Nokia N97 Announced : Product Specifications and Features

Nokia, the world leader in manufacturing Mobile Phones, announced its next big thing today, Nokia N97.

Nokia N97 is running on Symbian Series60 5th Edition with touchscreen user interface and fully optimized for one hand operation. Navigation is pretty easy like Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Tube. There are only three buttons below the 3.5 inch screen. One is Menu and the others are Call Accept and Call Reject. There are several dedicated keys like Volume, Camera Shutter, Power are also present. This device has a full functional QWERTY Keyboard when you slide it from left to right making it the PDA.

Nokia N97

Watching video is also a great experience with built in support for MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264,up to 30 fps. Theres no issue for framerate according to Nokia. It also supports Real Video up to QCIF @ 30 fps and Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fps.

The Music Quality is excellent, and supports MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA formats. The N Series Music Player lets you create, edit your own playlist and save them. It also supports embedded Album Art into mp3 files and show it while playing. The built in FM Receiver is also good on producing excellent sound quality. Theres also an option to listen to Internet Radio stations of your choice.

The main Camera supports up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938), like former N95 or N96. It can save images in JPEG/EXIF formats with 16.7 million/24-bit colors. Video Recording is of DVD quality. It can record MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30 fps. Theres also option to record in 3GP format for MMS and Video Ringing Tone. The camera aperture is F2.8 with Focal Length of 5.4 mm which is really very good. The Dual LED camera flash and video light is sufficient to shoot at dark.

Browsing Internet experience is improved since Nokia N96. Built in browser supports full HTML/XHTML encoding. Flash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in internet browser lets you watch your favorite videos from YouTube, Google Video or any other sites. It also supports streaming video and audio.

The device comes with preloaded Nokia Maps and with integrated compass and A-GPS receiver. Other GPS features are Multimedia city guides and navigation services. Drive: voice guided car navigation, or Walk: pedestrian-optimized turn-by-turn guidance. (Navigation may need to be purchased separately.)

Nokia N97 supports both GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA) mode. Internet Access is possible through 3G, EDGE (GPRS Class 1) and IEEE 802.11b/g. Local Connectivity is possible through WiFi, Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, enhanced data rates (EDR) and Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0. A 3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC) is also present.

Built in 32GB Flash Memory ensures you never have to delete your valuable data. If you feel that this is not sufficient, theres also a MicroSD card slot available and can be extended to 42GB with a 16GB MicroSD HC Memory Card stick.

So, the verdict, is the N97 worth it or not? Sure, arguably funkier looking, sleeker and has a high quality finish, in addition to having huge storage. The price is not yet disclosed by Nokia but can be estimated a little over $1000 since it’s predecessor Nokia N96 comes at around $750.

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