Ive had the latest n-series smart phone for over a week now, and I will be posting a blog on it every month or so to tell you my thoughts on it.

Firstly i got the n97 black on a 18 month contract with vodafone for 40 pound a month the deal includes 600 anytime any network minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited mobile internet, and the phone is free, after searching the web i found this the best deal around.

Right so after having the phone for just over a week now, i must say i love it.

Ill start with the basics. The phone boasts a huge 32gb inside along side a powerful 5 megapixel camera, 3.5G, Wi-Fi, A full 3.5 inch touch screen, also with a very cool Qwerty keyboard. After hearing very negative views on the Qwerty keyboard i must say found my self using it instead of the touch screen as it offers a quicker and more enjoyable way of typing.

So im going to list the negatives of the n97 (yes its not perfect)

First- The OVI Store- This is Nokia’s way of competing with apples app store as the n97 is an “iphone killer”, Right so far the OVI store is a fail in my opinion (it is new though). There are only a few decent apps such as Gravity which is a great twitter app. But is way over priced at £8.00 as are alot of the apps in the store. So if the OVI store wants to really step up to the challenge of the Apple App store its in need of some real apps.

Next- Mac ?- Its all right if you own a PC because there is the OVI suite, but for us Mac users there is literary nothing and if you want to sync your music collection you will either have to send the lot through bluetooth or good old drag and drop because the Mac Nokia music manager isn’t compatible to the N97, So ive found my self having to send everything through bluetooth as drag and drop doesn’t work so well and with an in-updated music collection :\

Finally- The Price- As i am literary in love with my N97, i am been very bias here and i cant find many faults with it. But the price is a bad point. I decided the 40 pound a month 18 month contract was the best and possibly the cheapest you will find, although im sure there will already be cheaper contracts around by now. So this is a big price to pay each month and here is the maths after typing into my phones calculator 40 x 18 i found out the total price of my Nokia N97 is a staggering £720, which is actually as much as i payed for my Macbook. So if your desperate for this phone as you can tell i was you can go and pay £40 a month for it or if you have a little more patience than me you maybe should wait a few months for the prices to come down.

So here is what i love about the Nokia n97 (this is going to be a big list, but ill try and keep it too three or so points)

First-The design- I love the look of phone and especially the slide down keyboard which is very cool and satisfying, i think I use the Qwerty keyboard more than the touch screen just because i love flipping down the keyboard. So overall this is just a great looking phone.

Next-The home screen- The phones slogan is “online as it happens” and the home screen justifies this very well as there is a range of different widgets you can add to your home screen such as Facebook, Amazon, AccuWeather, BBC iplayer, and more. The home screen shows off your widgets with live updates so for example the Facebook widget will give you live feeds from status updates to friend requests or see who has been poking you.

The 32gb on board – This HUGE, its got more memory than my ipod and nearly the same as my Macbook. With the 32gb i have my full i tunes collection on (although this was a problem as you may have read),The n97 could hold around 60 full movies if thats what you want. I have even found my self using my phone for my music player instead of my ipod touch.

Finally- The internet- I love the live feeds on the phone and the internet browser. I love been able to have the internet where ever i go, yes i know the i phone is the same. But with the 3.5G ,browsing the internet if you cant access a Wi-fi is very speedy and enjoyable.

As you can probably tell i can hardly fault my N97 its because i think its a great phone, still with lots of potential with the OVI store and such. All i say is why get an I phone with a 3 megapixel camera and from the apple store its best features seem to be Video recording and Voice control, All of which the n97 offer plus a 5 megapixel camera and more, So again i say why get an I phone 3GS when you can get a Nokia n97 ?

I wish it really did this.

For the £40 per month 18 month contract with 600 minuets, unlimited texts and unlimited mobile internet visit (UK Only)

www.dialaphone.co.uk/basket.aspx?addoc=18YP40M04&qty=1&ins=1.

Or for other deals i recommend

http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/phone/Nokia_N97/

Thanks for reading

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