Nokia has already introduced it much awaited smatphone N97. The N97 trumps all previous models with a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard and a tilting 3.5-inch touch screen.
N97 includes phone capabilities and is designed for the “needs of Internet-savvy consumers.” The smartphone provides easy access to a number of social-networking sites, and the Web browser supports streaming Flash videos.
The Home screen can be personalized with widgets of favorite Web and social-networking sites.
Finally, the N97 is fully compatible with Nokia’s Ovi Internet services, which include theNokia Music Store, Nokia Maps, and the N-Gage gaming platform.
The Symbian-based smartphone also features a music and video player, a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, and a whopping 32GB of onboard memory that can be expanded with a 16GB microSD card.
There is integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, however. The Nokia N97 is expected to ship in Europe during the first half of 2009, with an estimated price of 550 euros ($695).
Nokia N97 takes a jab at other popular touch-screen smartphones, namely the Apple iPhone 3G, T-Mobile G1, andResearch In Motion BlackBerry Storm, but will it succeed?
