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Nokia seemed to have a lot riding on the N97 which, in general, turned out to be a bust. Much of the woes that plagued the N97 were caused by the outdated Symbian OS. Nokia has now released the N900, really considered a follow-up to their N8xx series of MIDs. Sporting their new Maemo5 platform, Nokia is hoping to score better marks where the N97 fell short. Click on for unboxing shots of this slide-out QWERTY sporting device.

Nokia N900 Unboxing

Nokia’s first touch-screen N-series device raised excitement among S60 diehards everywhere. The specs sounded promising: full QWERTY keyboard, 3.5 inch touch-screen display, 3.5mm jack, 128MB RAM, a whopping 32GB of storage space with a microSD slot to boot. Not to mention the design made the N97 worthy of lust…and a $700 unsubsidized price tag. Needless to say both my anticipation, and my hopes, were high. Sadly, my first impressions of the device were so bad that it has taken me a couple of months to write up this post. With such an impressive device on paper, what could possibly be so bad about it? Before I rip into the short-comings of the N97, allow me to applaud it for its successes. (continue reading…)

After weeks of waiting, a white Nokia N97 was finally delivered to me today. Announced in November 2008, the N97 has been one of Nokia’s most anticipated devices. The N97 is also the first device that has been released to the U.S. market before their usual European preference. Only time will tell if this phone is worth the high price tag, or if Nokia needs to perform a hard reset. Click on for the unboxing gallery below.

Nokia N97 Unboxing

Spending a full month with the E75 can hardly be called “First Impressions” but I am impressed so far. Nokia’s foray into the QWERTY candy-bar slider is a good one. Following up the acclaimed E71 is no easy feat, and although I still prefer the E71 overall, the E75 stands out all on its own. The build quality is what you would expect from an E series device. It feels great in the hand in both portrait and landscape mode. The E75 retains the stainless steel back of the E71 but uses hard plastic for the rest of the chassis. Although I would have liked a full stainless steel phone to retain the new E series design language, I can understand the need to use softer materials to accommodate the sliding mechanism for the QWERTY keyboard. (continue reading…)

As mentioned last week, there was a special delivery made and although the unboxing pictures are a bit late, better late than never. The Nokia E75 is Nokia’s first candy bar/slide out QWERTY form factor device which has been more commonly seen in Windows Mobile phones i.e., the HTC Rose. The delay was caused by a sudden smudge on the camera’s sensor which shows up in the pictures. Unfortunately time did now allow for cleaning up of the images so here they are, raw and uncut. Click on for a nice unboxing gallery along with a few shots next to its much applauded sibling, the E71. Stay tuned for first impressions.

Nokia E75 Gallery