.comNokia Announces the N97
December 2nd, 2008
Nokia has unveiled the new N97 at the Nokia World event today in Barcelona Spain. The N97 is Nokia’s second Symbian S60 Touchscreen UI phone following the recently released Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Nokia have labeled the new N97 as “the world’s most advanced mobile computer”. The Finnish giants will have a lot to live up to as this will compete heavily with the plethora of touchscreen phones that have been recently released.
Now on to the important stuff… the specs:
- 48gb of storage! (32gb internal + 16gb additional external)
- 3G
- Wi-Fi
- 3.5″, 640 x 360 resistive touch screen
- Full QWERTY keypad
- GPS
- 5MP Camera
- Flash Lite 3.0
Nokia is expected to release the N97 sometime around Q2 of 2009. The estimated street price will be set around $700. Make sure to stay tuned to the Gazelle blog for more info and news as it follows.
Check out the live video demo of the N97 here.
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