The first impression of the device out of the box is quite positive, it fits comfortably in your hand and looks good in white -even from. The establishment of the phone would not be difficult Nokia-experienced users. The Symbian interface has not changed fundamentally over the past 5 years.
First negative point is the "Connection Management" of the device. It was not succeeded until now to configure the device so that it is accessing or reversed in the absence of Wi-Fi connection to the UMTS network. When I leave the area of my WLAN fails the device to automatically switch to the UMTS network, even though I have set exactly in the menu. It shows me every time the error message "Disconnected". If I then reboot the unit or change the setting manually it works. I now come back to the area of my WLAN get the cell phone is only logical as it refuses to return to the faster wireless recourse. Because until now has something changed no firmware update.
And why is the phone is not UPnP enabled, although there are all predecessors?
The next total malpractice is the synchronization behavior of the phone with the PC or the software smorgasbord, which must be installed on the PC. At times, I had 11 (!) Different programs and tools with the name "Nokia ..." on my machine installed, above all, the Nokia Ovi Suite.
To rule out a hardware failure of my PC I have all gone through 3 different systems. In none of the computer synchronization worked permanently. In the cases meissten Nokia Ovi Suite is the latest boot a "causes error and needs to close" 10 minutes after. Also on this issue has changed something no software update or firmware update.
On the topic of software problems I could write now only 20 more points, but I can save. Most of the problems that you can read in other reviews I can confirm. To me, the entire device before bugged. The number of calls made is unique among the number of assessments carried restarts.
For processing the materials:
After about 2 weeks, the slide button has adopted to unlock the key lock. Compared to all other errors, however, this is almost forgiven, because you also can activate the key lock on the menu and postpone the keyboard unlocks the device again.
The often praised camera is tükisch.
The sliding cover that is supposed to protect the lens scratched selbige and makes the photos unusable. This problem I have now read in several forums.
After about 3 months of normal use, the Kunstsoffumrandung the display has solved in chrome look from the rest of the unit.
Positive can I reported on the display. It has not a scratch and is highly resistant to fingerprints.
In conclusion, that the N97 perhaps has the most functional of all smartphones and the data sheet looks good but the implementation and processing under all is.
I find it also difficult to call these software errors as "infantile disorder" because they would be so overcome by software updates.
As the mother of the device (Nokia) but has so far given no effective medicine to combat childhood diseases and the device is lengthens entschritten the childhood, I prefer the term "stillborn".