Immediately, I realized the need to remove the battery and didn't even break a sweat in frustration! Patience was the new method of dealing with minor tech gadget mishaps, and I wanted to be sure of my willingness to adhere to it.
During this time I happened to be on Gmail Chat with my Nokia brother, a great friend with whom I shared many smartphone conversations. He had witnessed my back and forth activity with the N97 since day one when he sold me his own model and eventually purchased another for himself. The chat going on at that moment began going into the subject of the phone's internal memory capacity. As far as I knew, the 32GB E drive was separate from both the C drive and any installed memory card. It was popular for people on online forum communities to complain about lack of ample space in the C drive, for it tended to slow down overall usage performance. A number of users reported on how they were able to delete unnecessary clutter on the C drive, and at least 30MB of free space was deemed to be an acceptable amount. Since I had first powered on my N97, I didn't give much thought into managing its internal memory and assumed I was fine. I was wrong. When I checked the free space of my Nokia's C drive, I was shocked to find only 7MB! I was in trouble!
At that point, my friend suggested that I do some clearing out of any apps that were pre-installed on the phone's internal memory...and there were quite a few. It was also recommended that I go into the default S60 web browser to clear all privacy data. Unfortunately, Nokia Messaging (aka Nokia Email) had to be removed since it was forced to take up considerable space on the C drive. Useless items like Hi5, Slideshow, Psiloc Traveler, and Spore quickly followed suit, but Boingo and JoikuSpot strangely didn't have a deletion option. Free apps such as Facebook, AccuWeather, and AP News could be reinstalled from the Ovi Store and saved to the 32GB mass storage E drive. This same E drive could also be selected as a default install location in Ovi Store settings for future applications. Upon removing Nokia Messaging along with those free apps, I redeemed 32MB of free space on the C drive!
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While I am happy to say that the N97 is performing just fine with absolutely no multitasking problems, I am finding it quite strange to be without Nokia Messaging for incoming email. I am instead using the default S60 messaging client and it does the job just fine without much fanfare for both Gmail inboxes. If I really want to see HTML, I can click a link in certain entries to gain access to it. There is the added benefit of the copy/paste function being available for the message body and not just the recipient line like in Nokia Email. What I will miss about the other email client is the convenience of typing a character in the recipient line to generate a drop menu of all potential contact addresses to choose from. What I will not miss from Nokia Email is the lack of integration with the rest of the N97 device. It is always a pain to attempt an email message via an app or interface command only to be confronted with a prompt to identify a new mailbox for the S60 client. The S60 version may not have the fancy graphical interface of Nokia Email, but looks are only a luxury and not a necessity. As long as incoming emails are in English, I am more than happy to accept this default client for the sake of freed space on the C drive.
It actually feels good to place my faith into the N97 as my primary device, for its hardware and software offers so many uses throughout any given day. I no longer get the impression that I am as limited in multimedia features as I used to be with the E71. Sliding open the Carl Zeiss lens to take a striking snapshot or smooth video at 30 frames per second, navigating the touch versions of Facebook and Gravity, keeping media in 32GB of storage along with an additional 16GB card, using my Sony headphones with the 3.5mm jack and a convenient call button mic with music playback controls, browsing Internet via the touch interface of either S60 Web or Opera Mini 5 beta: these things that come to mind are truly worth tolerating any quirks that may potentially plague the N97. After a fair dose of humility, it is sufficient to say that I am finally grateful for this particular device and its one-of-a-kind status amidst other Nokia devices. If I am not mistaken, there is no other S60 model that combines the prowess of Nokia NSeries hardware with a qwerty keypad. The upcoming N900 may do much to gain attention for future endeavors of Nokia, but the N97 currently bridges the gap between old-fashioned S60 functionality and modern touch interfacing...with a tactile qwerty.
TRENT
Sent from my Nokia N97
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2 comments:
gud overview and gud experinece with n97. I am glad to see an happy n97 user. It creates a positive feeling about n97.
Another memory management problem, that will holpefully be solved with the mysterious v20 firmware, ist the RAM management. Nokia decided to spend it's 'flagship' 128MB RAM with the result of 20-30MB of free RAM in standby. When you open some more apps the RAM drops drastically, and on some point will close some/ all apps.
I experienced this problem some days ago in my car while running Gravity, Gmail app, maps and the player. After some minutes the player started to rap (while I was listening to metal - a strange way of crossover :-) ), maps disappeared, and after checking everything was closed. Opened maps and the player again, they both worked until an incoming call. The N97 dropped the call with some error message, but maps and the player continued to work.
I used the combination of (at least) Gravity, Gmail, maps and the player _daily_ with my E71 for the last year and never ever had a single problem like the one described above.
The N97 is a pretty good phone, but Nokia still has a LOT of homework to do.
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