iPhone 3GS vs Palm Pre vs Nokia N97 vs Samsung i8910 HD vs HTC Hero vs Sony Ericsson Satio

By Flora Graham on 25 June 2009, 4:53pm

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After a few years of working our powerful Nokia N95 to the point of collapse, we couldn't wait for the N97. But we were left with the bitter taste of disappointment once we got our hands on the beast.

Nokia has struggled to transfer its powerful Symbian operating system to the touchscreen, making the N97 an outdated, dull device that leaves us feeling flat.

The power and the glory
The N97 is another touchscreen phone with a full Qwerty keyboard, but this time it's huge. Okay, it's still tiny, but it's bigger than the Pre's and we like its well-spaced keys. You can also run multiple apps at once, and there are heaps of features, like copy and paste, that Nokia has been fine-tuning for years.

Tap with all your might
A resistive touchscreen, which you have to press hard (you can also use a stylus), feels old-fashioned and isn't bright and touchable. There are zillions of great apps out there for the N97's Symbian OS, but they're hard to find and even harder to install. Nokia's Ovi Store was meant to fix that, but most of the best apps aren't even on there, and installing them is still awkward.

Our full Nokia N97 review is but a click away, while the Samsung i8910 HD is flexing its muscles over the page.