Nokia N97 Is New Rival to iPhone

the iphone rulz man.

My buddy seems to have no problems with his touch-screen keyboard on his iPhone. He types over 50 WPM, and he's not a teenage-girl texting freak either.

Now that everyone is responding to what Apple began 1.5 years ago, I wonder if soon Apple will one-up everyone again by adding voice recognition to the iPhone, thereby allowing users to enter text by voice or the touch screen. That would certainly make emailing and such quite easier if all you do is push a button (or combination) and depending on what app you're running, enter text into a field, or make a call, or etc.

iphone rules till 2009 then its the n97 to take over

I'll take the Blackberry's real keyboard over the iPhones touch crap any day. Yes, it is a beautiful and elegantly designed piece of hardware, but for what I use my phone for, Blackberry does better.

yawn. 6 months away @ $700? Only retards would buy this.

@ Tom... I agree, voice would be better for texting, drafting emails... etc. on smartphones.

The iPhone already has voice recognition for google searchs and google maps with the free Google iPhone App. The free apps SayWhere! and SayWho! also provides voice recognition for navigation and calling on the iphone.
Hmmm maybe a speech to text or mail app on the iphone would be a good business idea!

One more step toward the Ultimate Mobile Device, which will allow touchscreen control and voice input control, see at: http://www.UltimateMobileDevice.com

Could you please stop comparing iPhone with every new Touchscreen phone????

iPhone is nothing but a crappy phone with an amazing UI, letting people utilize whatever minimal features available on the phone to the fullest extent. No other phone has multitouch and that, IMHO is the best feature of the iPhone.

Nokia has always had amazing phones and $695 is not a bad price at all!! Americans will see stars if they have to shell out anything more than $200 (but never realize that it is a subsidized phone)!

Lets hope the compromise between Nokia and Qualcomm will let Americans get a chance to taste the luxury (High end nokia phones) that Europeans, Asians have been enjoying!

I really like the idea of the blackberry because it would be more helpfull.

Voice recognition has existed on Nokia phones for several years and quite a few other manufacturers like Sony Ericsson....

I use it in my car when I ring people (using a carkit). Its alot easier to shout a name than look through an address book.

Have I missed something important or is it that missing from the iPhone

Nokia is rocking

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Nokia N97

iPhone is for people who likes to show off. It is good show off "toy". Ever know what happens when you scratch an iPhone screen??? Toss the phone to the bin or pay $$$ to get it repaired. OR carry the phone with its granny pouch...Talk about design!

Nokia is for people who do serious stuff and real business.

In addition, speech to text has minimum 10 years to go on mobile platform before they are proper.

Did you ever wonder, why there is no speech search today with so much processor power in your desktop oe Laptop computer ??

Mobile phones have a fraction of the computing power of a normal computer... Don't expect speech typing anytime soon.

It is like comparing Peugeot to a Mercedes-Benz. Everybody likes the Peugeot 306 because it is trendy and sleek.
People who buy Peugeot; don't know Mercedes-Benz, because it is not trendy and it is EXPENSIVE. Howeve, everybody knows that, in this world MERCEDES-BENZ is the best car money can buy, if you want a REAL car.

Exactly the same with iPhone and NOKIA.
NOKIA is the best mobile money can buy. PERIOD. Forget other brands. Try using a NOKIA and then decide...!

enough said...

It is always entertaining to see people put the iPhone down, because everyone that I know that has one loves it! My iPhone is the most functional computer/phone I have ever seen, and it is flattery that every phone manufacturer, even the so called better Asian and Euro companies are continually making poor attempts to copy it. Give Apple credit where credit is due, and quit your crying. It really does make you all look foolish.

Written on my iPhone :P

The iPhone is the best phone ever, and this fact doesn't seem to change. Remind me how many iPhones have been sold?

John you are a d-bag.
You can still use an iPhone with a scratched screen, even a cracked screen, it's not that much to fix the screen either, a lot cheaper than buying a new iPhone.
If you knew anything about phones or tech, you would know that there already is a speech-to-text phone that came out in '05 (Samsung SGH-P207). It works well, but takes time and patience to learn. Also voice recognition for phones has been out for years.
Also your analogy of an iPhone to Peugeot and a Nokia to a Mercedes-Benz contradicts itself. You talk about how expensive it is to repair an iPhone, do you even know how expensive it is to repair a Mercedes-Benz? On top of that, how often they break down and have problems? Probably not, you probably don't own one, or an iPhone.

So until you have a legit reason other than, "iPhone is for people who likes to show off. It is good show off "toy".". . . STFU, GTFO, and learn proper grammar.

enough said...

Nokia has done a great on this phone. I got to try it out for testing few months ago and I loved it.

http://www.nzmobiles.com/phones/34-nokia/61-the-new-nokia-n97-.html

I had an 1. gen iPhone once. Loved it. Tried the Samsung Omnia for a couple of months. Hated it. Seems like there´s no phone out there that has the the same screen tech as the iPhone. Does anyone knows if the new Nokia N97 has a "push-down" screen or what I would call a genuine touch screen like the iPhone.

There´s a lot of really bad rewievs out there on the latest phones in general. When I bought the Samsung Omnia, none of the reviews on the internet mentioned what I think is the most important thing when one compare with the iPhone, and that´s what kind of screen does it have. So when i recieved the Samsung Omnia I got really dissappointed when I saw the stylus and realized I´d f... up.

I dislike stylus typing and iPhone seems to be the only phone that´s 99,9% touch screen and still no need for stylus.

I´ll repeat my question: Does anyone know if the N97 is a push-down touch screen or an touch screen like the iPhone.

eventhough the n97 is yet to come from puremobile i belive it will come out for a cheap price. can't wait.