Mobile Phone giants Nokia have been teasing the gadget world at the Mobile World Congress that the new N97 mobile phone will be launched in the UK at the end of May 2009. Since the announcemnet of the “world’s most advanced mobile computer” we have been waiting with baited breath to see when it might just hit the stores. Well it looks like the wait could be finally over.

Nokia promise that it will bring users closer to the Internet on the move than ever before putting put high-speed web access at the heart of its new device, along with one-button, ‘always-on’ access to social-networking sites such as Facebook. The phone also uses a built-in GPS technology to provide location-specific information. The new service from Nokia, called ’social location’, will enable N97 users to update their social-networking profiles with precise details about their location and find nearby friends.

The phone boasts a large 3.5 inch touch-screen, similar to that found on the Apple iPhone, but incorporates a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Challenging the iPhone head on, the Nokia N97 will support Flash video, instant messaging and email on the go. A 5 Megapixel camera is also onboard as well as … (listen for the drum-roll please) a whopping 48GB of memory (32GB plus a 16GB MicroSD Card) - three times the size of the 16GB iPhone version.

Nokia has faced stiff competition from the likes of Apple, Google and Blackberry. However, the Nokia Tube 5800 proved they were series contenders. Lets hope the Nokia N97 lives up to expectations and they can keep their promise of delivering at the end of May.

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Posted by admin on Thursday, February 19th, 2009