Details are in, Nokia has a new flagship phone. The N97 packs a 3.5-inch, 640 x 360 pixel (that's a 16:9 aspect ratio) resistive touchscreen display with tactile feedback and QWERTY keyboard into this sliding communicator with an "always open" window to favorite internet or social networking sites. Nokia calls it the "world's most advanced mobile computer." To back up the claim they've dropped in HSDPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth radios, A-GPS, a 3.5-mm headjack, 32GB of onboard memory with microSD expansion (for up to 48GB total capacity), and a battery capable of up to 1.5 days of continuous audio playback or 4.5-hours video. 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss glass and "DVD quality" video capture at 30fps, too. The specs are certainly impressive, let's see if the S60 5th Edition OS can support it. The N97 will launch with a retail price set at around €550 ($693) excluding subsidies and taxes, phone to ship in H1 2009.
Update: Hah, Nokia just boasted on stage at Nokia World that the N97 was the scoop "
Engadget didn't get." O RLY??? Sure looks like the device codenamed Eitri that
we broke to the world last month.
Update 2: Video demonstration after the break.
Update 3: Thanks for the widget love, Nokia (pic after the break, and thanks
Eric).
Read -- Press Release
Read -- A bit more detail
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posted December 2nd 2008 3:16AM
It's been a long time coming, but after dabbling with touch on the midrange 5800, Nokia has finally brought a touchscreen to an S60 "N-Series" smartphone, the N97.
Loving the phone, found a fans site for the Nokia N97 http://www.NokiaN97Forum.com express your opinions.
This looks like a great phone. But how does it compare with other smartphones particularly the Sony Ericcson Xperiaa X1? Anyone got any ideas?
N97 is comming to sweden in stors ( dustinhome ) at 1st june but with a heavy price tag of almost 900 US $, cheak my post at my blog
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According to me Sony Ericsson IDOU is better than n97, because what i want in a phone is:
1) Good camera- Idou has a 12.1MP camera ;highest in the world, with xennon flash, smile shutter, face detection, intuitive touch focus..
2) Sound Quality- SE's Walkman series phones have great sound and this phone resembles the Walkman series sound..
3) Looks- See the phone and judge.. for me its damn sexy..
4) Symbian operating system, so loads of application for the phone....
and many more.....
Here is the link:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/idou/