N97 Nokia Cellular Phone

Following on from the high end N97 announced earlier, Nokia have produced the N97 Mini – a smaller, lighter version of the N97 with less internal memory, smaller display and battery, at a not-much-smaller price. Nokia appears to be focusing on optimisation with this series of phones rather than announcing new features.

As with all things, the relationship between price and capability has not been evenly applied since the phones were not announced together, leaving the N97 Mini dangling in the air when it comes to what it offers.

Despite this – it is a nice little quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G phone with 3.6Mbps HSDPA support – much less bulky than the N97, and with many features packed into its little can.

Measuring in at 113 x 52.5 x 14.2mm, it doesn’t seem to be that much different until you compare the physical volume of the two phones. 75cc for the N97 Mini and 88cc for the N97 but only 12% difference in the weight. In terms of QWERTY side-slider smartphones, the Nokia N97 Mini competes well when it comes to size. It is beaten by the E75 which misses many of its functions.

The N97 Mini offers a Slide-n-tilt 3.2 inch 16m colour resistive touchscreen display with a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels, driven by the Symbian OS 9.4 – S60 (5th edition with kinetic scrolling) User Interface. Compared to the N97 – the display is of equal quality, only smaller, and the responsiveness of the resistive screen is improved in this model. It allows the use of stylus and will respond to pressure from a gloved hand. It has a proximity sensor and auto-rotate as well as handwriting recognition.

The keyboard is a slide-out three row full QWERTY, but, presumably to save space, the D-pad found in the N97 is missing.

For recording special places or occasions, the 5 megapixel autofocus camera (now without the lens cover) features Carl Zeiss optics, Geo-tagging, has a dual LED flash and can record VGA video at 30fps aided by a video light. There is also a secondary camera (VGA15fps).

Driven by an ARM 11 434MHz CPU, the Nokia N97 Mini has 128MB of RAM and 8GB onboard storage, which can be increased up to 16GB by means of the microSDHC supporting microSD card slot. It supports Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS, has a digital compass, built in accelerometer, FM Radio (no transmitter) with RDS and a 3.5mm audio jack and TV-out with nice audio reproduction. It also supports Stereo Bluetooth v2.0.

Although the web browser has full Flash and Java support, there is no document editing capability without a paid upgrade, no DivX or XviD video support out-of-the-box and the handset does not support smart dialling. The S60 touch screen user interface is still a tad inconsistent and you have to swap between the handsfree plug in and the headset.

On the plus side, the Nokia N97 Mini is less plasticky and more fingerprint-resistant than it’s bigger brother and the battery cover has been replaced with metal.

June was a huge month for smartphones. Apple released their new iphone 3GS and Nokia began shipping their N97 to the North America. Both phones are GSM models and therefore compete with each other in the eyes of the consumer. From price to features, the app store to the camera this video highlights the differences between the two devices allowing you to decide which phone is right for you. Just a heads up, in terms of voice quality the phones both are very good and therefore didn’t merit a mention in the video. For exclusive content follow me on twitter at twitter.com and check out my blog at michaelsherlock.com

Nokia’s Enterprise series phones cater mainly to the business professional, but anyone can appreciate the benefits of these phones. I love the Eseries phones because they seem much more practical than other phones. You’ll find useful features in these two latest Nokia phones that you won’t find in other phones. Best of all, the latest Nokia Eseries phones look quite sleek and attractive.

Nokia E62 Review

The slim E62 is an international roaming quad-band device which supports 850/900/1800/1900 bands. The screen features rich colors on a rather large screen (320 x 240), you’ll have no problems with image quality here. The phone itself is very light, weighing in at around 5 ounces – less than a 1/3 of a pound!

The latest Nokia E62 is perfect for e-mail with the handy QWERTY keyboard. Business users will also appreciate the dedicated e-mail key and flashing message alert light. Internal memory is a nice 90 MB, which leaves plenty of room for storing your messages and files.

Talk time is around 5 hours, with stand-by time a lengthy 14 days.

The Nokia E62 is packed with extra voice features that you’ll find very convenient. You’ll find hands-free voice dialing, voice commands for menu selections, push-to-talk, as well as a dedicated voice button for quick and simple voice recording.

Armed with the versatile Symbian S60 3rd Edition OS, the E62 can handle pretty much anything you throw at it. Pre-installed on the Nokia E62 is also a bevy of useful office software. You’ll find a word processor, a spreadsheet program, an innovative web browser, and more.

