Nokia N97 Review, Price And Specifications

Nokia is going to release the Nokia N97 officially in the first week of June 2009 in Singapore. It is an amazing touch screen phone with 32GB of internal memory from Nokia. It’s battery life up to 4.5 hours on video.

Nokia is going to deliver it with a three months walk and drive navigation license.

Estimated Price :- 33,000 INR, $699 In USA

The Specification Are As Follows:-

Dimensions
•    Form: Side-slide with tilting screen
•    Volume: 88 cc
•    Dimensions: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm (18.25 mm at thickest point)
•    Weight (with battery): 150 g
•    Additional size and shape information:
o    Sliding tilt mechanism
Display and User Interface
•    Size: 3.5″
•    Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels
•    Up to 16.7 million colours
•    Resistive touch screen with separate touch foil and touch feedback
•    Brightness control
•    Orientation sensor
•    Proximity sensor
•    Ambient light detector
•
Power Management
•    BP-4L 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery
•    Talk time (maximum):
o    GSM up to 570 min
o    WCDMA up to 360 min
•    Standby time (maximum):
o    GSM up to 430 h
o    WCDMA up to 400 h
•    Video playback time (maximum): VGA 30fps
•    QCIF 15fps up to 5.5 h
•    Video recording time (maximum): up to 1 h per clip
•    Music playback time (maximum): up to 40 h
Operating Frequency
•    (RM-505, Global) WCDMA 900/1900/2100, Quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA, GPRS, A-GPS, WLAN
•    (RM-506, PR China) E-GSM 850/900/1800/1900, A-GPS
•    (RM-507, Americas) WCDMA 850/1900/2100, Quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, A-GPS, WLAN
•    Automatic switching between GSM bands
•    Flight mode
•
Data Network
•    GPRS class A, multislot class 32
•    WCDMA maximum speed up to 3.6 Mbps
•    HSDPA maximum speed up to 3.6 Mbps
•    WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g maximum speed up to 11Mbps/54Mbps
Keys and Input Method
•    Full slide out keyboard
•    Cover keys (S60 keys, Menu key, Send/End keys)
•    Touch screen
•    4-way navigation key with centre select
•    Dedicated camera and volume keys
Memory
•    microSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 16 GB
•    Internal memory: 32 GB
Connectivity
•    Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
•    TV out
•    Support for local and remote SyncML synchronisation
•    High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
•    3.5 mm AV connector

Colours and Covers
•    Available colours:
o    Transition Black light
o    White
Personalisation
•    Customisable homescreen:
o    Widgets
o    Themes
o    Icons
o    Shortcuts
o    Menu
•    Ring tones

Software Platform and User Interface
•    S60 5th edition
•    Active standby
•    Voice commands
•    FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)
•    Automatic UI rotation
•    Software updates
•
Applications
•    E-mail (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), MMS, SMS, unified editor
•    Viewing of email attachments – .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf
•    Mail for Exchange
•    Data: Calendar, Contacts, To-do, Notes, E-mail
•    PC Applications: Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Organizer, Lotus Notes
Personal Information Management (PIM)
•    Detailed contact information
•    Calendar
•    To-do list
•    Notes
•    Recorder
•    Calculator
•    Clock
•    Converter

Email & Messaging
•    Easy-to-use email client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents
•    Support for SMTP, IMAP4, POP3, MMS, SMS. Unified SMS/MMS editor
•    Email web widget
•    Nokia Email
•    Mail for Exchange*
Other
•    Personal Information Management (PIM)
•    Search content in device and search on the Internet
•    Quickoffice document viewers (Quickword, Quickpoint, Quicksheet)
•    Adobe PDF viewer
•    Customization through themes, ringtones, applications
•    Portrait and landscape orientation modes; with transitions via dual slide operation, or auto-rotate controlled by accelerometer
•    Settings Wizard for easy configuration
•    Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices
•    Nokia Software Updater for firmware upgrades with the user’s PC, with user data preservation
•    FOTA (Firmware over the Air Software Updater) for firmware updates directly to the device over WLAN or 3G
Call Management
•    Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail details per entry and thumbnail pictures
•    Speed dialling, voice dialling (speaker independent) and voice commands
•    Logs: lists of dialled, received and missed calls
•    Conference calling
•    Integrated hands-free speakers
•    Video calling
Browsing and Internet
•    Full web browsing of real web pages
•    Web browsing with touch control
•    Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML MP, WML, CSS
•    Supported protocols: HTTP v1.1, WAP
•    TCP/IP support
•    Visual history, HTML and JavaScript support, Flash Lite 3.0 and Flash video support
•    Nokia Mobile Search
•    RSS reader
•    Support for Nokia Download! to discover, download and install add-on applications and widgets
•    Support for streaming video
•    Photos with view by tag cloud, month, album, slide show and photo editor
•    Online Share with connectivity to popular sharing services
•    Nokia XpressPrint: direct printing via USB connection (PictBridge), Bluetooth connectivity (BPP), and WLAN (UPnP) or via online printing
•    Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
GPS and Navigation
•    Integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers
•    Compass and accelerometer for correct orientation of display
•    Nokia Maps
•    Nokia Map loader application via PC
•    3 months Walk and Drive navigation license included (some variation by region)*
Camera
•    5.0 megapixel (2584 x 1938 pixels) camera with Carl Zeiss optics
•    Still image file format JPEG/EXIF
•    Auto focus + dual LED flash
•    Zoom Up to 4x (digital)
•    Secondary camera for video calls, VGA (640 x 480 pixels)
Image Capture
•    Automatic location tagging (Geotagging) of images/videos
•    Cover Flow changes photos with finger motions
•    Images taken in the correct orientation automatically
•    Store photos on Ovi Share
•    Economic sharing to optimise battery and memory use

Video Cameras
•    Main camera
o    5 megapixel with Carl Zeiss optics
o    Take high quality 16:9 videos
•    Video capture in MPEG-4 up to VGA at 30 fps
•    Digital Video Stabilization
•    Video clip length: up to 90 minutes
•    Video file format: .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
•    Settings for scene, video light, white balance, colour tone
•    Secondary camera
o    VGA for video calls
Video Codecs and Formats
•    Video resolution Up to nHD: 640 x 360 pixels or VGA at 30 fps
•    Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
•    Zoom up to 4x with VGA resolution
•    Video light
Video Sharing & Playback
•    Enhanced video centre: central hub for video experiences
•    Access to last played video and easy resume
•    My videos: collection of stored videos
•    Access to Internet Videos, compatible with RSS feeds and video podcasts, with direct wireless updates and downloads
•    Video directory to discover new Internet Videos
•    Support for download, streaming and progressive download
•    Support for Flash video
Music Features
•    Comes with Music*
•    Nokia Nseries Music Player
•    Music Recommender
•    Music Store
•    Nokia Music Manager (PC application**)
•    Music codecs MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA
•    Music meta-data ID3 tags, album art
•    Bit rate up to 320 kbps
•    DRM support WM DRM, OMA DRM 2.0/1.0
•    Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz/76-90 MHz), RDS and Visual Radio™ support
•    FM transmitter
Radio
•    Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz/76-90 MHz), RDS and Visual Radio™ support

Gaming
•    Use the touch UI to play games
•    The side keys can also be used to control game functions
•    Guitar Rock Tour game included

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