Breaking News: Nokia N97 Unveiled at Nokia World 08

A few Minutes ago Nokia just announced their first Nseries touchscreen phone, the Nokia N97. It has been dubbed as “Marking an evolutionary Milestone for Nseries and Mankind” ” and claims the “N97 carves a new space in the otherwise blurred realm between smartphone and laptop”.

Its early days at the moment, so not much to go on, but it has a 3.5″ 16:9 touchscreen, flip out QWERTY keyboard, a massive 32GB of onboard memory, expandable to 48GB with a 16GB MicroSD card, a 5MP Carl Zeiss Lens, GPS, HSDPA and Wifi and of course bluetooth. 

Here is part of the press release from Nokia:

The most physically immediate stand-out feature of the N97 is its kick-out full QWERTY keyboard, hidden behind a 3.5-inch widescreen 16:9 touch display that tilts smartly above the keys. Both control methods neatly coexist and are tailored to ensure every experience, be it messaging, social, entertainment-focussed or otherwise, are manageable via the most instinctive physical toolset available. The touchscreen promises to be exploited to full effect, even when inactive, courtesy of a new homescreen that automatically sucks in live information via custom widgets sat on a S60 5th Edition backbone.

The N97 enters the fray stomaching 32GB of on-board storage, double that of any mobile device currently in existence, and can take up to another 16GB via microSD, enabling it to become a portable multi-media computer with 48GB in your pocket. Of course Nokia wants you to abuse this space with music, movies, photos and N-Gage games, and as such has worked hard to ensure the N97′s battery is up to the task – it promises to kick out up to 37 hours of music and 4.5 hours of video.

Embracing location based services and the concept of context awareness, the N97 is location-savvy, automatically sensing where it is at any given time via A-GPS. The benefit being that you’ll be able to tap into local services with ease and share your social location with friends minus any extra fiddling or fuss.

Other key talents include a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens and dual LED flash, GPS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, stereo Bluetooth and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Read the full press release HERE

This Device looks incredible and sure to make alot of people think twice about buying a 5800. This is all the information I can get my hands on at this time, but be sure to keep your eyes peeled on this space, as we will be posting more as soon as it comes in.

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