The Nokia N97
I’ve decided to shift the focus of this blog. So rather than just technology, this blog will talk about nearly everything with a focus on my own life as well as technology. Also, posts will be have more links to other content on the web so YOU as a reader can learn more (unless it is about something personal, of course).
So here we go, the Nokia N97 (image from Crunchgear.com). With the arrival of the iPhone, HTC Diamond (and other HTC touchscreen devices), the G1 (which is an HTC phone), the Samsung Omnia (and related phones such as the Instinct), the LG Dare (and related phones, like the LG Voyager), we now have another touch screen phone: the Nokia N97.
But this one isn’t quite the same.
As a part of Nokia’s N-series, it is more of a high end phone (quite apparent in its unlocked 550 euros ($695) price tag, before taxes or subsides). It also sports a 3.5 slide up and tilting touchscreen (a la AT&T Tilt and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1) and underneath is a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone is Symbian based, has a 5-megapixel camera, and has 32GB of built in memory (as well as a microSD expansion slot). There is also a 3.5mm headphone jack (yay!) It is seemingly a cross between a typical touch screen smartphone and a netbook.
The phone is said to be quite oriented around social networking (with something called “social location” which is when the phone can automatically update a status message using the built in A-GPS and share their location through photos and videos) and web-browsing (including streaming flash videos)
It is coming to Europe (no info yet on when it is coming to the states) in the first half of 2009.
Some videos showing the Nokia N97:
A demo
The N97 in Action
Learn more at (links to the specific pages, not just the main site):
More Specs and Photos on Hand Cell Phone
An Interview with the N97 Designer
hooray for a 3.5 mm jack! I have a music phones, but with a 2.5 mm jack, and it sucks like heck b/c I only have a single set of crappy headphones for it.
a lot of stuff in europe and asia never gets released in the states though.
3G, right?
To Mike:
My cell phone also has a 2.5 mm jack, but I have an adapter for it, so I’m fine with it (though just having a 3.5mm jack would be much better!)
Yep, very true, I think we are still waiting for the previous model to come to the states: the N96!
I believe it is 3G (I can’t really imagine it any other way)
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