Comments on: 10 Things Nokia Should Fix with the Nokia N97 Firmware Update

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By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:21:45 +0000

One more thing: When dialling a phone number, I want to see the keypad with the letters also next to it (i.e. 1 abc, 2 def, …) just like when writing an SMS.

By: jayakrishnan

jayakrishnan — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:31:09 +0000

good suggestions.Nokia should also look into providing

1.shortcut for copy & Paste
2.More choice for keylock screen
3.option to uninstall default applications like boingo

regards
Jayakrishnan

By: Euan Andrews

Euan Andrews — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:53:58 +0000

I have compiled my own wish list for the Nokia N97, found here:
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/TheBartender/6668

By: AJ Farrar

AJ Farrar — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:42:58 +0000

9- sms threading. it's not that hard, all the new phones have it, wtf? and there need to be shortcuts to get to messaging, I'll forgive the admittedly boring UI but when it's not as accessible and at times very slow...I got rid of my g1 for a phone that cost me 600 dollars more, and simple things like this piss me off.

10- instant messaging apps. why are there none associated with this phone? even if I get an app to address this issue, it's not tied to the phone so I see no homescreen icon if I get a new message. this means I have to constantly go back and check the app. VERY annoying since most of what I tended to do before I got on this phone was text and IM

lastly, the apps are ridiculously expensive and sparse. 10 dollars for a twitter app, are you kidding me? the service itself is free, why am I paying 10 dollars to access it on my phone? I had an app that was just as good on the G1 and it [and most other apps] were completely free. after experiencing that and having sms threads available when opening the box of my G1, tell me how a buggy, poorly developed sms threading app that costs 14.99 would sound appealing to me on my 700 dollar N97...ugh.

I like the phone, it can do a lot that other phones cannot do, but it also neglected some very simple firmware issues that are common to other devices. and the keyboard is HORRIBLE

By: bieber

bieber — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:28:35 +0000

Whether using the recorder or the video, my n97's audio playback starts off loud and then progressively gets softer and softer. The only partial solution I've found was to save the media directly to the “phone” memory (not mass memory or memory card).

By: Erik

Erik — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:38:26 +0000

Some more things to improve for the next firmware update (that were missing on the 1st of july):
1. kinetic scrolling everywhere!
2. eliminate double tap as much as possible. Currently, often single tap followed by 'Options' is used to get a context menu (e.g. single tap selects). However, since opening an item is the default, single tap should open an item and long tap should show a context menu. The double tapping behavior is also inconsistent with what is mentioned in the manual as double tap is required in many more locations.
3. on screen qwerty keyboard
4. out of date notifications. E.g. receiving a mail while inside messaging, opening it, and then getting a notification about a new message the next time the home screen is shown.
5. annoying popup when making a call ("diverts are active"), preventing me from pressing the button to activate the speaker until the popup is gone.
6. Dialled numbers not showing call duration of every call (need to open a separate application for that)
7. Restore of a backup not restoring changes made to the folder structure for applications.
8. WLAN giving bad gateway after some time.

By: sim

sim — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:11:20 +0000

there is another bug in zooming in photos. When I zoom in, it sometimes exit out to the home screen. And sometimes after i zoom in, it keeps staying in the full screen resolution (blurry), it doesnt come up the actually resolution after I have zoomed in, looks like it is not working at adjusting photos resolution.

That is a point which disappointed even i have updated the newest firmware.

By: Andy Burgin

Andy Burgin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:30:41 +0000

The N97 is letting alot people down ,as its full of bugs an things not working correctly,i had 3 Nokia N86s in 5 days an All these 3 handsets went faulty so returned it an cancelled my deal,Nokia nowdays only seem to be bothered about competing in the midrange mobiles instead of the Top Class mobile market,Nokia better turn things round or people will start buying alternatives mobiles,an then the sales at Nokia will get worst instead of better

By: Ahmad

Ahmad — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:22:59 +0000

I've done the update yesterday, the photo gallery is little improved and looks more stable but still have the same problems of not showing the high resolution pics ( it works for one or two hours after restarting the phone abd then will turn to show pixelated low resolution images !)

