Nokia N97 [http://www.mobilephoneonly.co.uk/phonereviews/UK-Mobile-Phone-News/Nokia-N97-launch-nears/126/], a phone that promises to shock the telecommunications industry in many aspects, is among the most hotly anticipated mobile launches of the year.
Nokia has claimed that the Nokia N97 is the most advanced of it's type ever. They refer to it as a mobile computer and add that it is a replacement for iPhone and iPod in one go - has aroused much curiosity, but if anything it certainly looks the part!
Nokia N97 packs a five inch screen and GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G internet anda whopping 32GB of onboard memory that can be expanded with a 16GB microSD card - add to that the advanced media capabilities that are promised.
The Nokia N97 promises a high speed internet connection like no other, providing easy access to a number of social-networking sites to keep the user in touch all the time. Designed with easy to use in mind, as well as the requisite good looks and trend setting style, the Nokia N97 is sure to take a chunk of the market, but can it live up to the hype?
The high speed internet connection and the social networking biasare all very well, but we can get those elsewhere; likewise GPS location finder and on the button five megapixel camera. This is, however, a Nokia, and from them we expect something a little out of the ordinary.
Nokia N97 is expected to ship in Europe in March 2009 at a sim-free price of ￡480 it stands to reason that the Nokia N97 is part of the company's high-end N series of multimedia computers.
The problem that the mobile industry faces at the moment - bar the obvious economic downturn - is that technology is advancing like never before; no sooner has the worlds best mobile hit the market than another, and another, and so on, each usurping the last.
There is no standing still in this game, and it will be interesting to see just how strong a foothold the Nokia N97 takes in the gadget happy mobile market.
Nokia has claimed that the Nokia N97 is the most advanced of it's type ever. They refer to it as a mobile computer and add that it is a replacement for iPhone and iPod in one go - has aroused much curiosity, but if anything it certainly looks the part!
Nokia N97 packs a five inch screen and GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G internet anda whopping 32GB of onboard memory that can be expanded with a 16GB microSD card - add to that the advanced media capabilities that are promised.
The Nokia N97 promises a high speed internet connection like no other, providing easy access to a number of social-networking sites to keep the user in touch all the time. Designed with easy to use in mind, as well as the requisite good looks and trend setting style, the Nokia N97 is sure to take a chunk of the market, but can it live up to the hype?
The high speed internet connection and the social networking biasare all very well, but we can get those elsewhere; likewise GPS location finder and on the button five megapixel camera. This is, however, a Nokia, and from them we expect something a little out of the ordinary.
Nokia N97 is expected to ship in Europe in March 2009 at a sim-free price of ￡480 it stands to reason that the Nokia N97 is part of the company's high-end N series of multimedia computers.
The problem that the mobile industry faces at the moment - bar the obvious economic downturn - is that technology is advancing like never before; no sooner has the worlds best mobile hit the market than another, and another, and so on, each usurping the last.
There is no standing still in this game, and it will be interesting to see just how strong a foothold the Nokia N97 takes in the gadget happy mobile market.
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