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N97 Mini - Preview

5 replies · 3,088 views · Started 24 August 2009

I noticed this as well. Here's a list of (general, given people's response to the N97) pros/cons I can see with the N97 Mini:

Pros

  • Arrows on right hand side like on a normal keyboard
  • Done away with nav-pad on left hand side
  • C: drive been made MUCH bigger
  • Metal battery cover, better quality material
  • No lens slider so the camera lens won't scratch itself...

Cons

  • ...instead it'll be scratched by everything else
  • 32Gb storage reduced to 8Gb (however, still takes microSD cards)
  • Battery is much smaller so standby time much shorter?
  • Screen 0.3" smaller (however, screen resolution probably still 640x360)

It also sports kinetic scrolling in the menus. However the reviewer says that this will be introduced in the N97's firmware around mid-September, which is a bonus!

garbleart wrote: Curiously the screenshot suggets that the device has 280Mb of free RAM!

C:\ is not RAM. Why do so many people get this wrong? See here for my rant

280MB C drive! what a dream! wish they'd just amalgamate the 97 and the mini and come out with something proper!