Saturday, May 15, 2010

Nokia N97 Mini


Nokia N97 Mini

Key features

* Slide-n-tilt 3.2" 16M-color resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
* 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and VGA@30fps video recording
* Symbian OS 9.4 with S60 5th edition UI with kinetic scrolling
* Slide-out three-row full QWERTY keyboard
* ARM 11 434MHz CPU and 128 MB of RAM
* Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G with 3.6Mbps HSDPA support
* Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
* Digital compass
* 8GB onboard storage
* microSD card slot with microSDHC support
* Built-in accelerometer
* 3.5 mm audio jack and TV-out
* Stereo FM Radio with RDS
* microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.0
* Web browser has full Flash and Java support
* Nice audio reproduction quality
* Office document viewer

Main disadvantages

* The S60 touch UI is still inconsistent
* Outdated camera interface and features
* No DivX or XviD video support out-of-the-box
* No smart dialing
* No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)
* No camera lens protection
* No FM transmitter (though that may be stretching it too far)

Nokia N97 mini vs Nokia N97

* More compact (113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm, 75 cc vs 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc)
* Lighter (138g vs 150g)
* Smaller display (3.2" vs 3.5")
* Less internal memory (8GB vs 32GB)
* Smaller battery (1200 mAh vs 1500 mAh)
* No lens cover
* No FM transmitter
* Arrow keys vs D-pad

Is it a good choice?