx and the Gemini, yet another unreleased model has managed to escape the confines of RIM's Waterloo headquarters. This time, however, it's the Storm 2, which we've heard has been internally codenamed "Oden." We've also caught wind that this model pictured is of the GSM flavor, and yes, it's indeed packing WiFi in addition to GPS according to one of our sources. As far as that rumored "new approach to text entry," it sounds like the keyboard has been tweaked but isn't a radical departure from the first generation. From the photos, it seems that RIM has advanced in the war on buttons and axed the bottom four in favor of some touch-sensitive controls. The real improvements, however, appear to be under the hood, as the whole device reportedly runs much faster and smoother than the current model. We can't confirm these specs, but with the Tour coming this summer, and the Storm 2 hopefully making an appearance before the holiday shopping season, looks like you Verizon BlackBerry fans might not have to be that jealous of your GSM brethren after all. One more pic after the break.][/QUOTE]

pacificvibes · 05-15-2009, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by xtop

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/14/b...ictured-early/

[QUOTEWe knew it was coming, and just like its relatives the Onyx and the Gemini, yet another unreleased model has managed to escape the confines of RIM's Waterloo headquarters. This time, however, it's the Storm 2, which we've heard has been internally codenamed "Oden." We've also caught wind that this model pictured is of the GSM flavor, and yes, it's indeed packing WiFi in addition to GPS according to one of our sources. As far as that rumored "new approach to text entry," it sounds like the keyboard has been tweaked but isn't a radical departure from the first generation. From the photos, it seems that RIM has advanced in the war on buttons and axed the bottom four in favor of some touch-sensitive controls. The real improvements, however, appear to be under the hood, as the whole device reportedly runs much faster and smoother than the current model. We can't confirm these specs, but with the Tour coming this summer, and the Storm 2 hopefully making an appearance before the holiday shopping season, looks like you Verizon BlackBerry fans might not have to be that jealous of your GSM brethren after all. One more pic after the break.]

[/QUOTE]

Damn that didnt take long.

HDsportsFan · 05-15-2009, 02:07 AM

Does anyone have the G1 phone? I'm really thinking about getting it.

xtop · 05-15-2009, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by pacificvibes

Damn that didnt take long.

haha. good job quoting xtop

xtop · 05-15-2009, 11:53 AM

worth mentioning in this thread too...

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...8&postcount=23

Uxi · 05-15-2009, 06:49 PM

Doesn't sound like they're going to put a phone in there. They should! That would be some convergence.

xtop · 05-15-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Uxi

Doesn't sound like they're going to put a phone in there. They should! That would be some convergence.

i think its a good preview of what we'll see with windows mobile 7. and aslo the type of hardware we're going to see in phones later this year

xtop · 05-18-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Uxi

Got my preorder in for N97. I'm also messing around with the SDK to make some widgets.

[img]http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/n97-w1.jpg[ /img]

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/...gets_and_k.php

dunno if you care about this or not..

http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=por...t=news&id=7409

Uxi · 05-18-2009, 08:24 PM

Won't know for sure until one can try both in person, of course, but think they're 100% wrong on the keyboard. All the early reviews for the N97 say the keyboard is great. The D-pad on the left side is unconventional for Nokia but that's also every game controller and handheld gaming system have it, as well.

They call N97's resolution "odd" but it's 16:9., which is a standard. I do think 16:10 might have been better. More resolution is always better, but can't save an otherwise subpar phone (see SE Xperia X1 and the older WinMo Samsung Omnia).

Charging is done via micro-USB on the N97, so not sure how they missed that.

Supposedly they did a prototype with metal hinges, but weight increased from 150g to 215g. Early reviews say it seems very stable and solid. long term reliability who knows. Nokia has been hit and miss with their numpad sliders (n95) and N85 quality control was largely abyssmal. Hopefully this one counters that trend, which early reviews seem to bear out.

Some of the early reviews:

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-n97.shtml (in Russian, which is the only place the videos are... even in russian they're quite illuminating, though. here's the google translation):

http://translate.google.com/translat...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://ericscorner.blogspot.com/2009...7-preview.html
http://www.mobileworld.com.my/v2/ind...Nokia_N97.html

There are a whole bunch of youtube videos. If I wasn't getting this, I'd probably be going to the Samsung Omnia HD i8910. Lack of AT&T 850 3G band would be a very serious concern, though.

xtop · 05-18-2009, 08:28 PM

i dunno how you're calling it a subpar phone..considering its not even out to test. but just thought i'd throw out that comparison for ya

pacificvibes · 05-18-2009, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by xtop

haha. good job quoting xtop

HAHA

DrinkMore · 05-18-2009, 08:36 PM

Is it me or did anyone else notice the not so good N97 lcd screen when it was sitting next to the iPhone. It did not look as crisp or vibrant as the iPhone did. The mobileworld link.

xtop · 05-18-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DrinkMore

Is it me or did anyone else notice the not so good N97 lcd screen when it was sitting next to the iPhone. It did not look as crisp or vibrant as the iPhone did. The mobileworld link.

yeah the blacks on it suck

DrinkMore · 05-18-2009, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by xtop

yeah the blacks on it suck

Thats what I was going to say but I wasn't sure if the background on the n97 was suppose to be gray or black.

xtop · 05-18-2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DrinkMore

Thats what I was going to say but I wasn't sure if the background on the n97 was suppose to be gray or black.

maybe its just the background and/or angle of the picture. who knows. but it looks pretty bad

pacificvibes · 05-18-2009, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtop

maybe its just the background and/or angle of the picture. who knows. but it looks pretty bad

ehhhh WTF...it looks so washed out.

