Touchscreen Nokia N97 gets official
We thought the countdown site might mean something. And boy, we were right. Nokia has just unveiled the N97 to a stunned crowd over at their annual Nokia World shindig in Barcelona.Packing an iPhone–matching 3.5in touchscreen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard, it is being billed as 'the world's most advanced mobile computer.' It's a bold claim and is certainly backed up by an extremely impressive spec sheet. There's 32GB of memory on board, which can be expanded to an iPod Touch–crushing 48GB.Round the back, Nokia has kept the faith with the 5MP camera that we've seen on the N95 and N96. A shame they wouldn't boost to 8MP, but hardly something to bleat about. Nokia also boasts that you'll be able to capture DVD quality flicks, meaning you can leave that camcorder at home too.There's full support for the Nokia Music Store and of course HSDPA and Wi–Fi from the word go.Nokia is also showing off a new 'social location feature', which uses the AGPS and an on–board compass allowing you to automatically update social networks with real time info. We'll be bringing you more on that later.The N97 is due in the first half of 2009 for €500. This time it looks like they're really going to bring the pain to RIM and Apple.
Comments
landlord hunt
3 years ago
This Phone with Android OS on it would be a 'iPhone Killer'
Drunken Max
3 years ago
Looks nothing like the one in the Mag!
Lee Jones Jnr
3 years ago
Psh, everything is the next iPhone killer! Looks like a revamped XDA - which I used to love!
Als60
3 years ago
iPhone killer... the iPhone is already dead! However this does look like a tasty bit of kit I have to say!
pearce
3 years ago
Lets wait and see what Apple come up with next, surely now they will rise to the bait with a 32gb, 5mp camera, 3.5g iPhone. That is the 'natural' progression anyway. I hope Nokia haven't made the N97 as thick as the N95/96, that would be a real shame considering the sheer size of the screen. Do we really need a slide out qwerty keyboard?
NoneOfYouAreReal
3 years ago
They could follow HTC's example and release a thinner version without the qwerty - not that I would buy it. Some people complain about how fat Nokias are - I think phones like the iPhone and the Ericsson W880i are too thin. I have texted on both and they dont fit into your hand properly - whereas Nokia always seem to get this right.