Nokia N97: Pictures, Specifications and Video

N97 : Tilting touch display, QWERTY keyboard and personalized home screen - a true mobile computer

Barcelona, Spain - Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N97, the world's most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5" touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an 'always open' window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Nokia's flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology - including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds - for people to create a personal Internet and share their 'social location.'

N97 Video Demo

The home screen of the Nokia N97 mobile computer features the people, content and media that matter the most. Friends, social networks and news are available by simply touching the home screen. The 16:9 widescreen display can be fully personalized with frequently updated widgets of favorite web services and social networking sites. The Nokia N97 is also perfectly suited for browsing the web, streaming Flash videos or playing games. Both the physical QWERTY and virtual touch input ensure efficiency in blogging, chatting, posting, sending texts or emailing.

Nokia N97 pictures

The Nokia N97 supports up to 48 GB of storage, including 32 GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16 GB microSD card for music, media and more. This is complemented by excellent music capabilities, full support for the Nokia Music Store and continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days. The Nokia N97 also has a 5-Megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN.

The Nokia N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies.


Technical Specifications of the N97:
WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA),EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
User Interface:S60 5th Edition
Dimensions:117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm*mm (L x W x H) *18.25 mm at camera area
Weight:Approx. 150 g
Display:3.5 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors
HD16:9 widescreen (640x360 pixels)
Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L, 1500 mAh

Media:
Memory:Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board memory,plus 16GB expansion via microSDmemory card slot)
Video playback:MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264,up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution RealVideoup to QCIF @ 30 fps Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fps
Flash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in internet browser
Music playback:MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA

Main Camera:
Lens:Carl ZeissTessar™Image capture:Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)
Video capture:MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30 fps
Aperture:F2.8Focal length:5.4 mm
Flash:Dual LED camera flash and video light

Operating Times
Talk time:Up to 320 min (3G), 400 min (GSM)
Standby time:Up to 400 hrs (3G), 430 hrs (GSM)
Video playback:Up to 4,5 hours (offline mode)
Music playback:Up to 37 hours (offline mode)

Connectivity & Data Services:
WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g with UPnP support
Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC)
Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, enhanced data rates (EDR)
GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)