1 post tagged “n99”
First saw it yesterday on Symbian Guru then today on Darla Mack's blog... this N99 makes me drool.
Being a sceptic person, when Darla first announced an N99 quite a long time ago, I thought this was myth. But now, reading the *patent jargon* in the US patent of this said-to-be N99, I find that Nokia really worked their ass off with this design.
With 3 major elements this mobile device has a large screen and and a QWERTY keyboard but also holds a game unit, clearly noted in the 20th article of the patent claim, and a game controller keypad in the QWERTY keyboard part (17th article).
Unlike the guru who seems to be reluctant towards the swiveling keypad part (the number part), I kinda like it. Sort of imaginative and smart. Having bought the 3250, you understand that I have a thing for swivels and rotations :p
But still, I don't see how this device would have an 8MP cam and a 16GB internal memory, like Darla says in her post. The way I see things, this device won't be up for sale before a year or so. I don't think Nokia want to kill their blockbuster N95. If a device was to be released immediately after the N95 and the E90 (since this so-said N99 seems to be a mix of both) I think it would either be slightly better than the named devices in many categories either REALLY better in one category. Hence, I don't see how it would have the small size of the N95, the big screen of the E90 and the N95, plus a game unit function, and still have an 8MP cam and 16GB internal memory... Now that's basically impossible. And somehow stupid. What would Nokia sell after making something like this? No really?
My thoughts on the subject: it should be an E series phone, not N series with a 5MP cam (good optics and great night mode) with ordinary internal memory (160MB like the N95) or a maximum of 8GBs (like the N91) although I doubt that.
One note though, that no one seems to have noticed: the screen part doesn't have any buttons. Now call me crazy, but is there a chance this device would have a touch screen? Seeing the joystick and the soft buttons on the number pad, I can't help but think: DID NOKIA DO IT? Did they finally decide to get into the touchscreen market? Now lemme explain my point of view:
- if the device wasn't touchscreen, how would u use it in the closed position mode? ha? Do you just look at it? Then you need to swivel the number pad or slide the keyboard in order to use the basic functions? That's plain stupid! If you look at all Nokia S603rd phones, you see they have a minimum of 7 buttons + a joystick/5-way key on their main unit.
- if the device had buttons on the main screen part but Nokia didn't mention them, then why did they draw the ones on the number pad? What's the point in having twice the same buttons?
- i guess Nokia's point is to have a touchscreen phone that's also usable as a normal phone, like when on-the-go, it's hard to reach for the pen and use it without dropping it. That's why the number pad is there. If it wasn't for that, it wouldn't exist in the first place.
So what if this N99 was a touchscreen? Honestly, this is the only feature Nokia devices lacked, in my point of view.
Now if the rumors about it are true and it is a 16GB phone (i don't care if it's 5MP or 8MP), i will definitely buy it.
Ah.... *dreaming about the so-said N99*
