Nokia N97, The First Touch N Series!

The N97's centerpiece is its 3.5 inch display, similar to that found in the Nokia 5800, that comes with tactile feedback and allows the user to tap with either fingers or bundled stylus. But, more importantly, the N97 ships with a full-fledged QWERTY keyboard, plus its opening mechanism is very similar to that of some HTC-branded communicators (such as the TyTN series), enabling you to tilt the display at 35 degrees.



Other features include automatic screen rotation, standard Nokia's set of features, bundled GPS, dedicated audio processor and microUSB socket. What's more important, the N97 allows you to put an assortment of widgets right on the home screen (whose location is fully customizable), so that apart from contacts and applications you will also have blogs and images within fingers reach.

The phone will retail for 550 Euros (before local taxes and subsidies), meaning that it rivals Sony Ericsson's limitedly available Xpreia X1. On the other hand, its release date is slotted for spring 2009 (some time in April). Going for the Nokia N97 are its huge built-in storage (32 Gb), microSD memory card slot and 5 Mpix camera (that is far superior to the camera found in the X1) that manages to snap pretty decent photos, even though it's not an imaging-savvy solution.