Nokia to touch off battle with key rivals
January 20, 2009 1 comment »
Nokia to touch off battle with key rivals
The Finnish group is seeking to become the world’s largest maker of mobiles with touchscreens this year after unveiling handsets that will compete with the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Omnia.
Such a feat would provide Nokia with some good news – the world’s largest mobile maker is predicting that handset sales by all manufacturers will fall in 2009 for the first time in eight years.
Nokia has been slow to respond to Apple’s 2007 release of the iPhone and its touchscreen technology.
During the third quarter of 2008, the popularity of the iPhone turned the US technology group into the world’s third largest maker of smartphones – mobiles that double up as mini computers with users able to play music and surf the internet.
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Nokia to touch off battle with key rivalsMemory and its performance : Nokia N97
January 17, 2009 3 comments »
Memory and its performance : Nokia N97
The device comes equipped with 128 Mb of RAM, after first launch you will get around 70 Mb of free memory at your disposal, which is enough for running a dozen applications and browsing “heavy” web-pages.
The user almost has 32 Gb of storage available, where any data can be stored.
The N97 deals with microSD memory cards (hot-swappable), although the phone doesn’t come packaged with one. There are no restrictions as far as memory card’s size is concerned – our handset easily identified a 32Gb card.
Increased RAM size, 369 MHz ARM11 CPU and, as it appears, TI OMAP chipset (we haven’t looked inside the N97 yet) – all these things make it even speedier compared to the Nokia 5800. I don’t think the N97’s CPU has much to do with its blazing-fast menus, though, probably it’s more due to RAM.
Memory and its performance : Nokia N97Music @ Nokia N97
January 8, 2009 1 comment »
Music @ Nokia N97
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.
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Music @ Nokia N97
