Nokia N97, this just in…you Suck! - September 29, 2009

Sorry it does.

I love Nokia phones, and considering our lack of money to roll around in at night, we decided to go with one new Iphone rather than shell out for two…the idea being that Gabriella and I would share both phones based on our needs. The Nokia when we needed a better camera and to stream video and the Iphone for anything else(basically). Well having played with it for a week I have to say AAAAARGGGGGGH!!!! So what’s wrong? Well here’s a short list:

• Number one issue and the most annoying: Lack of memory! You are constantly having to close programs to open others. It’s non stop! 80mb have been dedicated to the phones memory with 32gb to the extra storage!!! WTF, why can’t I voluntarily dedicate 4, 5, 10 of those GB’s to the phones memory to solve these issues. I have deleted almost every app there is to get the memory issue down, but I still have the issue of too many apps open, sometimes with only the home page active. On top of this it appears one of the only ways to reset the memory is to turn off and back on the whole phone. VERY ANNOYING
• Cut and paste: More than once I’ve copied or cut some text to then not be able to paste it into the place I need it. Why have the option at all
• OVI store: This makes me laugh. The “app store” for Nokia is called Ovi. It comes with it’s own app: Ovi Store. It doesn’t work on my phone. It also can’t be uninstalled, and I can’t download a new version from their store. So right now I have a useless app eating up my precious memory, and no way to fix it. Plus I can’t use their “app store” to add anything else to the phone.
• Nokia Ovi Suite: Desktop solution for interacting with the phone. First off does not have a mac version. Second off, does not work on my computer. Downloaded it three times, and can’t get it to run, without stalling.
• Touch pad: Clunky and ineffective. Sometimes the touchpad is sensitive, sometimes it’s not…you never know when it will be or not, and therefore you are stuck not knowing what to expect on each app.
• SLOW: Why does it take a half a minute to delete an email? And not let me browse my other emails while it’s deleting…I have a fear to press delete on my emails knowing I have a wait ahead before I can start interacting with the phone again.
• WLAN vs 3G vs Whatever: why do you mr.N97 keep asking me how I want to connect, and when? If I have a wifi connection, KEEP ME FRIGGING CONNECTED TO IT, if I don’t, CONNECT WITH MY PHONES NETWORK. Simple. Don’t ask me at every task(within seconds of having connected for another task) if I want to connect again, why can’t I hit the default: I WANT TO BE CONNECTED AT ALL TIMES KEY? So annoying. I’d love one menu: Stay connected, Do not connect, or if you are loving the abuse Ask me to connect.

Bright point? The camera rocks! Seriously the camera is friggin amazing. I say this now after a month without my new Macbook Pro due to mess of hardware and software issues.  Thus according to my recent experiences  I personally think Nokia should give up on phones and go into cameras, and Apple should give up computers and go into phones. Maybe a bit dramatic, but if you had the month I’ve had with technology, you’d agree.