Preview: Nokia N97 – Here Comes The Next Gen Device (Not a Phone)

So here comes the beast.A beast which not only poseses sophisticated looks but also got a solid brain inside it.And to tell you the bitter truth this tele-communication device is going to put an end to the so called smartphones.Nokia N97 is just announced by nokia and it is expected to be in the market around the 2nd Quarter of 2009.So before we get the real one on our hand let’s just look at the features it’s got.

Display Features

• 3.5 inch TFT  Touchscreen with 16 million colors,  and handwriting recognition.
• 16:9 Aspect Ratio with 640×360 Pixel Sreen resolution.
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate with Proximity sensor for auto turn-off.

Network Features

• Quad band with HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 for 3G.
• Class 32 GPRS and class 32 EDGE.
• 3.6 MbPS 3G HSDPA.
• 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi with  UPnP technology.
• Version 2.0 Bluetooth with A2DP.
• GPS Receiver Built in with A-GPS support.
• A built in Digital Compass.

Multimedia Feaures

• 5 Mega Pixel Camera with Autofocus from Carl Zeiss Opticals.
• Secondary 3G video call camera.
• Dual Flash.
• MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ Music player and MPEG4/WMV/3gp video player( DVD Quality video).
• A TV out Port and a 3.5 mm Audio Output Jack.
• Stereo FM radio with RDS.
• Stereo Speakers.
• Nokia’s N-Gage game system.

Storage

• 48 GByte of Storage (32 GByte  in-built memory with a Micro-SD card slot supporting upto 16 GByte of SDHC card).

Built , Hardware and Software

• 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9-18.3 mm in Dimension(almost 30% thicker than Iphone 3g).
• 150 gram (Almost 20 grams heavier than iPhone 3g).
• 3 Line Qwerty keyboard(Slide out as shown above).
• ARM11 (320 MHz) processor but  with overclocked upto 500 MHz(not conformed as initially it was planned to use the TI OMAP 3 Processor(800MHz) ).
• Micro usb Port to be used for both Sync and charging.
• 1500 mAH battery
• Symbian OS version 9.4, Series 60 relese 5.
• Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch.
• Adobe® Flash® Lite™ 3 based on Flash 8.

so what do you think ?gonna get one eh …

Well  let’s discuss some of the new thing this device is going to provide.

1. The browser in Nokia N97 is capable of flash.So with flash its going to be real internet experience  unlike so called smartphones out there.
2. SO-Lo:-Nokia N97 has this new feature Social Location which will give the exact location of the persion holding the device by means of GPS REceiver and the integrated Digital compass and then can be broadcasted to pre approved  Social networks, so that your friends and family will know where exactly you are.
3. This device will give you desktop like feature on its homescreen filled with widgets whic you can drag and drop.According to nokia ,this device will have widgets unlike applications found in smartphones such as iphone.These widgets are square or rectangular shaped and can be anything such as a calender widget or a music player or any mobile application.

Nokia claiming this device to give 16.5 days of stand by time and upto 37 hours of non stop music playback(when in offline mode).This device is going to be in the market during the 2nd quarer of 2009 and will be available with an estimated cost of $ US699/ EUR 550 .

Untill then keep on saving and keep on dreaming about what you can do with this kind of a device.

Till then happy Reading………..

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