Nokia made waves early this morning by announcing their top secret flagship device, the Nokia N97. This marks the first time a Nseries device will have a full Qwerty keypad, the first Nseries with S60 touch 5th edition, and the largest internal memory on a device - ever! I'm not sure sure about the "ever" part, but I know for sure that with an expandable microSDHC slot that can hold up to 32gb, this Nokia powerhouse will be able to handle a whopping 64gb memory, that's more than my computer's hard driver. Props to Nokia for creating a truly state of the art device. Check out some pictures and video that I've gathered...
This also marks one of the rare times when Nokia announces a device before and rumors or pictures are leaked on the internet. Even people within the company didn't know about the amazing specs. And boy has the hype really exploded about the Nokia N97. Andrew from Dial-a-Phone had this to say about the upcoming Nseries touchscreen...
No one expected the 5800 Tube to be the only touchscreen handset Nokia released, but we did expect to wait a while longer before their high-range effort was revealed!Take a good look at the pictures, see the OS in all its glory in the video and start counting down the days until release, which is said to be the middle of 2009, as you’re looking at the mobile phone event of the coming year.
So what are the specs of the Nokia N97? Keep reading and be amazed...
- S60 Touch 9.5 OS
- 3.5″ nHD Screen (640×360)
- Haptic Feedback
- Slideout QWERTY (!)
- Dimensions - 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9
- Weight 150g
- 5MP Camera with Dual Led Flash - with sliding lens cover
- 32 GB Onboard Memory with microSD slot = 48GB currently.
- N-Gage Touch
- 1500mah Battery
- COMPASS
- Customizable Home Screen with Widgets (RSS, Weather, Facebook, Ovi)
- 400 hours of standby time
- 320-400 (3G/GSM) hours of talk time
- 4.5 hours of video playback and over 37 hours of audio playback
- The Nokia N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies.
- AGPS
- HSDPA
- WIFI
- 3.5mm Jack
- TV-out
- No stylus built into the phone, but one will be included in the box.
Not only that, but Rita from Symbian-Guru.com has mentioned something new. The standby screen is now fully customizable...
"It has support for customized widgets on the standby screen. The operator, date and profile seem to be standard, but you can add to them application shortcuts, an Ovi widget, weather, email, calendar, RSS feeds, a quick 4-contact link like the Contact Bar on the 5800 XpressMusic, a Friendster, Facebook, MySpace widgets, with any 5 of these available at the same time. You can move these around, remove the ones you don’t want, create your own widgets."
I personally am extremely excited about this device. Where does this leave the E-Series? That's a great question, as previously the E-series offered the full Qwerty and email features on the homescreen that the Nseries could not. This has all changed with the Nokia N97. Surely Nokia has something up their sleeve for the E-series, we shall see.
What are your thoughts on the new N97?
