Nokia N97 New Firmware Update
Nokia has provided Nokia N97 firmware update from v21.0.045 to v22.0.110. I’ve had my update over-the-air by pressing *#0000#, for me it took about 5 minutes but it depends on the connection, probably more or less. It might be able also over NSU and data cable. But I guess no major changes as I notice. Here are the some changes:
- It is snappier, the menu pop up quickly.
- the booting sequence took 35 seconds now with the updated, while in v21 you get 50-70 seconds.
A Change log from v21 to v22 via Symbian World by Norman John.
Data package content, corrections or changes:
- “System error” displayed occasionally at first start-up. Reported e.g. by Vodafone.
- OTC cases fixed:
- Wrong Cherry number used in Russia and Spain
- Corrections to TOP ~15 issues reported in the field
Nokia E75 vs N97, Which One is the Best Qwerty Keyboard Phone?
Being a member of business line up from Nokia, E75 has the main focus on email. Its qwerty keyboard supports your full typing activity. So which one is better, E75 or N97?
* E75 has flat keys of its qwerty keyboard so you will feel hard when feeling them. It needs you to keep you eye on its keyboard. N97 has a cool design with its appropriate dimension to get the feel.
* There is no function of Ctrl Key on N97. This function will be useful in combination of keys such as Ctrl+C for copying the chosen text, Ctrl+V for pasting text etc. E75 and other E series support this function.
* There are 2 Shift keys on E75 while N97 only has a Shift key. Long pressing Shift key will result in option “Paste” in top of your screen then lets you paste by pressing the neighbouring key.
* In N97, long pressing its keys will offer second character. E75 will get the same function thru firmware v20.00.
* N97 lets you get faster typing than E75 with its key placement.
* N97 has Sym Key while E75 has Chr Key for symbols.
* Key to get numbers is placed in right corner on N97 and left corner on E75.
* Dpad on N97 may make you feel disturbed sometimes. Navigation key on E75 is on the top of the phone so it is better.
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Nokia Bots Widget, New Offer from Nokia Beta Labs
A small apps or widgets have been released by Nokia Beta Labs. These new widgets will personalize your phone automatically after it learns your interaction with your phone. The new widgets are called Nokia Bots and it can run on your phone’s homescreen so it likes widgets. Nokia Bots will work in the backgroud when customize your phone. Currently there are 4 widgets available: Profile Bot, Battery Bot, Shortcut Bot and Alarm Bot.
Profile Bot can change your profile automatically. So it will be the handy widget to support your daily or weekly meeting.
Alarm Bot can suggest your alarm and profile changes after learning your way on setting daily alarms.
Shortcut Bot can take apps for you so now you dont have to pick apps for your shortcut widgets yoru self. It can learn how you pick apps on any day and time so it can modify the widget.
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Firmware Update for N97 to v21
It is now available, the firmware update for your Nokia N97. The update can be found on Nokia Software Updater with the file size of 143Mb and offering better touchscreen scrolling, more RAM, browser improvement, cleaner theme, better video stability and image as well as call reability. There is a recommendation for you to have certain amount of free space on your disk C:, just see below explanation. As for the previous update is v20 which we was given the Symbian^2-like full kinetic scrolling for the first time in whole screens.
Installation guide
You can start to back up data to your memory card. Just use File Manager tool of you device.
Through NSU just install this firmware update v21 on your Windows computer. The OTA update has not yet available this time. But it will be available soon.
After all those steps, all you data will be maintained, but it is a good idea to do a hard reset such as *#7370# from your homescreen dialler.
Restore data (not your settings) through memory card in File Manager.
It needs email/Bluetooth/internet setting so set up it.
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Ovi Maps with free navigation to Come to Nokia N97
If previously we have guessed Ovi Maps 3.3 with free navigation would come to Nokia N97 in its firmware update, now it seems that we can get it more sooner. Now the Ovi Maps 3.3 with free navigation has been available on Software Update 9 (in your Applications folder). The download size is 8MB.