Available from Cingular Wireless the Nokia E62 is also very inexpensive when compared to similar devices. If you’re operating on a budget, then the E62 would be the perfect match for your business phone needs.

Nokia E70 Review

The Nokia E70 is a little heavier than the Nokia E62, but it incorporates a camera on the back (while the E62 has no camera) so the extra weight is called for.

The design is unique but very functional. Flip open the E70 to reveal a fully functional keyboard. The keyboard makes this phone ideal for business communications like e-mail and messenger. You can even send messages easily in the dark, a vivid white backlight will brighten up your keyboard.

The Nokia E70 features a wonderfully big rich display at 352 x 416 pixels. The phone operates on the slick S60 Symbian 3rd Edition OS. Included is the S60 Office Suite, as well as programs like Handy Expense and Zip Manager.

Since Eseries phones are mostly business oriented phones, most of them don’t have cameras. This is one of the only Eseries phones that actually has a camera. The camera is quality, 2 megapixels with 8x digital zoom. Record near-VHS quality video with the Nokia E70 in up to 3 different resolutions at 15 FPS (frames per second).

The latest Nokia E70 phone also features integrated Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is perfect to stay in touch or on the Internet anywhere in the world, as long as you’re within range of a Wi-Fi network.

Setting up your mobile e-mail is quick and easy right out of the box. Nokia likes to make this easy for their business users to sync their existing contacts, calendar, and other data.

The Nokia E70 is one of Nokia’s most robust business phones and offers all the features you’ll ever need in a phone.

Nokia’s Enterprise series phones cater mainly to the business professional, but anyone can appreciate the benefits of these phones. I love the Eseries phones because they seem much more practical than other phones. You’ll find useful features in these two latest Nokia phones that you won’t find in other phones. Best of all, the latest Nokia Eseries phones look quite sleek and attractive.

Nokia E62 Review

The slim E62 is an international roaming quad-band device which supports 850/900/1800/1900 bands. The screen features rich colors on a rather large screen (320 x 240), you’ll have no problems with image quality here. The phone itself is very light, weighing in at around 5 ounces – less than a 1/3 of a pound!

The latest Nokia E62 is perfect for e-mail with the handy QWERTY keyboard. Business users will also appreciate the dedicated e-mail key and flashing message alert light. Internal memory is a nice 90 MB, which leaves plenty of room for storing your messages and files.

Talk time is around 5 hours, with stand-by time a lengthy 14 days.

The Nokia E62 is packed with extra voice features that you’ll find very convenient. You’ll find hands-free voice dialing, voice commands for menu selections, push-to-talk, as well as a dedicated voice button for quick and simple voice recording.

Armed with the versatile Symbian S60 3rd Edition OS, the E62 can handle pretty much anything you throw at it. Pre-installed on the Nokia E62 is also a bevy of useful office software. You’ll find a word processor, a spreadsheet program, an innovative web browser, and more.

Available from Cingular Wireless the Nokia E62 is also very inexpensive when compared to similar devices. If you’re operating on a budget, then the E62 would be the perfect match for your business phone needs.

Nokia E70 Review

The Nokia E70 is a little heavier than the Nokia E62, but it incorporates a camera on the back (while the E62 has no camera) so the extra weight is called for.

The design is unique but very functional. Flip open the E70 to reveal a fully functional keyboard. The keyboard makes this phone ideal for business communications like e-mail and messenger. You can even send messages easily in the dark, a vivid white backlight will brighten up your keyboard.

The Nokia E70 features a wonderfully big rich display at 352 x 416 pixels. The phone operates on the slick S60 Symbian 3rd Edition OS. Included is the S60 Office Suite, as well as programs like Handy Expense and Zip Manager.

Since Eseries phones are mostly business oriented phones, most of them don’t have cameras. This is one of the only Eseries phones that actually has a camera. The camera is quality, 2 megapixels with 8x digital zoom. Record near-VHS quality video with the Nokia E70 in up to 3 different resolutions at 15 FPS (frames per second).

The latest Nokia E70 phone also features integrated Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is perfect to stay in touch or on the Internet anywhere in the world, as long as you’re within range of a Wi-Fi network.

Setting up your mobile e-mail is quick and easy right out of the box. Nokia likes to make this easy for their business users to sync their existing contacts, calendar, and other data.

The Nokia E70 is one of Nokia’s most robust business phones and offers all the features you’ll ever need in a phone.