Ever since Apple reared its fruity head into mobile territory many phones have entered the fray bearing the badge of ‘iPhone beater’. Most have come and gone, but not without valiant efforts from the likes of the Samsung Pixon, LG Cookie and Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic among many more.
But now Nokia has another weapon up its sleeve in the form of the touchscreen toting, keyboard equipping N97. Nokia hopes it’ll change the way we think about mobile phones in the same way the N95 did - and it will, we’ve used it and it’s unbelievable! Read on to find out all you need to know about the future of mobile telephony from the Finnish phone fanciers.
Key features
The touchscreen keyboard combo
Don’t fancy prodding and poking your phones screen with your pinkies? As well as a fancy 3.5-inch touchscreen the N97 neatly packs in a full QWERT kick-out keyboard for laptop-esque emailing and speedy texting.
Widget wizardry
Thanks to Nokia’s new Symbian S60 5th Edition software the N97 displays widgets on your homescreen giving you instant access to all your favourite sites such as Facebook, MySpace and other handy photo sharing sites and tools.
Barbaric battery power
With the N97 you needn’t fear your music collection sucking all the life out of your phone. Nokia promises up to 37 hours of musical playback, with up to 4.5 hours for video. And with up to 400 standby hours it’s perfect for the forgetful among us who forget to charge our phones.
Mucho memory
The N97 laughs in the face of the iPhone’s 8GB and 16GB morsel-like offerings with its 32GB memory feast, easily upped to a buffet sized 48GB via microSD card.
The internet in your pocket
Put an end to stuttering web pages with 3G, Wi-Fi and harrier-like HSDPA for fast mobile web browsing.
Watch the video below showing off some of the N97’s features >>
Check out the video below for a more hands on look at the N97, including the smart hinged QWERTY keyboard action >>
Check out all the latest shots of Nokia’s super phone >>
Full specifications
WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA),
EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
OS: S60 5th Edition
Dimensions: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm*mm (L x W x H) *18.25 mm at camera area
Weight: Approx. 150 g
Display: 3.5 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors
nHD16:9 widescreen (640×360 pixels)
Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L, 1500 mAh
Media
Memory: Up to 48GB
(32 GB on-board memory,
plus 16GB expansion via microSDmemory
card slot)
Video playback: MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264,
up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution
RealVideoup to QCIF @ 30 fps
Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fps
Flash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in internet
browser
Music playback: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA
Main Camera
Lens: Carl ZeissTessar™
Image capture: Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938)
JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)
Video capture: MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30 fps
Aperture: F2.8
Focal length: 5.4 mm
Flash: Dual LED camera flash and video light
Battery life
Talk time: Up to 320 min (3G), 400 min (GSM)
Standby time: Up to 400 hrs (3G), 430 hrs (GSM)
Video playback: Up to 4,5 hours (offline mode)
Music playback: Up to 37 hours (offline mode)
Connectivity & Data Services
• WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g with UPnP support
• Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
• 3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support
(PAL/NTSC)
• Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio,
enhanced data rates (EDR)
• GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)
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