Nokia has not been quick in entering the competition of Touchscreen mobile phones. It had been XpressMusic 5800 which gave Nokia a breakthrough in Touchscreen market. Following the tradition, Nokia announced the second Touchscreen smart phone in Dec 2008, which is likely to be released in June 2009. Anticipated as iPhone’s true and genuine competitor and packed with all state-of-the-art features and applications, Nokia N97 has lot of expectations attached to its arrival.

Specs:

• 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9-18.3 mm
• 150 g
• TFT resistive Touchscreen, 16M colors
• 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
• 32bit Free scale MXC300-30 CPU, ARM11 600 MHz
• Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 5th edition
• WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
• GPS with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• 32 GB internal memory, expandable to 48 GB, with 16 GB micro SD (Trans Flash)
• GPRS Class 32
• EDGE Class 32
• HSDPA 3.6 mbps (3.5G)
• HSCSD
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
• Micro USB 2.0
• Speakerphone with stereo speakers
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• 5 MP camera, 2584×1938 pixels, Carl Zeiss integrated optics coupled with a dual LED flash
• VGA@30fps video, DVD quality video capture
• Secondary video call camera
• Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter
• MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
• MPEG4/WMV/3gp video player
• TV-out, Digital Compass
• Skype support
• Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer)
• Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BL-4L)
• Standby Up to 430 hours (GSM), 400 hours (WCDMA)
• Talk time Up to 6.6 hours (GSM), 5.3 hours (WCDMA)

Features:

Nokia says the N97 is “the most advanced mobile computer”. Having a close look at its features, the declaration doesn’t seem hyped.  Talking about the design, this phone has a stylish slider design. The full 3.5” Touchscreen hides QWERTY keyboard beneath it. When one slides the phone, the screen rests at 45 degrees angle, which is very easy to work with. D-pad works well with browsing, whereas keys are rubber-made and nicely spaced.

Wireless internet connectivity is speedy and quick, allowing an enhanced emailing and browsing experience. A 5 mp camera captures the best moments, and one can upload them after being geo-tagged via AGPS directly through the fast internet and OVI share. Memory storage is more than enough with 32GB (expandable to 48 GB). For improved social networking, there is an always-on one-button access. Sound is awesome with stereo speakers.

Pros:

Wide Touchscreen
Full QWERTY keyboard with nicely spaced keys
Wireless internet connectivity
GPS and AGPS support
5 mp camera
Feasible 45 degree angle position of screen

Cons:

It seems as if critics haven’t found enough to point out yet, may be they can fine something bigger to criticize than high price.

It is indeed Nokia’s fullest phone ever, though it doesn’t compete very well with the existing Touchscreen smart phones. Let us wait till it releases in June.

Written by “Seemab”

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