I am a gadget nut, with a particular affinity for Nokia and Symbian, which I find much more robust and user-friendly than most other options out there. I have a number of products used Nokia E-Series, and returned to my E71 again and again – like many people, I think this is one of the best smartphones ever made. But I recently tried the N97 (twice). I went first – he was clearly not ready for prime time. The second time was better because the firmware is more advanced, but the phone is simply too big for me, especially after using the E71.

If the mini N97 became available, I was initially repelled by the negative comments, including those that are made that seem less than the N97, but for about the same cost. I am happy to ignore these criticisms. This is a phenomenal phone, starting with the phone. In my opinion, Nokia is matched only by BlackBerry when it comes to signal strength and quality of the call, and I do not understand why the professional reviews just erase the phone capability – to me, is one of the main features of a phone.

The home screen is very customizable – something that was a killer in front of me Re: iPhone (I do not know that I e-mail you, I want to be able to see e-mail without having to dig through four menus). The Web browser is spicy and excellent. The size is perfect. Build quality is much higher than the N97, and is tied with the E71. The touchscreen is very sensitive – I read a lot about capacitive vs. resistive, but I’ve never been satisfied with the iPhone, but the feeling that mini works very well.

If you have AT & T and complained that you can not get a decent Android phone, get this. You will not regret it.

Overall, very pleased with the purchase. The only critical note is that if you have all the functionality of widgets and leave things as GReader, facebook, etc, you def. issues run the battery. But you would with any phone.