Today, history has been made, in the minds of Nokia. At a conference in Spain, Nokia has announced their new smart phone, the Nokia N97. So why is this smart phone getting all the bloggers in a jolt? According to Nokia, this is the real smart phone.
According to Nokia’s blog, the Nokia N97 is ”the world’s most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5″ touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an ‘always open’ window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Nokia’s flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology - including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds - for people to create a personal Internet and share their ’social location.’”
So what are some of the pros that Nokia has over Apple’s iPhone? For one, real video can be played, including flash. It also comes with a 5 megapixel camera (killing the iPhone’s 1 meg camera). The OS has been quoted to be the most powerful OS on any smart phone yet. The Nokia N97 also has DVD-quality video capture, and tons of storage.
The cons? According to Gizmodo, the downsides are ”the N97 is aimed at Europe and Asia first. So big ballers in Moscow and Macau can expect to be toting an N97 sometime in the ‘first half of 2009,’ with a U.S. release (with the appropriate 3G bands) to follow ’soon after.’ In Europe it’ll run a hefty €550 ($695) unsubsidized.”
Time will tell if the Nokia N97 is what literally bridges the gap between the laptop and the phone, but I still think Apple has more power up it’s sleeve.
