Teknoblog.com – Nokia’s new product launch is now underway. As we mentioned before, we were expecting a phone with a touch screen, this expectation was not in vain and the Nokia N97 was officially announced.
This phone is the first of 2009, with a price of around 550 euros ($693) excluding taxes. Expected to be released halfway through. The N97 features a 3.5-inch, 640×360 pixel (16:9 aspect ratio) touchscreen display and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.. Shortcuts to favorite internet and social networking sites are given on the home screen of the Nokia N97.
Nokia calls the N97 “the world’s most advanced mobile computer”. Not forgetting to add HSDPA and WiFi, Nokia has included 32GB of internal memory in this device, and has not neglected the microSD expansion slot.. Nokia N97’s battery provides 1.5 hours of uninterrupted music playback. Equipped with a 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss lens camera, the Nokia N97 can shoot “DVD quality” video.
Here are the remarkable features of the Nokia N97:
– Size: 11.7 cm x 5.5 cm x 1.5 -1.8 cm
– Weight: 160 gr.
– HSDPA 900/1900/2100 3G, GPRS, EDGE
– WiFi
– 360 x 640 resolution 3.5 inch TFT touchscreen
– Full QWERTY keyboard
– Handwriting recognition
– Accelerometer, proximity sensor
– Stereo speakers
– 32 GB internal memory, up to 16 GB microSD card support up to
– MiniUSB input
– WAP and HTML browser
– Carl Zeiss lens 5 megapixel camera, VGA video capture at 30fps
– GPS, A-GPS, digital compass, Nokia Maps 2.0,
– MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ audio, support for MPEG4/WMV/3gp video formats
– FM radio, TV out, document viewing, voice search
– Flash Lite 3
– 6.5 hours talk time, 430 hours standby time
Gallery: Nokia’s touchscreen Famous N Series “mobile computer” – Nokia N97
Video: Nokia N97
Download – Nokia N97 Features (PDF)
Update: Nokia Turkey has released a press release about the N97, and this phone is in Turkey in the second half of 2009. announced that it is expected to go on sale in. Here is the press release:
Desktop to Laptop, Notebook to Pocket: A New Era Begins in the Age of Personal Internet with the Nokia N97
Nokia will change the way people connect to the internet and to each other in the world. unveils the most advanced mobile computer, the Nokia N97. Designed for consumers who use the internet heavily, the Nokia N97 offers an ‘always-on’ window to the most frequently used social networking sites and web addresses, plus a 3.5? integrates the touchscreen. Nokia’s flagship Nseries device allows people to create their personal web pages and ?social positions? It offers leading technologies such as multi-sensors, memory, processor power and connection speed for sharing.. With Ovi services announced today, the Nokia N97 mobile computer helps us stay connected to people and what matters most, and is shaped by our world.. With the Nokia N97, Nseries initiates the transformation of the internet into your internet.
Make your place felt
The Nokia N97 introduces the concept of ‘social position’. Integrated with A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) sensors and an electronic compass, the Nokia N97 mobile computer intuitively understands where it is located. Social networks can be updated automatically with real-time information, thus allowing your friends to whom you have given access to update their status information and share their ‘social location’ as well as related photos and videos.
Widescreen internet and entertainment.
The home screen of the Nokia N97 mobile computer consists of the people, content and environments you care most about.. Access to friends, social networks and news with a single click. The 16:9 wide screen is fully customizable with widgets of favorite web services and social networking sites.. The Nokia N97 is also perfect for browsing the web, watching Flash-enabled videos or playing games.. Both the physical QWERTY keyboard and virtual touch input provide convenience and efficiency in blogging, chatting, typing, texting or emailing.
Nokia N97? s internal 32GB memory can be expanded with a 16GB microSD card for more music and media, offering up to 48GB of storage space.. This feature is complemented by excellent music capabilities, full support for Nokia Music Store, and up to 1.5 days of continuous media usage time.. The Nokia N97 also supports services such as Share on Ovi for instant sharing over HSDPA and WLAN* connections, in addition to its 5 MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture.
In addition, there is an integrated FM transmitter that allows you to listen to music from any FM radio in the car or at home.
The Nokia N97 is expected to be launched in Turkey in the second half of 2009.
* Requires operator and/or service provider support.