OMG! Nokia’s real iPhone competitor is the N97!!!1!

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Tuesday, 02 December 2008 19:29

IT Industry - Market

Here’s the first N97 video from Nokia that you should watch, and here’s the second one – they both look very cool indeed. While the touch screen performance looks much faster in the second video than the first, the first video is clearly going to be loaded with existing "pre-release" firmware, so no doubt Nokia is working its butt off to ensure the performance looks as shiny and smooth as we see in the second video clip.

Here are the specs as Nokia has released so far: (PDF Link) 

- Planned Market Introduction: 1st half 2009
- Category: Explore

Internet:
- Easy and fast connections to internet services
- Easy text input with QWERTY keyboard and touch screen
- 3.5 inch sliding tilt display
- Live personalized home screen with widgets
- Up-to-date information via RSS feed
- Fully compatible with Oviservices
- Browse real web pages
- Take pictures and videos and share them immediately

Video and TV:
- Watch high-quality video on the large 3.5 inch 16:9 widescreen
- Video playback at 30 fps, for a wide array of formats
- Play videos, music and pictures on TV using TV-out
- Access internet video feeds through Nokia Video Center

Music:
- Enjoy great audio through standard 3.5 mm jack headphones, built-in stereo speakers or Bluetooth technology
- Digital music player with support for playlist editing, equalizer and categorized access to your music collection
- Search, browse and purchase songs online in Nokia Music Store (for availability, please visit www.music.nokia.com)

Maps and Navigation:
- Nokia Maps with integrated compass and A-GPS receiver
- Multimedia city guides and navigation services.
- Drive: voice guided car navigation, or Walk: pedestrian-optimized turn-by-turn guidance. (Navigation may need to be purchased separately.)

Games: World-class game titles with N-Gage

Technical Profile

- System: WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA),EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- User Interface: S60 5th Edition
- Dimensions: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm*mm (L x W x H) (*18.25 mm at camera area)
- Weight: Approx. 150 g
- Display: 3.5 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors 16:9 widescreen (640x360 pixels)
- Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L, 1500 mAh
- Media Memory: Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board memory,plus 16GB expansion via microSD memory card slot)

- Video playback:
- MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution
- Real Video up to QCIF @ 30 fps
- Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fps
- Flash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in internet browser

- Music playback: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA

- Main Camera Lens: Carl ZeissTessar
- Image capture:Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)
- Video capture: MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30 fps
- Aperture: F2.8
- Focal length: 5.4 mm
- Flash: Dual LED camera flash and video light

- Operating Times
- Talk time: Up to 320 min (3G), 400 min (GSM)
- Standby time: Up to 400 hrs (3G), 430 hrs (GSM)
- Video playback: Up to 4.5 hours (offline mode)
- Music playback: Up to 37 hours (offline mode)

- Connectivity & Data Services
- WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g with UPnP support
- Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
- 3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC)
- Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, enhanced data rates (EDR)
- GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)

No doubt there’ll be plenty more news on the N97 to come. Let’s just hope Nokia can release it closer to the start of Q2 2009 than the end of Q2!