A Look at the Nokia N97

A First Look at Nokia N97 (See the next pic to get a idea of the Nokia N97's relative size)

The Nokia N97's size-- compared to a TV remote and a Nokia E61 (silver coloured phone be

The N97 is Nokia's latest flagship offering with a touch screen and a QWERTY keyboard-- intended for people who want to browse the net as well as get email on the move.

Speed-wise, we found it's processor to be a trifle slower than that of the other bestselling QWERTY keyboard phone, the E71-- but functionality-wise, it is a worthy successor to Nokia's original line of QWERTY keyboard equipped communicator type phones.

Screensize wise though the N97's screen resolution at 640x360 is a trifle smaller than screens of both the Nokia E90 (Nokia E90 has a screen size of 800x352) though better than the resolution offered by some of Nokia's Series 80 - S80 series of 90xxx communicators (definitely better than Nokia 9300's 640x200 screen resolution).

One interesting thing I really liked about the N97's design-- the stylus sits in the phone's cover/casing rather than in a slot or hole in the phone's plastic body-- probably gives more space for the electronics inside.


Also, With the optional DVB-H Nokia Mobile TV Receiver, SU-33W it is possible to watch television on the phone (one very cool-- but highly under-advertized feature of the Nokia N97).


User Interface-wise, The N97 runs Symbian Fifth Edition Touch, just like the Nokia 5800 Xpress music phone (earlier S60 5th Edition Touch-- but now after Nokia's shift of positioning, there's only Symbian, no S60).

The camera's quality is reasonable- and while snappy for most tasks- the processor is far slower than the Nokia E90 or Nokia N95's Dual-core ARM Cortex-11 processors.

As per Nokia's Specifications, the features are as below, and scroll down for some pictures of the N97.

* Talk time: Up to 6.0 hours (3G), 9.5 hours (GSM)
* Standby time: Up to 17 days (3G), 18 days (GSM)
* Video playback: Up to 4.5 hours (offline mode)
* Video recording: Up to 3.6 hours (offline mode)
* Music playback: Up to 40 hours (offline mode)

Below are some snaps of the Nokia N97. A deeper, more satisfying review of the Nokia N97 coming up soon... WATCH THIS SPACE!!!
The hinged-back of the Nokia N97
A Closer look at the Hinged-back of the Nokia N97-- more rigid than the Flip-open design of the Nokia N76-- and yet less vulnerable to damage than the E90's hinged 'second larger screen'.



The Holster and the stylus-- relative sizes compared.
Another pic of the Holster-casing of the Nokia N97.


A Closer look at the N97's stylus-1.A Closer look at the N97's stylus-1.A Closer look at the N97's stylus-2.


A Closer look at the N97's stylus-3.

A Closer look at the N97's stylus-4.