Nokia N97 Cityman disguise knocks N97 back a good two or three years technologically

Americans probably associate Motorola-style brick phones with... well, Motorola, but Nokia had an equally vogue model way back in 1987: the Mobira Cityman. Like the N97, the Cityman was a dark gray beast from another era that combined the industrial design of a Mack truck with the user interface ergonomics of a PDP-11 -- but on the plus side, it made a terrific weapon in a pinch. It seems only fitting, then, that the two models would be united in holy matrimony through a wacky gag accessory for the N97 sent to The Nokia Blog from Nokia's WOM World, allegedly said to have antitheft properties by making your brand new Nseries look like a giant version of its great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. Ironically, an actual Mobira Cityman is probably worth more as a collectible in 2009 than an N97 is, so the effect might be quite the opposite of Nokia's intent -- but yes, of course we want one anyway. Follow the break for video of the Cityman not being stolen.

[zeloe326 Posted Aug 6th 2009 1:33PM]

Ha ha, thats actually pretty cool. Brings back memories. Although, I wouldn't be caught dead with one myself.

[Peter F Posted Aug 6th 2009 1:49PM]

Two or three?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2009 2:24PM]

An iPhone would look better
N97's suck ass

[Doax Posted Aug 6th 2009 4:08PM]

Why would anyone put a touchscreen dumbphone inside of a older dumbphone body? They're trying to make sure no one wants to steal your smartphone by making it look like an old dumbphone. I mean, why would you need to keep people from stealing your iPhone anyways? No one wants those, thats like stealing a Razr.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2009 3:18PM]

To be honest I think it would incourage stealing then it would provent it. It is however quite funny just think of somebody walking down New York with that brick it would get more attention then if you where just uing the N97.