Mystery phone touchscreen N97 unveiled at Nokia World

Reuben Lee | Dec 02, 2008

BARCELONA, SPAIN--The rumors have gotten it right again, almost. For the past several weeks, Nokia, has, taking a leaf out of Apple's product marketing book, dangled a carrot to the tech world by keeping its upcoming product cloaked in secrecy. Since then, the Web has been on fire with speculation about Nokia's mystery phone, including rumor that it could be a touchscreen phone to rival the iPhone.

While the N97 announced at Nokia World 2008 today in Barcelona, Spain, does have a generous 3.5-inch touchscreen (640 x 360-pixel) display, it also comes with a slideout flip-up QWERTY keypad. So, apple-to-apple, this resembles the HTC TyTN II or even the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 far more than the said iPhone.

As the newest flagship model in Nokia's Nseries lineup, and after a glance at the showpiece, expect everything but the kitchen sink here. In addition to 802.11b/g wireless LAN and GPS (with A-GPS), the N97 comes with HSDPA and A2DP Bluetooth radios. There's also support for multiple playback formats, a 3.5mm audio jack, VGA-quality video recording at 30fps, 5-megapixel image capture and the latest Series60 5th Edition OS. Though what's most impressive about the N97 is its huge 32GB onboard memory, which is one of the highest capacities we have seen on a phone thus far. Additionally, the handset also comes with a built-in microSD card slot, which can currently support up to 16GB media, bringing the maximum storage possible on the N97 to an impressive 48GB.

The N97 is expected to be available worldwide in the first half of 2009 at an estimated price of 550 euros (US$694) before tax or subsidies. You can read more about Nokia World here in our first-hand coverage.

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gsr5867

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gsr5867 says...
Awesome! What took you so long,Nokia? 32GB onboard storage,card slot,16:9 widescreen,GPS, touchscreen,slide-out qwerty,5MP Carl Zeiss,A2DP, connectivity,3.5mm audiojack,fm w/rds,stereo speakers,tv out,proximity sensor,accelerometer,Ngage games... What else do you want,baby? iphone and Xperia killer? you bet! Can't wait for the full review.

Dec 03, 2008 20:18

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anomac

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anomac says...
Nice looking phone and that's from someone who's thinking that he hadn't seen a good option to the media power horse that is the iPhone. There is so much. Nothing has been left out. I suppose Nokia saw everyone who had brought and tried the iPhone went.... It's great but....

Based on what I am reading there is no reason for the but here! Lets see the reviews!!!

Dec 05, 2008 15:17

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