If your remaining space on disk C: is less than 30Mb, so it is not a good idea to get this download. In this case, it is recommended for you to wait it in a firmware update release. We dont know whether this Ovi Maps is available for other phones.
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Calendar Homescreen Widget for N97
This Symbian app is made by Michael Prager namely ComingNext, a sort of calendar homescreen widget designed for Nokia N97. ComingNext presents double panels which each panel will be able to show 4 coming events. This widget is customizable.
ComingNext will be tied into N97′s calendar so it is able to show those 4 coming events right on your N97′s homescreen. Zip file contains of 2 widget copies so you can get up to 8 coming entries.
As for the new features in this latest calendar homescreen application v1.24 are mentioned below:
* Christophe Milsent has added localization support
* Christophe Milsent has added French translation
* German translation
* There is new option ?hide Widget On Calendar Open?. If this option is enabled, your
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Nokia N97 Freeware: Memory Organizer
Have you checked out your NSU (Nokia Software Update) app? A few days ago Nokia had released an app update for N97 thru it. You can now utilize this app for reorganizing your internal memory. Memory Reorganizer lets you free up your MBs on N97. This standalone update isn?t part of a firmware update.
You can run this app via Applications menu. Unfortunately there is no enough info can be found regarding what this app can do in details. But the nice thing is that Memory Reorganizer can free up your 3MB of N97 internal storage. The other good thing is this app can install and uninstalled itself.
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Nokia S60v5 Gets Evernote App
Evernote app finally comes to Nokia S60v5. This app is previously cant work well on Nokia, so the users put it on iPhone and WinMo device. A Twitter post has gave this forum?s link where you can find the download for this app (beta). The app has been tested in N97 and N97 Mini.
You may question what it is about Evernote. This app is used when you want to capture tasks, business cards, plane tickets, thoughts, ideas and more. You can capture them then store to the phone. In future they will be searchable. The desktop client is also available for Windows and Mac. Then the mobile phone client is for Blackberry, Android, WebOS, WinMo and iPhone.
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More Review of Nokia N97 Mini
We will make comparison within N97 and N97 Mini in this review. The N97 Mini is better than N97 in system ability and operational speed. There is no freeze or restart with no reason. However the phone has lags and not too good responds to command.
N97 Mini also has better call and it has better in-call quality like N97. The sound looks clear and loud. Compared with its bigger brother, N97 Mini is more attractive in design made from better material besides brings the enhanced in-call quality as well as more stable OS.
In other side, N97 Mini still contains some N97 shortcomings such as limited video codec support and sluggish operational speed.
If we look at the market, there are some other devices cheaper than N97 Mini like Samsung OMNIA HD i8910. This phone comes without qwerty keyboard but brings the larger display, the decent video capabilities as well as similar functionality.
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Image Comparison within N97, Tilt2 and Motorola Droid
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Which one be the best, N97, Tilt2 and Motorola Droid in term of image quality? We know that those phones are different in megapixels. N97 with 5 Mpx camera plus dual led flash and autofocus, Motorola Droid with their 5 Mpx camera plus dual led flash and Tilt2 (or Touch Pro2) is 3.2 Mpx camera with autofocus. But the test is taken in world testing opinions not specs. The test is made by Nick Marshall over at cellfanatic.com using some criteria like outdoor nature, outdoor landscape, outdoor macro, indoor macro, indoor normal, indoor low light, indoor no light.
Color reproduction
In this area, Nick would like to choose N97 in first then Motorola Droid and HTC Touch Pro2. N97 image has good saturation and displays the good lightning condition. In good outdoor sunlight, Tilt2 seems to wash out picture and this phone will have the best result in outdoor photo without direct sunlight or indoor lightning.
Image sharpness
The best result is reached by N97 and Tilt2. Motorola Droid has the autofocus issues in this area. Outdoor photos show the sharp image of Tilt2. N97 is best in low light condition.
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