Having used the N97 for a few days now, I have come to the conclusion that the N97 has huge potential. Nokia has done a good job putting all the hardware in, (the RAM and processor groans aside) what actually needs some work is the software.

In this post I will not be crying about the initial the firmware that Nokia has shipped the device with, but look at certain software tweaks that can help improve the N97 experience to a very large extent …

At least that’s what it seems from the image up on events.nokia.com. Nokia has an all round device in the form of the N97 coming, the camera part is taken care of by the N86, the E55 and E75 are promising business devices but there isn’t an out and out music device that’s been announced recently.

The virtual event is scheduled for March 11 at 10:00 CET (2:30PM IST) and there are two live Q&A sessions scheduled for later in the day as well. This is what leads me to believe …

Nokia sure seems to have big plans for the Nseries come 2009. Almost coincindental with the launch of the new Nseries flagship, a new Nokia resource popped up – 2009.nseries.com
It the coming months it will be the place to come for all breaking information about the new Nokia Nseries, especially the Nokia N97. The site also promises to deliver ‘first-look information and content that will allow you to be the first one to know about Nokia Nseries developments’. Interesting, a Nokia operated Nseries blog?
When we first saw the N97 demo …

I left you with the following as the last part of my last post, ‘this is the week that Nokia either shines or moves to the B list of the cell phone market’. From the launch of the N97 today, all indications are that the only place Nokia is going with this is upwards. The device packs specifications equalling a fanboy’s dream, we had been waiting for Nokia’s QWERTY Nseries for long, but when they gave it to us they didn’t forget to include touch too. S60 Touch, Nseries and …

The much awaited N97 is finally upon us, the next Nseries flagship that boasts of being not only the first Nseries Touch device, but also the first QWERTY. The N97 packs all of this in a side slideout QWERTY form factor which also houses a 1500 mAh battery. The N97 is packed with great specifications like a 3.5″ nHD Screen, a 5MP Camera with Dual Led Flash, Compass and the usual Nseries kit. Read on for full specifications and pictures.

S60 Blog brings the scoop on the latest campaign launched by Nokia India – The Fusions Challenge. Nokia invites all you explorers, technology lovers, adventure enthusiasts, photographers, travelers, entertainment freaks, passionate youngsters, Nokia fanatics and even the ones who don’t fall into any of these categories to take part. In order to get going all you need to do is assemble a team and click and upload 10 location tagged pictures, the faster you are in clicking those pictures the better points you get, that coupled with  the amount of …

Nokia Conversations caught up with Danial Dhondt, designer of the upcoming N96 and Joeske Schellen, designer of the soon-to-launch N78. In this series of two videos, they chat about the collaborative process of designing Nokia devices and what goes into giving a phone a sense of identity.
In the second video, they talk about the role of sustainability in design and how the smallest design details can often be the most significant ones. (Video after the break)

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I’m not sure all of you will remember the widget that allowed us to keep track of the Urbanistas as they travelled the world. For those who do, I am sure you will agree with me it was pretty slick. Now here’s the good news, as part of Nokia’s ongoing Urbanista project, they have re-released the widget that the original Urbanista diarists used as they travelled about, only this time anyone including you and me can use it.
Basically, the widget, combined with a GPS enabled handset and the Sports tracker application …

It was on April 27, 2005 that Nokia introduced the Nseries brand of devices to the world. It has been 3 years since that day and we have indeed come a long way with they becoming an integral part of our lives. The first three devices that came out were the N90, N91 and the N70. A camera focused device, a music focused device and a mass market phone. Till today people swear by the N90’s camera and it was quite something for three years ago, it was when we …

I happen to play around with a lot of S60 devices most of the time and generally show them around to friends and give them the juice on each device. This is good, that is good, this is bad and so on. Now a lot of times when I’m playing with a really high end Nseries I speak to them about how I did get it to control my computer, the TV, browse the web, email, brilliant camera, TV out, GPS and after I end they are impressed of course; but after …