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Nokia N97: The Mobile Computer Arrives
Techtree News Staff, Dec 02, 2008 1703 hrs ISTHeavy on multimedia features
At the Nokia World 2008 conference, Nokia has announced the all new N97 smartphone, the mobile computer, unlike its Chinese counterpart. The Nokia N97 is touted to be a phone for social media enthusiasts, and is expected to retail for EUR550 (Rs. 35,010 approx., taxes not included) in Q2 of 2009.
Nokia's N97 will directly compete with the iPhone; however, it won't have the multi-touch feature - you can't pinch to zoom photos in/out. With a tilting 3.5-inch touchscreen having tactile feedback and 640x360 pixel resolution (16:9 aspect ratio), N97 has a full QWERTY keyboard and features a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics promising DVD quality videos; it also has a personalized home screen.
N97 can carry up to 48GB data (32GB internal memory and 16GB expandable memory via microSD), which almost makes it a multimedia phone with storage device functionality. Reportedly, one could comfortably operate the Symbian OS on the prototype shown at the conference.
Nokia has introduced the So-Lo (Social Location) concept in the phone, which helps the user to update their location on the basis of data from an integrated A-GPS sensor and an electronic compass. The digital compass is an unique feature, which is also present as an app in the App Store for the iPhone.
The home screen can be customized with social media widgets of popular social networking sites and services. Along with support for Nokia Music Store, Nokia has also introduced two new Ovi services - Mail on Ovi and Maps on Ovi.
Multimedia feature-rich N97 is already being compared to the Apple iPhone by Robert Scoble, a blogger.
Here are some N97 specs available thus far:
Size: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm - 18.25 mm at the camera area
Weight: Approx. 150 g
Memory: Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board memory plus 16GB expansion via microSD memory card slot)
Display: 3.5-inch TFT with upto 16 million colors and a nHD 16:9 widescreen (640 x 360 pixels)
Battery: 1500mAh
Video playback: Up to 4.5 hours (offline mode)
Music playback: Up to 37 hours (offline mode)
Image capture: Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)
Talk time: Up to 320 min (3G), 400 min (GSM)
Standby time: Up to 400 hrs (3G), 430 hrs (GSM)
Nokia's N97 will directly compete with the iPhone; however, it won't have the multi-touch feature - you can't pinch to zoom photos in/out. With a tilting 3.5-inch touchscreen having tactile feedback and 640x360 pixel resolution (16:9 aspect ratio), N97 has a full QWERTY keyboard and features a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics promising DVD quality videos; it also has a personalized home screen.
N97 can carry up to 48GB data (32GB internal memory and 16GB expandable memory via microSD), which almost makes it a multimedia phone with storage device functionality. Reportedly, one could comfortably operate the Symbian OS on the prototype shown at the conference.
Nokia has introduced the So-Lo (Social Location) concept in the phone, which helps the user to update their location on the basis of data from an integrated A-GPS sensor and an electronic compass. The digital compass is an unique feature, which is also present as an app in the App Store for the iPhone.
The home screen can be customized with social media widgets of popular social networking sites and services. Along with support for Nokia Music Store, Nokia has also introduced two new Ovi services - Mail on Ovi and Maps on Ovi.
Multimedia feature-rich N97 is already being compared to the Apple iPhone by Robert Scoble, a blogger.
Here are some N97 specs available thus far:
Size: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm - 18.25 mm at the camera area
Weight: Approx. 150 g
Memory: Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board memory plus 16GB expansion via microSD memory card slot)
Display: 3.5-inch TFT with upto 16 million colors and a nHD 16:9 widescreen (640 x 360 pixels)
Battery: 1500mAh
Video playback: Up to 4.5 hours (offline mode)
Music playback: Up to 37 hours (offline mode)
Image capture: Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)
Talk time: Up to 320 min (3G), 400 min (GSM)
Standby time: Up to 400 hrs (3G), 430 hrs (GSM)
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