N97 LAUNCHED

[Coool]

Still No thread for N97 Okay here it is

It was announced a couple of days ago that Nokia’s N97 was going to be out this month in 75 countries. India was of course one of them. Today the handset was showcased in Delhi in all its glory. Sadly though, there’s still no pricing attached to the device yet, which is quite annoying, considering there’s plenty of speculation going around about the heavy specs the handset is loaded with. For those of you who are still unaware of the features, I don’t see how, but here’s a quick recap.



The handset will run on an ARM 11 434 MHz processor on a Symbian OS (v9.4) with a Series 60 UI. It’s going to be ready for social networking and connectivity to Nokia’s new OVI store. Other features will include -
A 3.5-inch TFT resistive touchscreen, with 16M colors and a 360 x 640 pixel resolution
The screen has an accelerometer sensor for auto-rotating the display
Supports handwriting recognition
It has a slide out full QWERTY keyboard
3.5mm earphone socket that doubles up for a TV out for audio and video
Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual Radio and an FM Transmitter
Bluetooth with A2DP and USB 2.0 (micro)
3G (with HSDPA), EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi
a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
GPS with A-GPS support, a Digital Compass and geotagging
32GB of internal storage as well as support for microSD cards
Pocket office preloaded
We’re estimating the handset to be worth approximately Rs. 36,000 give or take a few thousand and it’s more likely going to take a few. We’ll know soon enough so stay tuned.

*tech2.in.com/media/images/2009/Jun/img_148732_img_148002_img_101921_nokia-n97_450x360.jpg

 

[MetalheadGautham]

ASWESOME

now why doesn't it have an OLED screen ? Reserved for N97 32GB perhaps ?

 

[MetalheadGautham]

ASWESOME

now why doesn't it have an OLED screen ? Reserved for N97 64GB perhaps ?

 

[krates]

So any one here going to buy it ?

 

[sujoyp]

ok so its price too compareble to SE x1 and HTC touch pro....but I still think it dont have the punch

 

[ico]

Outdated before it's launch. N97 just has 2-3 months to capture it's market.

 

[Tamoghno]

Way overpriced for its features. Should have been below 30k at launch.

 

[Power UP]

As said above, outdated and overpriced. But then again there are people who will buy it even if it had an Arm9 264 mhz processor.

 

[gdatuk]

high price.. plus it has resistive touch screen which is an old technology... must have gone for capacitive touch screen with AMOLED screen plus xenon flash...

but the overall experience is good, I heard.. hanging on for more user reviews.. plus price drop...

 

[Tamoghno]

Coming from 5800 , i think that resistive touchscreen is not a big deal . And i prefer resistive because it allows for finer input with stylus , which is better in some cases like web browsing.

But i think this thing is gonna be smash hit. Given best multimedia capability in a sliding qwerty device and *comparatively *lower price point , and positioning as a *facebook* phone this should be a successful device

 

[yogi7272]

expecting xenon flash in n97.. stop dreaming? Its not there even in n86.. Still the hardware beneth is not that advanced as samsung omnia hd or se satio ..


Btw, where is n86?

 

[Tamoghno]

Saw some report about n86 . I may launch in 2 - 4 weeks timeframe.

 

[varunjain852]

i am going to try my hands with this contest... it will be on for think digit ppl on 15th.. thats coming monday

u cud win a n97..

here's the link *www.searchforn.com/

 

[kelly]

hey look what i found a whole list of widget and apps that will be pre-embedded in n97

*www.medianama.com/2009/06/223-indian-nokia-n97-apps-search-games-blogging-fitness-movies/

 

[kelly]

@ varun.. that's difficult..

they also announced pre-booking today

it's now between winning a phone or buying it he he...
*www.nokialms.com/N97preorder/

 

[Tamoghno]

Are they offering free the bt headphone with n97 ?

 

[dreamcatcher]

They keyboard is pathetic according to reviews. LOL at Nokia for calling this a pocket computer. Even a "phone" has a better proccy than this one.

 

[krates]

^^^ lol it is much better than X1 ...

 

[sujoyp]

^^^ lol it is much better than X1 ...

OOps I see only these things better then X1
-5mp cam
-16m colors
-3.5inch screen

*www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone2=2246&idPhone1=2615

that too 1 year after X1 release

 

[k4ce]

^ and a better os than win 6.1 ...