N97

Nokia has unveiled N97; a new flagship model with a large touch screen which it hopes will bolster its smartphone offering.
The world's largest cell phone maker Nokia is calling the new smartphone `the world's most advanced personal computer.'
Incidentally, N97 is the second touchscreen device from the stable of Finnish handset giant; the company unveiled its first touch handset, the 5800 XpressMusic, in early October, more than a year after the iPhone debuted. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will hit the retail shelves in January 2009.
Other than iPhone, N97 is a direct rival to Sony Ericsson's X1 and HTC's Touch Pro -- which both use Microsoft's Windows software.
Here's looking into what the new Nokia NSeries entrant brings for the users.

The sleek handset pairs a 3.5 inch touchscreen with a QWERTY keyboard. The slide-out QWERTY keyboard is a full 3-row. The smartphone transforms from a touch slate to a landscape QWERTY device. There's a tilting touchscreen display and a customisable home screen that can be personalised with widgets.
The wide touchscreen has a 16:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels. The smartphone is reportedly 30 per cent thicker than iPhone.



N97 offers a powerful 32GB memory with microSD for adding 16GB more (making it a staggering 48GB), 5 megapixel camera (with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash), support for Nokia's N-Gage gaming system and handwriting recognition.
Other features include, a 3.5mm headset jack, microUSB port used for syncing and charging, Haptic feedback and 1500 mAh battery. The smartphone runs on S60, the latest version of Nokia’s Symbian operating system.

Nokia claims that the Nokia N97 will use a browser that supports Flash and Flash video. Making what many term a jab at Apple iPhone (which lacks Flash support), at a pre-launch event in New York, Bill Plummer, vice president, said that N97 enables "real Internet browsing--unlike some phones".
According to the company, N97 has up to 37 hours of music playback, 4.5 hours of video and a staggering 16.5 days of standby time.