Videos: The BBC on the iPhone 3G S and the Nokia N97
By Stefan Constantinescu on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 2:13 PM PST In Devices, Nokia, iPhone
Had enough iPhone news? I know, it’s terrible, and I’m the first one to admit that I just want to escape to some cottage with no running water or electricity right now and eat some magical mushrooms, but sadly the iPhone is what’s on everyone’s mind at the present moment.
In the first video: Rory Cellan-Jones compares the features of the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N97 and the iPhone 3G S with some fancy video work to make it appear as if he has a clone:
In the second video: Dan Simmons reviews the Nokia N97 all by itself. He’s the first person I’ve heard, ever, to say the keyboard is “a pleasure to use.” Due to the BBC not including an embed code, you’ll have to click through to watch. Be warned, the video auto plays. Make sure you’re volume is set to an appropriate level or the last thing you’ll hear before your ear drums burst, and blood starts pouring out of the sides of your head, is a British accent.
[Via: All About Symbain]
Death by British accent is THE way to go…
Okay, seriously? The n97 and symbian OS still looks like shit. The phones don’t compare.
The n97 is the previous generation of smart phone, it’s like comparing a Sony PS2 to an Xbox 360.
Some people enjoy living in the past. I’m one of them. I’m a stubborn motherfucker and don’t intend on buying an iPhone until Apple makes a model with a keyboard.
Nokia E71 for me, and I’ll probably pick up the E72 when that comes out. The N97 is a steaming pile of disappointing shit, I agree whole heartedly.
Heh, fair enough, but why not pick up a Palm Pre then?
CDMA only at the moment = doesn’t work in Europe. I also have a strong policy against buying 1st generation products. This is Palm’s first webOS device and it’s built out of shiny black finger print loving plastic and most of the reviews I’ve read on the net say the keyboard is small and cramped.
I’ll wait. Everything I want to do with my phone, I can do today. I’m sure there are a lot of things I could, and would want to, do on the iPhone, but as it stands … it isn’t the device for me, yet.
We’ll see what the company does in 2010.
I think the truth lies in the fact that Stefan works for Nokia
(conflict of interest)
Very good points. I forgot that there wasn’t a GSM version available yet. Poor judgement on Palm’s behalf to go with Sprint for a first launch IMHO. It’ll be interesting to see if it will catch on once the GSM version is available.
Thank God you are back, this site needs a bit of common sense and a more balanced view (to counter the fundamental iphone evangelist Will Park)
@Zak: I no longer work for Nokia, check out my “Hello World. Again.” blog post for more details about this: http://www.intomobile.com/2009/06/11/hello-world-again.html