Am posting my encounter on the n97.
34 reasons why not to buy NOKIA N97 !!
TOPIC: Ver 12 N97 Fails !! Nokia Does not Keep Comittment...
Phone History...
Purchased on : 16th Aug'09 - India
First Repair on: 25th Aug'09
Ver 12 was installed.
Second Time Given to Nokia Care on: 31st Aug'09
Promised Delivery Date: 17th September (commitment not kept)
Revised date (after much persuasion): 30th September 2009.
Current Status: Nokia to send me confirmation mail on next steps (updated on 25th Sept)
1. No touch qwerty for n97 as an input method? Like windows mobile?
I now seem to agree to the feedback on one of the Blogs... that nokia designers feel that the average size of user hands would be that of big people & fingers like a Japanese teen.
2. The Physical keyboard does not seem to offer any additional functions Other than text input!
3. Predictive text for n97 where in the touch screen
Menu, the words don’t get auto completed. This increases the number of Taps/input strokes. Is the n97 intelligent & learn words from SMS,
Contacts, emails. No ! My blackberry does so. Cant seem to find and edit custom dictionary. Auto Punctuation?
4. Single hand use of n97 phone impractical using touch pad t9. Entering alphanumerics on the physical querty is a nightmare... No Stick Shift / long press.
5. Green tick yes or v button on top left of the text input screen n97. friendly again only for big handed people. Could this have been at bottom right.
6. Unnecessary taps additional taps almost in all menus...for e.g...
Sending a biz card from n97 requires 5 taps... in the other mobile
Phone systems it can be done in 3 taps. Requested Knowhow for
Shortcuts.
7. In a nokia n97 we get a view of the entire events as single
Thread.. not possible.. No Provision for search display against keywords upon I can get call logs, messages - Here in Nokia, no search filters / advanced Search and all searches results plotted to applications vs Person/events. Doubt if it can be done like blackberry /
windows mobile.
8. Copy & Paste across applications in n97. eg. Select text from web page. copy n paste on message application.... possible on Nokia...?
No
9. Call& Event Logs e.g Missed calls in n97. If there are 5 missed calls the Log will show the last called time only. In most other mobile systems Blackberry, windows each event is logged against a user.
10. Lag in picture display upon call in n97. Number displays first and after few seconds lag the pic pops up. Is this normal & acceptable? Other windows / rim devices show it instantly.
11. When will Nokia enable usage of Native clients like google talk, yahoo like blackberry, iphone for n97 ? Any know how on possibility of release. Any equal alternatives suggested for n97. Tried Nimbuzz, Fring, Ebuddy. Miss the chat message notification icon on home screen, notification on the chat messaging icon, sound, breathing
lights.
12. Email client for n97? Lots of features can be added.
13. The Java App for GMAIL on blackberry shows an indicator on icon
in addition to customized alert setting tone & breathing light for new
messages. Retrieving Emails is consistent & auto on other devices. The Nokia Does not seem to auto refresh + No Notification. How is it
handled on Nokia n97 ?
14. User friendliness be something where we can do actions with a
contact or on contacts screen single view... e.g see contact on google
map, Help on contacts screen/n97 help, lookup contact on server,
filter by category. new address, new group, view, edit, delete,
activity log (incl sms, mms, email, calls), call, sms, mms, email,
send as attachment, send as im, add a custom ring tone, add picture,
options - sort by, separators, sync settings, actions, switch
applications, exit. We have seen it on inexpensive phones. is it
possible to be done on Nokia n97 flagship?
SOME PROBLEMS faced by me Post upgrade to ver 12.
15. Contacts inaccessible – “Memory Full Error”. No other applications were active at the time of the error. Just unable to reach any of my
3500 contacts through the contacts options & do anything.
(update 16th Sept: Unofficially though a nokia rep confirmed that any user having 3000+ contacts are likely to face such issues)
16. Pbk2 error n97 upon selecting contacts in the messaging application.
17. Audio Delay in n97 upon receiving a call. No Sound upon connection of incoming call. Especially if picked up too fast.
18. Shows as searching for network constantly many times a day. We have 2 n97s & observed that both n97 almost have similar timing of network loss. Whereas, our other devices like blackberry do not show any weak signal signs.
19. GPS Lock failure in n97. Keeps searching for GPS locks constantly i.e Drops connection to GPS network frequently.
20. Un-predictive battery talk time n97, standby & required Charge time.
21. Voice inaudible at other end from n97, when using loudspeaker & especially during calls from moving vehicle.
22. n97 Cam