It was a major gripe we had with the Nokia N97‘s web browsing experience; scrolling on pages compared with the likes of the iPhone was a tedious and rather annoying affair. Nokia has now released a firmware update set to rectify this. Firmware version 20.0.019; this update brings kinetic scrolling not only to web browsing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘N97’
Nokia N97 Mini vs. N97 err…giant?
September 11th, 2009 
Rob Personally, i found the original Nokia N97 sat quite comfortably in my hands. Not too big nor too small and with a perfect weight (reassuringly heavy without being a burden). But clearly some of you didn’t agree with my conclusion and it seems Nokia sat up and took notice. For those of you crying out [...]
Posted in Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones 
Tags: N97, Nokia, Symbian, touchscreen 
1 Comment »Social Networking and Mobile Phones: What is driving mobile net usage?
July 17th, 2009 blogstaff Digital educator and commentator Clay Shirky has detailed how mobiles, Twitter, Facebook and other social media are making history. These technological tools are allowing people to bypass censors, hold politicians to account and end the strict top-down news model that has characterised information flows since the invention of the printing press. He claims that our [...]
Nokia N97 and N86 8MP in stock now!
June 25th, 2009 Rob Well the wait is finally over, two of the most important phones in Nokia’s history have now launched and are in stock at Mobiles.co.uk. The N97 is Nokia’s attempt to take back some of the market share lost to new kids on the block Apple and the ever more impressive Samsung, both of whom have [...]
Posted in Mobile News, Mobile Phones, New Mobile Phones Tags: 8 Megapixel, N97, Nokia, Nseries, Ovi Store, touchscreen 2 Comments »Nokia N97 Unboxed!
June 20th, 2009 Rob With under a week to go till the Nokia N97 officially launches here in the UK, things are heating up as Nokia look to take on Apple at their own game. And, true to form, Mobiles.co.uk have managed to get hold of a final retail version, with all the goodies, to whet your appetite just [...]
Posted in Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones Tags: N97, Nokia, Nseries, Symbian, touchscreen, Unboxing Comments OffNokia N97 now available to order!
June 2nd, 2009 Rob It’s been a long one but the wait is nearly over; the Nokia N97 is now available to pre-order at Mobiles.co.uk. First announced back at the end of last year, the N97 gained huge interest due to the fact that it’s the first member of the prestigious Nseries to feature a full touchscreen interface. And [...]
Posted in Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones Tags: N97, Nokia, Nseries, Symbian, touchscreen 3 Comments »Nokia Ovi Store officially open for business!
May 28th, 2009 Rob Better late than never is perhaps the most appropriate phrase for Nokia’s Ovi store. With Apple’s App store recently bagging its billionth download and Blackberry App World starting to gain momentum, Nokia have finally got their App store up and running with the Ovi store now open. Should Apple and co. be concerned by the [...]
Posted in Mobile Content/Services, Mobile News, Mobile Phone Applications, Mobile Phone Games Tags: App store, apple, N97, Nokia, Ovi Store 4 Comments »Nokia N97 Review: Part 2 – Internet & Multimedia
May 21st, 2009 Rob Part 2 of our Nokia N97 review and a look at the premium features of the phone as we check out web access and the host of multimedia options on offer. Ask any one involved in the development team what’s the first word that springs to mind with the Nokia N97 and the likely answer [...]
Posted in Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phone Reviews, Mobile Phones Tags: N97, Nokia, Nokia N97 Review, Nseries, touchscreen 10 Comments »Nokia N97 Review: Part 1 – Design & Usability
May 20th, 2009 Rob As promised, we’ve put the Nokia N97 thoroughly through its paces so you know exactly what’s what with Nokia’s new touchscreen phone. So much so, that we’ve decided to break the review up into three parts so we don’t miss a thing! Read on for part one and our take on the design and usability [...]
Posted in Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phone Reviews, Mobile Phones Tags: N97, Nokia, Nokia N97 Review, Nseries, Symbian, touchscreen 4 Comments »User input required: Nokia N97 Review – What do you want to know?
May 15th, 2009 Rob Here at Mobiles.co.uk we love firsts, especially when it’s concerning the latest and greatest mobile phones. So, it should come as no surprise that we’ve managed to get our hands on the Nokia N97, the most eagerly anticipated phone of 2009, over a month before it’s officially due to hit the shelves! We’ll be putting [...]
Posted in Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phone Reviews, Mobile Phones Tags: N97, Nokia, Nseries, touchscreen 2 Comments »
