The Nokia N97 is on the top of Nokia’s entire smart phone lineup. It is not only smart, but also the most powerful and the most fully featured phone produced by Nokia. It is also Nokia’s first phone out with a large touch display which alone has raised the expectations of all the Nokia fans, it’s the only reason why the most diehard fans of Nokia now have a reason not to switch to the iphone. A lot of work and thought process has gone into making this phone.
The hardware of this Nseries is solid; hence one can conclude that with the firmware update N97 is definitely without doubt a rock star smart phone. Included in this smart phone are features such as Q3 which can help you add the Skype capability in your phone, and this could help you show your friends online status in your phone book, which is just one of the many updates. With the launch of this phone the firmware updates have improved considerably. Most of those are sent to your phone by just the air and can be installed without having to go through the pains of resetting your phone or having to lose all of your customization or the user data. It’s a lot less painful process than how it used to be.
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Here are some of the features of this phone: The touch display is as big as 3.5â€, it has a 32 GB of internal storage which is huge and also an 18Gb optional storage using the flash card, it has a 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss lens, it has GPS which could help you get around, WIFI and Bluetooth options which is a must today, and the FM radio, nice audio reproduction, has a built in accelerometer, the web browser has full flash and java support. These are just a few noted features of the phone which are advantageous, go ahead and buy your own piece of this cake. Nokia N97 price in India will be around Rs 30000.
Nokia N97 Specifications and Featrures
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:
Sliding tilt mechanism
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:
Transition Black light
White
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
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
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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) 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)*
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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, QCIF (176 x 144 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
5 megapixel with Carl Zeiss optics
Take high quality 16:9 videos
Video capture in MPEG-4 up to VGA at 30 fps
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
QCIF for video calls
Video Codecs and Formats
MPEG-4 Video resolution Up to nHD 640×360 pixels or VGA at 30 fps
Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
Zoom up to 4x
Video light
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) and RDS support
FM transmitter
Gaming
Use the touch UI to play games
The side keys can also be used to control game functions
Guitar Rock Tour game included
Sales Package Contents
Nokia N97
Nokia Battery (BP-4L)
Nokia Travel Charger (AC-10)
Nokia Connectivity Cable (CA-101)
Nokia Wired Headset (AD-54, HS-45)
Nokia Charger adapter (CA-146)
Cleaning cloth
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):
GSM up to 570 min
WCDMA up to 360 min
Standby time (maximum):
GSM up to 430 h
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
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Personalisation
Customisable homescreen:
Widgets
Themes
Icons
Shortcuts
Menu
Ring tones
Personal Information Management (PIM)
Detailed contact information
Calendar
To-do list
Notes
Recorder
Calculator
Clock
Converter
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
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

the Nokia N97 for me is the best phone that i bought. it is definitely a bang for the buck phone. nice features and cool looks
the Nokia N97 is super cool and very stylish. i bought two N97s, one for me and one for my sister. you cant find a phone that is more stylish than N97,
It’s a cul cell. Will it go under 27000?????