There was a time when Nokia devices such as the N95 ruled the Smartphone market. However with the arrival of smart touchscreen devices like the iPhone, HTC Diamond, HTC Magic, HTC Dream & Palm Pre, Nokia failed to cope up with the competition. Therefore it decided to launch its new touchscreen Symbian OS and a new Smartphone known as the Nokia N97. So how good is the Nokia N97 when compared to its competition?

Greg Kumparak of Mobile Crunch has investigated and posted a useful review of the Nokia N97. He likes the design, camera and 3.5mm headset jack. However he isn't impressed with the poor battery cover, mediocre keyboard, unappealing Resistive touch screen, messy UI and slow device performance.

Here is how he concludes the review:

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.

S60 has seemed as if it was on its last limb for some time now; with other interfaces now swooping in for the kill, it's really dragging down Nokia's efforts. It may be one of the most popular platforms in the world, but that doesn't mean its one of the best. Sorry, S60 - it's game over.

Jump over to Mobile Crunch to read the complete review.