Nokia N97: Another smart touch "Made in Finland"

Surprise end of the year comes from Finland, where giant Nokia has manufactured top secret still a smartphone - Nokia N97. Although within the series N (multimedia), the new battleship North has physical QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen, so it can be compared without problems range Communicator business device, namely the E90.

Construction of arc-slide reveals by sliding keyboard, like the XPERIA. The keys are large and well spaced, which will bring more comfort to users. We can not say the same about convenience for N97 has separate number keys. The figures are the first QWERTY with letters, and if you want to write a phone number to use the "Sym" or activate typing "123 ...". Another drawback, at least until you get used to it, is placing "Space's" right.

Nokia N97 has been designed for users who want mobile Internet, but Wi-Fi HSDPA and sometimes not enough - you need a large screen and high resolution. In this case, we have nothing to complain: we have the technologies mentioned above and have a 3.5 inch touchscreen 640 x 360 pixels resolution. It's true that E90 is 4 inches and 800 x 352 pixels and weighs 210 grams. No N97 does not appear to be a very slim companion - its the 150 grams and dimensions of 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm make it difficult to pocket. These issues matter less, especially when you know you have the gadget with 32 GB of internal memory and multimedia facilities and complete business.

On Symbian S60 ver. 9.4 are installed several apps already known: Web browser, Real Player, PDF Reader, Quickoffice, ZIP, N-Gage Games, Mobile TV, Photo Sharing, etc.. N97 comes with the new Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch maps specially designed for sensitive skin. The map can be accessed online to find out where certain points of interest, and in tandem with the integrated GPS receiver.

We note in Chapter awards the concept of 'social location' - using data coordinates A-GPS sensors and an electronic compass, the Nokia N97 knows exactly where you are. At your request, it can send information on various social networking sites, all in real time. A novelty is the main screen menu, customizable widgets designed for everything related to online activities: access to the latest news, favorite profiles on social networking sites, video streaming etc..