Nokia N97 – Combining the Multimedia power of the Nseries and fantastic QWERTY & Battery life of the Eseries!

I’m so excited! Nokia N97 is my dream-phone

One month back I was in a dilemma whether to buy the Nokia E71 for the QWERTY or the Nokia N82 for the Xenon-Flash & 5MP Carl Zeiss Camera.

When I went towards the E71 I thought that it was simply not fair that Eseries users can’t have a good camera, and when I decided for the N82 I regretted losing the powerful 1500mAh battery and QWERTY keyboard. I was also really sad to lose the large 2.8″ screen of my old Nokia E61i. It was a tough decision.

I wished that Nokia could create one phone with the impressive Multimedia capability of the Nseries and the fantastic Full-keyboard & long battery life capability of the Eseries, and they did it! They merged the bounderies that separated the two N & E-series categories and made one device

Consumers demanded, and Nokia listened. They created my perfect phone: The Nokia N97

Plus for the icing on the cake, they also put in 32GB of on-board memory, 1500 mAh Battery, TV-Out,  N-Gage gaming, 16:9 widescreen video-recording and a massive 3.5″ touch-screen display for internet browsing & watching movies!

Engadget.com have an awesome Gallery of Hands-on N97 pics!

Nokia N97 vs Nokia E90 pic from Engadget.com

Currently Symbian experts like Ricky Cadden, aka The Guru, have luckily had a chance to play around with the prototype of Nokia N97 and it has really impressed them. You can read all of Ricky’s initial thoughts on the Nokia N97 at Symbian-Guru.com.

You can see an exclusive video of the N97 in action. Wow the N97 is small & pocketable!

They also have a great must-read article about the N97 being an Nseries with so many “first”s!

Excerpt from Ricky Cadden’s initial thoughts:

“… To sum it up, there’s no reason whatsoever to buy the N96, with the N97 coming to market…

… What’s really remarkable about the N97 is the size. It’s roughly the same size as the Nokia N82, only a slight bit longer. Thickness and width are the same, and they managed to cram that beautiful 1500mAh battery into the back of the phone. When you see the device, specifically in the open position, it’s amazing to think how much stuff is crammed into that little bitty body…

… I know I’ll be waiting for the N97, for sure…” ~The Guru

Blogging, chatting, emailing, reading ebooks, photography, watching movies and gaming are my hobbies, so the Nokia N97 covers 100% of my needs. It’s got all the specifications I wanted, all except the lack of Xenon-Flash. Alright, I know I’m asking for a *bit* too much. LoL!

But let’s see, according to the current leaked “Nokia 2009 roadmap”, a Xenon-Flash phone & more QWERTY devices are on the list, so it’s VERY possible that there could be something even better in store than the upcoming Nokia N97!

So until that time, the Nokia N97 is on my 2009 wish-list..

From the pictures we can see that the Nokia N97 will be available in 2 colours, White and Black. I really like the Black colour