> How can you even think to compare it to an iphone 3G? Indeed it's a silly comparison, the iPhone 3G had a far inferior screen and camera. And it couldn't ev

> How can you even think to compare it to an iphone 3G? Indeed it's a silly comparison, the iPhone 3G had a far inferior screen and camera. And it couldn't even record video! Seriously though the N97 was very popular in the UK amongst business and technical types. My nerdy ISP at the time gave detailed VPN and VOIP instructions for the N-series but had no support for the iPhones because they couldn't perform those functions over cell networks. If Nokia had managed to keep the momentum up following the N97 they perhaps could have maintained the corporate-market dominance they had with the E- and N-series Communicators. But they stumbled and Blackberry struck, plus Apple started picking-off juicy C-level targets who then demanded that their tech staff support the iPhone. At that point the division between 'fun' consumer and 'serious' corporate phones began to crumble.