Uxi · 05-18-2009, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtop

i dunno how you're calling it a subpar phone..considering its not even out to test. but just thought i'd throw out that comparison for ya

What? I was talking about the Xperia and old Samsung Omnia. Both had great resolutions but are full of complaints.

Quote:

Originally Posted by drinkmore

Is it me or did anyone else notice the not so good N97 lcd screen when it was sitting next to the iPhone. It did not look as crisp or vibrant as the iPhone did. The mobileworld link.

It doesn't look that good on mobileworld (appears they have the contrast and/or brightness cranked way up) but that appears to be the exception.

check this video for one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-YDWoxQ_fw&hd=1

xtop · 05-18-2009, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uxi

What? I was talking about the Xperia and old Samsung Omnia. Both had great resolutions but are full of complaints.

It doesn't look that good on mobileworld (appears they have the contrast and/or brightness cranked way up) but that appears to be the exception.

check this video for one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-YDWoxQ_fw&hd=1

oh i thought you meant the touch pro 2. i'm like..uh..what

but yeah..it looks a TON better in that video.

05-15-2009, 12:52 AM	#163
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	BlackBerry Storm 2 gets pictured early http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/14/b...ictured-early/ [QUOTEWe knew it was coming, and just like its relatives the Onyx and the Gemini, yet another unreleased model has managed to escape the confines of RIM's Waterloo headquarters. This time, however, it's the Storm 2, which we've heard has been internally codenamed "Oden." We've also caught wind that this model pictured is of the GSM flavor, and yes, it's indeed packing WiFi in addition to GPS according to one of our sources. As far as that rumored "new approach to text entry," it sounds like the keyboard has been tweaked but isn't a radical departure from the first generation. From the photos, it seems that RIM has advanced in the war on buttons and axed the bottom four in favor of some touch-sensitive controls. The real improvements, however, appear to be under the hood, as the whole device reportedly runs much faster and smoother than the current model. We can't confirm these specs, but with the Tour coming this summer, and the Storm 2 hopefully making an appearance before the holiday shopping season, looks like you Verizon BlackBerry fans might not have to be that jealous of your GSM brethren after all. One more pic after the break.][/QUOTE]

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05-14-2009, 03:05 AM	#162
Uxi Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Southern California 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:191 Blu-ray reviews:9	Ah yeah... nice concept... really poor execution, especially the screen(s). One of my coworkers got the Voyager to try and compete with teh iPhone guys. He joined them and is now one of them. lol

05-15-2009, 02:07 AM	#165
HDsportsFan Banned Member since:May 2009	Does anyone have the G1 phone? I'm really thinking about getting it.

05-15-2009, 11:53 AM	#167
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	worth mentioning in this thread too... https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...8&postcount=23

05-15-2009, 06:49 PM	#168
Uxi Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Southern California 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:191 Blu-ray reviews:9	Doesn't sound like they're going to put a phone in there. They should! That would be some convergence.

05-18-2009, 08:24 PM	#171
Uxi Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Southern California 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:191 Blu-ray reviews:9	Won't know for sure until one can try both in person, of course, but think they're 100% wrong on the keyboard. All the early reviews for the N97 say the keyboard is great. The D-pad on the left side is unconventional for Nokia but that's also every game controller and handheld gaming system have it, as well. They call N97's resolution "odd" but it's 16:9., which is a standard. I do think 16:10 might have been better. More resolution is always better, but can't save an otherwise subpar phone (see SE Xperia X1 and the older WinMo Samsung Omnia). Charging is done via micro-USB on the N97, so not sure how they missed that. Supposedly they did a prototype with metal hinges, but weight increased from 150g to 215g. Early reviews say it seems very stable and solid. long term reliability who knows. Nokia has been hit and miss with their numpad sliders (n95) and N85 quality control was largely abyssmal. Hopefully this one counters that trend, which early reviews seem to bear out. Some of the early reviews: http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-n97.shtml (in Russian, which is the only place the videos are... even in russian they're quite illuminating, though. here's the google translation): http://translate.google.com/translat...hl=en&ie=UTF-8 http://ericscorner.blogspot.com/2009...7-preview.html http://www.mobileworld.com.my/v2/ind...Nokia_N97.html There are a whole bunch of youtube videos. If I wasn't getting this, I'd probably be going to the Samsung Omnia HD i8910. Lack of AT&T 850 3G band would be a very serious concern, though.

05-18-2009, 08:28 PM	#172
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	i dunno how you're calling it a subpar phone..considering its not even out to test. but just thought i'd throw out that comparison for ya

05-18-2009, 08:36 PM	#174
DrinkMore Banned Member since:Apr 2007 Location:That's What She Said! Blu-ray collection:140 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:3	Is it me or did anyone else notice the not so good N97 lcd screen when it was sitting next to the iPhone. It did not look as crisp or vibrant as the iPhone did. The mobileworld link.

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