[talks-uk] Re: Deciding between the Nokia 5800 & N97

  • From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:34:39 +0100

Sorry folks. I tend to read mail quickly and don't even notice which list on occasions, but I do apologise and will try not to do it again.


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---- Original Message ----
From: "Graham Longly" <longly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 6:29 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Deciding between the Nokia 5800 &
N97

Hi Carol and all

This is not the place to discuss the I phone,  this list
is only for discussing talks and problems with talks
related phones.  Please take this to an appropriate I
phone list.  Cheers!  Graham

-----Original Message-----
From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol
Pearson
Sent: 28 August 2010 17:00
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Deciding between the Nokia 5800 &
N97

So what's the best way to get your hands on an IPhone for
long enough to test drive but to give back if you really
don't find you can make it?

Carol


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hussein Patwa" <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:55:21 +0100
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Deciding between the Nokia 5800 &
N97

Thanks Pete,

This is looking increasingly like the one I'll go for.
Unfortunately, old Murphy put his foot down today and
life has thrown a few flies into the ointment so it won't
be this week that I go for it but probably after I've
test driven the iPhone.

Thanks as always for your insight, and I'll probably call
on your insight as you have the phone at hand in the near
future 'smile'.

H.

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-----Original Message-----
From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DurDevil
Sent: 25 August 2010 17:48
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Deciding between the Nokia 5800 &
N97

Hi Steve

crashes are non existent on latest firmware and the N97
Mini has a much smaller battery and spec list.  n97 Mini
perhaps for a person who is not a heavy user and someone
who does not want to play about or put it through its
paces....  Plus the object viewer does not like the Mini
email application...
n97 standard is a more all rounder in the spec list and
better battery life and  better keyboard with DPad and
certainly more suited to a modder type such  as Hussein
than the mini....  But that is just my opinion

cheers

Pete





-original message-
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Deciding between the Nokia 5800 &
N97
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 25/08/2010 2:46 pm

Hi Hussein,

I would recommend the N97 Mini over the N97, simply
because it has more internal memory.  The N97 is apt to
crash somewhat, unless you really don't install much to
internal.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hussein Patwa
Sent: Tuesday 24 August 2010 22:04
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Deciding between the Nokia 5800 &
N97

Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to respond to me.

You certainly sell the N97 very well and yes, as I would
be modding it the hardware improvements are probably move
important than the software. Regardless of what firmware
it came with, I'd probably end up downloading
a stock firmware from the Nokia servers and modding it,
so it'd be the latest  anyway.

I also like the idea of the physical keyboard, although
having never used a QWERTY before on a phone it'll be an
interesting experience.  I always thought they would be
unusable due to their size, and never understood  how
people could stand writing long mails on them, but I've
seen more than enough positive comments about it to
conclude that I'll just have to give it a  try and find
out for myself.

Thanks again for your time, and your offer of additional
help - I might just  take you up on that.

Note: This message was dictated using Dragon
NaturallySpeaking.
I
apologise for any errors in the text.

_______________________________________
Have a pleasant day,

Kind Regards and Best Wishes,

Hussein.

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-----Original Message-----
From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DurDevil
Sent: 24 August 2010 21:24
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Deciding between the Nokia 5800 &
N97



Hi Hussein

Not overly surprised at your experiences with the X6,
Nokia's first real attempt at putting 5th Ed S60 into a
device with a capacitive screen before it  was really
optimised for such......  It is still optimised best for
resistive IMO  so your right in choosing these two
devices (although if you want to save  money you could
consider the budget range such as 5230 etc)

Anyway to answer your question, my recommendation is the
N97 rather  than the 5800; the N97 has the benefit of a
physical keyboard (which is real nice to type on) and
gives you the benefit of both worlds - touch screen and
physical keys (especially useful if you are making
modifications to the device)

The N97 is very stable, I've been using it almost since
it's release last year  and have seen the steady
improvements in firmware changes over the period and the
current firmware is very very stable and improved.
Providing
you are modding it if you buy one then you will have no
problem in
ensuring you can get the latest firmware (if you were not
modding then I would advise to be very careful not to buy
branded because firmware releases come very slow to
branded as you know)

N97 also has excellent battery life and is very useable -
it's larger screen I  am told is very clear and even good
in sunlight apparently, not sure if that  would make any
difference to you though? Call quality is excellent and
very  clear - if I have 1 signal bar I can still make a
clear call whereas my N95 8GB  could not manage that so
well,

Hope this helps and just shout if you have any further
questions and I'll try  and answer them

Cheers

Pete

-original message-
Subject: [talks-uk] Deciding between the Nokia 5800 & N97
From: "Hussein Patwa" <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 22/08/2010 10:40 pm

Hello,



I realise this is something which has probably been
discussed on here  many times, but I would nevertheless
appreciate some of your collective thoughts.



I would like to get myself a touch phone, however
following my disastrous and short lived relationship with
the Nokia X6 i am struggling to find anything decent
amongst the touch range.



I have been thinking of choosing either the Nokia 5800 or
the Nokia N97 as these seem to have the best feature sets
out of all the Nokia phones I  have looked at on the web,
and also they are very amenable to having their firmware
tweaked and modified, which is something I'm definitely
into.  If I  were to buy either of these phones, it would
probably be from eBay, at a reduced price, so that if I
should inadvertently brick the phone beyond repair, it
would not be such a major loss.  However, it would also
be nice to  have a touch phone that I can just play with,
and it might even become my  second everyday work phone.



I note that the N97 has a higher specification camera and
a larger screen, but  I would be interested to know how
the two phones compare in terms of usability, both in
terms of comfort and accessibility.  Also, if you have
any  comments or tips for either of these phones, I would
be very grateful to  receive them.



I have ordered both of these phones from Nokia on trial,
however they  will not be here for several days.  I would
like to have at least made a tentative  decision in my
mind by the time they arrive, so I can then go ahead and
finally source the phone on which I eventually decide.



Thank you in advance for your help,



Note: This message was dictated using Dragon
NaturallySpeaking.
I
apologise for any errors in the text.



_______________________________________

Have a pleasant day,



Kind Regards and Best Wishes,



Hussein.



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