Nokia N97

What I like about this device is the 3.5″ touch screen, 32GB of internal memory + microSD card slot ( I just got my 16gb card which would be 48GBs of storage in my mobile device). It has a 5MP camera with dual LED flash, VGA video at 30FPS. And it has 3.5G in the USA. The best feature is the slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the only 1 of the 3 devices here which has that. The most appealing factor of this phone for me is the live widgets on the phone’s homescreen. The webbrowser has built in Flash support so sites like YouTube work.

What I don’t like about the device — it’s screen is resistive and the other two devices have capacitive screens. It has the slowest processor (Single ARM 11 434MHz) of all three devices. If you want to watch movies on the device they have to be transcoded or you have to buy a separate application to play straight DiVX movies.

iPhone 3GS

What I like about this device: My absolutely favorite thing about the iPhone is the App store which allows you to download over 50,000 applications. The beauty of the App store is how well integrated it is into the phone as well as into iTunes (even though I hate iTunes because its 80MB for a music player update). Although I like having devices that are different from everyone else’s, the iPhone’s popularity appeals to me because the GPS apps which show you where your friends are, would be much more useful to me because my friends actually have iPhones.

What I dislike about the device: It only has a 3MP camera, no flash whatsoever, no keyboard, no webbrowser flash, you have to transcode your movies, no memory card slot, no access to the filesystem.

Samsung i8910

What I like about this device: Where to start? It records HD video (1280×720) at 24FPS. It has an 8MP still camera. This device has the largest screen, 3.8 inches, it is AMOLED, and it is capacitive. The device has a 600MHz processor and a dedicated 3D graphics chip. It can play movies without transcoding them. According to reviews, the colors which the device shows are amazing. The OmniaHD runs S60 5th edition, which is the same operating system that the N97 has, and some of the applications for the N97 work on the i8910

What I dislike about the device: It has no 3/3.5G in the USA….seriously…WTF…it’s 2009… Besides the lack of a fast cellular data connection, the device lacks a physical keyboard (and I am not fond of the onscreen keyboard for S60 5th). Another issue, for such an imaging/video centric device, why does this only have a single LED flash?!?

So, to sum everything up, all 3 devices are very technologically advanced. They all have awesome features, as well as drawbacks. I like the iPhone for its community, but I like the N97 and the i8910 for their hardware. The i8910 is the most technologically advanced device, but it falls short for me because of its lack of 3G. Having been using the N85 for the last 2 months, I can’t see myself going back to a non-3G device even if it does shoot HD video. I am also not really impressed with the N97 because of its camera (same one as the one in the N95 from 2 years ago), and also the same processor, and no 3D hardware. The iPhone’s hardware is not very impressive when compared with to the likes of the other discussed devices, in the photo and video department because it has no flash and only a 3MP camera.

Ultimately, I would likely buy an iPhone 3GS simply because it would be the cheapest device to buy (without factoring in the montly AT&T fees). For $299 you get the 32GB version, where as the N97 costs $699 from Nokia (granted it is unlocked).

Thanks Nokia for the quick service! I shall continue my loyalty to your kick-ass phones.

Your Nokia N82-1 device, serial number 358985*********, was received for repair on
November 13, 2008 and is currently in the queue to be evaluated for repair.

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I hope they fix it soon!

iPhone headphone suck on the metro. Granted, the N82′s headphones wouldn’t be much better, but at least it has a normal 3.5mm jack. Non-noise cancelling headphones do not mix well with the sound of the metro/subway.

iPhone still sort of sucks…Had to charge it a few times during the day to keep it going.

I also learned today that I was 1000 sms over my limit of 1500 messages. Due to the outrageous sms prices, that would have been over $100 for sms. Luckily I was able to upgrade to unlimited texting, back dating to the beginning of the month, so all should be fine.

Getting together all the paperwork to prove when I purchased the phone, I ran to the local MailBoxes Etc. on campus and shipped the phone to Placo for the outrageous price of $22.89 via UPS. I hope that it gets to Alabama on time and that they are able to fix/repair the phone or send me a new one (free of charge would be nice).

I am now using my backup phone, a 2G iPhone, which i just upgraded to 2.1 and jailbroke. Hopefully it will be good and work until I get my real phone back. So far I am missing all my music from my N82, my downloaded podcasts, the keypad, and most of all MMS capabilities.

I will keep the blog updated daily until I receive my N82 back, in case others have to go through this, to let them know what happens.