TechImpact / it happens there first

A summation of my thoughts after 2 days hands-on with the Nokia N97.

I wanted to like this phone. First, I spent a lot of money to buy it. I could have bought a new IPhone 3G S and paid AT&T's early termination fee for what the N97 costs. Second, though I had some reservations about a few features I thought should have been part of the phone, I was a fan of my Nokia N95.

Foreshadowing complete, I can't recommend the Nokia N97 right now—to anyone.

by Jerry Gamble

I think Nokia must be allergic to success.

And this time I am not referring to the lack of support for obvious features of a smart phone missing from most of their devices, or the fact that it will be 2009 before the company finally releases a touch phone (way to "get there first and take the high ground", Nokia).

This time I am referring to the many things that you CAN get on the Nokia N95 (and other Symbian 3rd Edition) phones.

by Jerry Gamble

Nokia announced yesterday that they will be acquiring the remaining shares of Symbian and releasing the OS as open source under the newly founded Symbian Foundation.

by Jerry Gamble

Back in April I purchased a new Nokia N95 8GB from Dell for around $630. I was content in knowing that while I was most likely overpaying for the device, I could at least be smug about the 3G support and other features that made my phone clearly superior to the IPhone everyone else was toting around.

Fast forward to three months later. Apple announces the IPhone 2.0, leaving me wallowing in gadget envy and despair.[Read More]

by Jerry Gamble