The RAM usage is still the same (my 5800 have more free Ram) !
The free phone memory is 39 MB and will go down more once you put songs and pictures in the MASS Memory!
Still missing real transitions
sometimest the web browser dissapper and all open programs shut down ! I think due to low RAM
Everything else works fine

By: Douglas

Douglas — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:57:01 +0000

Kinetic scrolling should be available everywhere on the phone. Not just in the web browser. I'm talking from the main menus, to contacts, to especially the music player.

Allow us to custom select how often we want these widgets to keep updating themselves. I'm sick of watching the battery drain with these things running in the background all the time. And that's another thing, does it have to open up the program in the background and keep it there? Can't it just have whats on the widget, and then if I want to see more, I can click it and then it opens up the whole thing?

Double clicking to open practically everything in lists is completely unnecessary. There are instances where this is useful such as in the music player and video player and contacts, but in places like settings, there's no point. Do we really need to have the option to go to help on the outside of the menu?

I'm so glad others feel the same way I do about the keyboard and having to hit the arrow key to get to numbers. It should be like it is in T9 mode on the virtual keyboard. Press and hold to get the number.

By: jeran

jeran — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:48:12 +0000

one more thing: try to paste a copied URL in the default web browser of the N97 with the keyboard opened – not possible. you have to close the keyboard to get to the onscreen keypad where you have additional editing options to paste a URL…

I mean – WTF – full keyboard and no copy & paste ?!?

By: Eckelon

Eckelon — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:37:57 +0000

I reviewed de last firmware: really, no major update. When will have a really update?

By: jeran

jeran — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:50:23 +0000

same here – gallery of the n97 is REALLY lame! Can you please tell me which 3rd party app you are using?

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:28:50 +0000

I cannot view my photos on the N97, I just get grey icons. I have downloaded a 3rd party app for this and that works fine.
Locking slider on mine takes 2-3 goes to unlock.
Facebook app gets bizarre error messages.
Cant download the update today!

Love it to bits but does the iphone have these release issues. My N95 was bad, the N96 needed a total firmware reformat befire it became usable.

By: disapointedn97buyer

disapointedn97buyer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:32:00 +0000

another thing is why doesnt the american version not a full querty keyboard on the screen! I personally think that is VERY and somewhat faster. People like to have options why cant we have those options GOshDARNIT!!

By: jeran

jeran — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:06:04 +0000

9. third application row on home screen

By: mitch

mitch — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:30:01 +0000

if you are intersested in buying a dell vostro a860 you get a freeeeeee N97 for 750$ total.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.asp...

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:47:33 +0000

have you checked if the actual photo has the grey bar before uploading? See here: http://digg.com/u17724

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:38:06 +0000

Can we have sms signature? It is quite important as a business user to have signature at the end of each sms.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:43:57 +0000

May seem like a stupid question, but I do not see the Skype client on my phone (purchased in sinngapore) and do not get the “internet” call option when selecting call type..used to get this on the N95..is N97 supporting SIP ? whats happening ? seems like SIP functionality is worst then the N95 ?

By: Mark Guim

Mark Guim — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:23:22 +0000

I hope you're right. I upload lots of photos from my previous phones and
never seen this problem before.

By: dean

dean — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:48:28 +0000

the weird grey bars are from timed out data uploading. could be from either sending or receiving side

By: Pedro

Pedro — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:30:09 +0000

Nokia is somehow lost…

By: Nels

Nels — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:21:41 +0000

i wish they can fix the mic location it just so stupid that you have to slid open in other to record video

By: Andy Pho

Andy Pho — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:13:59 +0000

It's placement is bad when the screen is closed for far away sounds (such as recording video) but really good to stop strong winds from blowing into the mic during phone calls.

By: Mark Guim

Mark Guim — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:11:32 +0000

Thanks for mentioning the mic location! From now on, I'll record videos on Nokia N97 with the slide open.

By: Andy Pho

Andy Pho — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:56:17 +0000

lmao, nevermind, I saw the video of the compass calibration.

By: Gazman

Gazman — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:47:05 +0000

Volume and much more of it. At max volume this is the quietest phone I have had in recent years so please Nokia turn it up