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Nokia has announced that on the first half of 2009 their last creation will see daylight... Nokia N97.

This amazing gadget seems to be a hito not only for the well known and nice N series but also for the mobile gadgets market.

Here are some features of the N97

-Easy text input with QWERTY keyboard and touch screen
-Weight: Approx. 150 g
-Display:3.5 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors nHD16:9 widescreen (640x360 pixels)
-Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L, 1500 mAh
-Memory: Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board memory, plus 16GB expansion via microSDmemory card slot)
-Video playback: MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution. RealVideoup to QCIF @ 30 fps. Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fps. Flash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in internet browser (support flash videos wow!)
-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
-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)
-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)

The user inteface is pretty similar to the iphone one but it my humble opinion the N97 interface rocks it pretty much better than the iphone touch screen interface.

As mobile developer, I see a chanllenge comming up for touch screen interface technology as well as the widget age, which I will discuss in another post

Just watch it and decide.

I cannot wait to take some bucks out to get it what do you say?...