While it’s almost an exact replica of the Nokia 5800’s music department, the N97’s extra options are thin on the ground – our main complaint is that it doesn’t ship with a remote control. However, its music time has rocketed up to 35-36 hours, which are the longest hours you’ll find out there.
The following formats are supported: AAC, AAC+, eAAC, eAAC+, MP3, MP4, M4A, WMA, Mobile XMF, SP-MIDI, AMR (NB-AMR), MIDI Tones (poly 64), RealAudio 7,8,10, True tones (WB-AMR), WAV. MP3-files with various bit rates, including VBR, are seamlessly played back by the N97. Upon synchronization with Windows Media Player 11 and higher, you can take advantage of protected DRM-files (Janus DRM).
Equalizers - When the equalizer settings are modified the audio experience varies considerably. Every one of the 6 pre-installed equalizers features 8 bands and is fully user-manageable, save for the default settings. The list of presets is as follows – Bass Booster, Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock. In the Sound Settings you can adjust sound balance, Stereo Widening and Loudness.
The handset has random and repeat (all or one track) playback modes. When the standby screen is active is displays information about the currently playing track.
Bringing up the Music Menu allows you to browse all tracks, playlists and sort the library by artists, albums, genres and composers. The music library (or the track list) gets updated automatically on every successful synchronization with a PC via Nokia PC Suite except if you use a memory card with pre-loaded tracks. It’s worth noting, amongst all the other features, the Library Detail feature.
Podcasting – podcasts are now integrated right into the music player, whereas previously they were placed in a separate application. You can access podcasts either from the player’s menu or launch the application separately, which will give you access to the library, Nokia’s podcast catalogue, search, synchronization settings and so on. You can also choose to get your subscribed podcasts uploaded automatically (within the home network or via some specific access point). All in all this app is a breeze to navigate around and quite useful at that.
Music store – allows you to access the Nokia Music Store to buy tracks, albums and download them to your device.
FM-radio – the N97 comes bundled with a pretty standard radio application that offers to pick your region when first launched (this choice will affect the FM frequencies you’ll have access to later on). Among its features are RDS, auto tuning and some neat visual enhancements.
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the Nokia N97 for me is the best phone that i bought. it is definitely a bang for the buck phone. nice features and cool looks