Nokia has a new flagship phone. The N97 packs a 3.5-inch, 640 x 360 pixel (that's a 16:9 aspect ratio) touchscreen display with tactile feedback and QWERTY keyboard into this sliding communicator with an "always open" window to favorite internet or social networking sites. Nokia calls it the "world's most advanced mobile computer." To back up the claim they've dropped in HSDPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth radios, A-GPS, a 3.5-mm headjack, 32GB of onboard memory with microSD expansion (for up to 48GB total capacity), and a battery capable of up to 1.5 days of continuous audio playback or 4.5-hours video. 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss glass and "DVD quality" video capture at 30fps

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nokia-unveils-flagship-n97-phone/


This should be nice!

You didn't comment or say anything on the phone.that's unusual.i think this kicks the ass of N96 but until official technical specs are out.am keeping my fingers crossed.but my question is "is it 3d accelerated?

still waiting for Nokia N100 sha!

i'm not a nokia somebody but i must confess that this phone is trying 2 capture my heart. . . . SE WHERE ARE UUUUUUUUUUU!

It will be very much similar to 5800, they're both touchscreen on symbian OS n if this phone is released now, the price go wound some people christmas (550 euros)

What i love about d phone is its browser, infact i'm posting with a nokia right now nd its just like using a pc. . . . Cool

One more leg 4 nokia, awaiting SE reply

N97
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2008, November
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q2
Size Dimensions 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9-18.3 mm
Weight 150 g
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Handwriting recognition
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
Customization Download
Vibration Yes
- Stereo speakers
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
- 32 GB internal memory
Data GPRS Class 32
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Features OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors White, Brown
Camera 5 MP, 2584x1938 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, video(VGA@30fps), flash; secondary videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS support
- Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch
- Digital compass
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MPEG4/WMV/3gp video player
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- TV out
- 3.5 mm audio output jack
- Voice command/dial
- Document viewer
- T9
- Flash Lite 3
- Built-in handsfree
Battery   Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BL-4L)
Stand-by Up to 430 h
Talk time Up to 6 h 40 min

32gigabyte internal memory. Where r they heading to? I knew it won't have infrared.

WHAT DO WANT INFRA FOR.
I DON'T LIKE THE PHONE BECAUSE OF THE LOOK(LIKE COMMUNICATOR) AND PROCESSOR

I don't really fancy infrared too but i knew it can't have all features

yes it wont ve infrared but go this fast-paced world of ours, who should be talking about infrared? Anyway if u're looking for a COMPLETE phone check out n95. . . i think that phone has everything (infrared, flashlight, radio etc)

$700?

and there goes my iPhone.

n.oxide:

yes it wont ve infrared but go this fast-paced world of ours, who should be talking about infrared? Anyway if u're looking for a COMPLETE phone check out n95. . . i think that phone has everything (infrared, flashlight, radio etc)

It's also two years old, built like a brick, lacks touch interface and has abysmal battery life.
So yes, it's a superb phone but it isn't perfect.


Every Nokia fan should be thinking about getting the N85 instead which is actually way better than the N96.

In this age and era, someone is looking 4 infrared as a should-have feature of a nov-2008-announced fone?! Pray tell, would u want it to have a floppy disk drive? Tht'ld b kEwl innit?

@dual core

I'm nt surprised, it seems u now dislike nokia phones esp d n95 due 2 ur recent face off wit pc guru. Sha i'm not a nokia fan, though i'm posting wit a nokia phone

SE preferred

As far as i'm concerned, a phone is two years old is meaningless to me. So far it has all i need, forget that story. If i'm opportuned to sell my n70me n get enough, the phone i'm buying next is n95

engrhamid:

As far as i'm concerned, a phone is two years old is meaningless to me. So far it has all i need, forget that story. If i'm opportuned to sell my n70me n get enough, the phone i'm buying next is n95

masochist

Hmm. Faceoff with dual core not me.i like n95 just the battery and ram that i hate.

Seems so many folks av nt had a feel of iphöne or n95,

Just waiting to see if this touchscreen implementation contains tactile feedback. No word on that yet.

N95 i really love the phone especially the tv out.am might be in a friend's house who has internet connection.i'll just share his thru wlan.though they gotta improve symbian os.

Face off wit pc guru?! D'uh I'm lost now, lol.

I guess he meant pete.never had face off with dual core.in short dual core was to help me with n95 firmware.THOU SHALL NOT USE MY NAME IN VAIN.

NOKIA-connecting pple.my next phone would be N95

honsule, make that N96. N95 would soon go extinct, me thinks.

naijafan:

Just waiting to see if this touchscreen implementation contains tactile feedback. No word on that yet.

i think its going to be forcefeedback haptic tech, the sort that vibrates when you tap on the screen. Blackberry has patented its SureType tech, which anyway was flakked.

meanwhile anyone seen that Simpsons episode making fun of Apple (Mapple in Springfield), the fanboys and steve jobs (Steve Mobs)?

absolutely hilarious, being an Apple person it stung a little but on the whole they really nailed it. unfortunately YouTube pulled it but it should still be there somewhere, like on hulu.com.

meanwhile, N95 may now seem like crap, but its one of the best phones Nokia ever made.

Honsule n96's unneccesarily expensive and just offers few new features.just wait till a better phone is out.

The N96 was suppose to succeed N95.but the specs are far lower than its predecessor(N95).but the nokia tube is better since you wanna buy an expensive phone though don't know much it is.

Can any body pls tell me the current price of a PS3 in Nigeria thanks. And where i can get it. Thanks

Honsule do you know the price of the PS3?

pc guru:

The N96 was suppose to succeed N95.but the specs are far lower than its predecessor(N95).but the nokia tube is better since you want to buy an expensive phone though don't know much it is.

the 5800 isnt a high-end device in the league of say the N96/N85, and its practically a cheapo given its price tag. its primary appeal is just being the first Nokia S60 touchscreen device.

having said that, I'm getting one.


so it seems my prediction that Nokia is going for Linux in future high end phones is confirmed (and i did suggest Maemo).

the following is from Reuters:


"BARCELONA (Reuters) - The world's biggest mobile phone maker, Nokia, could start to use open-source Linux software on its more expensive phone models, a senior company official said on Tuesday.

"In the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious alternative for our high-end phones," Ukko Lappalainen, vice president at Nokia's markets unit, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the "Nokia World" industry conference.

Linux's role in the handset industry is growing as Google has introduced its Linux-based Android platform, but Lappalainen said Nokia was likely to stick to its own Linux development.

Nokia uses Linux maemo software in its niche offering of Internet tablets, while it uses Symbian software for its phones.

"I don't see anything in Android which would make it better than Linux maemo," Lappalainen said. (Reporting by Tarmo Virki)"

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE4B16IO20081202

The N85 is a FAR better deal than the N96.
All the features (minus the practically useless DVB-H) for lower price, with a FAR better screen (OLED vs LCD)


Also with better battery life and faster processor.