Comments on: Q & A With Lead Nokia Firmware Developer Today; Questions/Suggestions About N97 Firmware Are Welcome

By: Mark76

Mark76 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:58 +0000

Support for importing VCards with images larger than 64×64. Currently larger embedded contact images are shown cropped in the contact details, but not in the contact list. Furthermore, I would like to view these larger images by clicking on the picture in the contact details.

By: Mark76

Mark76 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:21:58 +0000

By: vb

vb — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:57:01 +0000

diff ringtone for message not one ringtone and more fav contact shortcut

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:24:39 +0000

It looks like someone got this working in MPEG-4/AVC for the 5800. I think that's H.264 in an MPEG-4 container, at least according to this (not so reliable) wiki snippet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC

I think you need to go with baseline profile, meaning no effects or other optimizations whatsoever to get H.264 to work on these low-powered devices. In this nokia discussion, someone got it working:
http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthr...

I've received other AVC podcasts from Podcasting, but only up to 320×240 will work. otherwise, H.263 (Xvid encoding) on native resolution works great.

By: Hodge

Hodge — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:45:44 +0000

The keyboard is one of the most attractive features of the phone, I don't see why Nokia, or any phone manufacturer would put the effort into creating a landscape slider phone and then render its main feature pointless by including a virtual version of it.

I understand there may be times where soemone would prefer a touchscreen type facility, and thats why T9 is still included. As someone who hasn't used a T9 phone for about 4 years though I may be slightly biased as to its usefulness…

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:04:33 +0000

1. Faster browsing in music player
2. Ogg Vorbis support

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:37:25 +0000

Hodge, I agree with you that the point of having the N97 is to use the physical keyboard. However, I believe the qwerty keypad should also be an OPTION, along with the T9 and handwriting inputs. Sometimes I don’t like to open the keypad to type one word.

Yes, I believe that portrait qwerty would be way too small (look at opera mini 5 ). The Nokia 5800 doesn’t have portrait qwerty either.

By: MajorDouble7

MajorDouble7 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:57:12 +0000

I agree with you, Hodge…I've heard this argument several times and I just
don't see the point. The argument is that somehow it's easier to type with
one hand on a virtual keyboard rather than the T9 number pad…that sounds
completely daft to me.

MD 7

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By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:42:21 +0000

Hodge, I agree with you that the point of having the N97 is to use the physical keyboard. However, I believe the landscape qwerty keypad should also be an OPTION, along with the T9 and handwriting inputs. It can't hurt to have it as an option.

Yes, I believe that portrait qwerty would be way too small (look at opera mini 5 ). Unless Nokia finds a miracle to fit a qwerty keypad in portrait mode. The Nokia 5800 doesn't have portrait qwerty either.

By: Rich C

Rich C — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:03:34 +0000

I wish you were right. My home PVR integrates with iTunes (or any podcast catcher). It can recompress shows into a bunch of different formats, but H.264 is the only one it will publish into the RSS feeder. I can tweak the file output – I've scaled the output down to 320×240, which I believe is the output for QVGA and changed the output to 30FPS (it can go down to 15, maybe I should try that). It seems like it ought to play since I can see a thumbnail of the first frame in the video, but when I do, the player craps out.

There's a new Core Player that supports s60v5 in the works that is close to release and supports H.264. It would be nice to not have to open a separate player to play my homemade video podcasts, but that will at least fix my problem.