How is N97?

[amitabhishek]

Any thoughts about this new(!), expensive and bulky phone from good old Nokia? Have they figured out the nuances of a touch phone yet? Kindly share your thoughts.

[pinegreen]

I am very happy with it, much better than iPhone or Palm pre, at least in the USA. Tethering in Ubuntu worked out of the box in about 2 mins, without tethering plan, which means internet on phone and laptop for $45 a month rather than 70+60. Skype can be had via nimbuzz, you can download nokia maps into the phone and it works everywhere, phone quite stable with latest updates, keyboard fantastic. the only problem is that touch screen is not quite there, iphone's is still much much better. But with keyboard it is not such an issue, you can still do scrolling and ****. User interface could also be a bit better. But the freedeom of a phone without operator crap is a total sell for me.