iPhone 3GS vs Nokia N97: Applications Store – View in HD on YouTube.
The iPhone App Store is compared to Nokia's OVI starting at 6:00.
The amount of differences between the two stores (and the App Store's sheer superiority) is stark.
Nokia N97 Reviews
iPhone 3GS vs Nokia N97: Entering text – Watch in HD on YouTube.
At 4:44, text input accuracy is demonstrated.
The N97 has a physical, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, but because the phone does not have an auto-correct function, there were several errors in the text entry.
No mistakes were present in the final text entry on the iPhone, which only has a touchscreen keyboard, but has the added advantage of a built-in auto-correct feature.
Interesting observation on the popularity of the iPhone vs Nokia N97 in London – melgross:
I can tell you that everywhere we went in London there were N97 ADs. Esp. in the Underground. You were pelted with them on almost every escalator. Nevertheless the iPhone seemed everywhere.
Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS – dreyfus2:
Seriously, I have been testing the N97 for almost three weeks for a German paper. I edited the review twice to remove appropriate strong language before submitting it, and even after my self-censorship the responsible editor was giving me a strange look ("that bad?"). Nothing about this device feels anywhere as fast as the 3GS, actually a lot of things feel slower than the 3G. The build quality is OK, not as good as the iPhone (far from it), but light-years ahead of the Pre and the keyboard is quite good. The real disaster no. 1 is the OS and their App Store copy is disaster no. 2. If this is all the world's leading cell phone maker can do, they should go out of business. The OS is unresponsive and downright illogical, once you depart the home screen, it is one unholy mess. And the Ovi Store, well, it's even messier. A wild mix of apps, wallpapers, sound files and media content with no structure or style. Disgusting would be an understatement. Honestly, I think we will see a decent Android smartphone by Motorola long before Nokia finally decides to drop this Symbian crap (or at least use it for dumbphones only). Symbian is hopeless.
Nokia N97 Review at MobileCrunch – Greg Kumparak really wanted to like the phone, but concludes:
I could go on and on about the N97 – but there’s no point, and no way to do so without seeming unnecessarily harsh. Nearly every element of the phone has one glaring fault that just kills it for me. A nasty lag here, an odd interface choice there. Even down to the media functionality: it’s as basic as can be (we had no trouble with audio files, but we had a hell of a time finding videos that would play on it), but the built in speakers make even your favorite songs sound like they’re being played through a cat. Nokia makes a valiant effort to cram everything into this phone, but doesn’t pull a damned thing off perfectly.