The Nokia N97 Mini - Could it be the Mobile Device of the year for 2009?
Written by LBSzone
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Many users could make the point that the Nokia
N97 mini is the "device of the year" for 2009. This awesome device from
Nokia picks up where the original N97 had short-comings. Could is
possibly be considered the device of the year? Indeed it could! See
details below and judge for yourself
The Nokia N97 mini is all about
people expressing themselves whatever they do, whenever they choose,
wherever they are - with richer content such as photos, videos and
location information using social networking and sharing sites as well
as calls, texts and emails.
N97 Mini Device Features
Lifecasting with Ovi: Facebook widget on the home
screen that detects your location, and lets you update your status or
profile, add a photo, or share nearby points of interest and lots more
things you love to do on Facebook. Download the Ovi Lifecasting datasheet
Personalized home screen - build a completely personal suite of internet services on your mobile, by downloading and adding widgets to the home screen
Enhanced Ovi Maps experience - turns the Nokia N97
mini into the worlds smallest mobile travel companion. Now you can get
a 5-day Weather forecast for your location - plus dynamic access to
premium editorial content from Lonely Planet and Michelin. Searching,
finding and navigating is easier than ever using My position combined
with Favorites, Drive and Walk functions. Read all about it in the Ovi Maps datasheet
Ovi-enabled giving easy access to applications and
services from the Ovi Store, and fully compatible with services such as
Ovi Contacts, Ovi Files and Ovi Share.
Excellent internet: Fast and easy access with
built-in Flash player. Take pictures and publish them immediately on
Ovi Share, Facebook, Flickr or other sharing sites. Watch web videos in
widescreen on the brilliant 3.2-inch slide-and-tilt 16:9 display.
High-end music player: discover and buy music from
the Nokia Music store, edit playlists on the go. Fine-tune the music
with the built-in equalizer, and listen over Bluetooth or through the
standard headphone jack.
5 megapixel high-end camera: Includes Carl-Zeiss Tessar lens, dual LED camera flash and video light.
Storage space to spare: Ships with 8GB on-board memory, expandable to 24GB with MicrosSD card
Easy email and messaging: Simple 3-step email
set-up and allows you to combine all your in-boxes into one. Supports
Nokia Messaging, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and most
other POP3/IMAP email clients. Great for instant messaging too - tap it
all out on the touch-screen or the QWERTY keyboard. Supports Nokia
Chat, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo Go! and others.
Nokia N97 mini Device Specs
Dimensions: 113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm
Weight: 138 g
Display: 3.2 inch TFT nHD 16:9 widescreen (640 x 360 pixels) with up to 16 million colors
Camera: 5 megapixels with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens; autofocus and flash
Video capture: MPEG-4 VGA (640x 480 px) at up to 30 fps
Video playback: supports RealVideo and Flash
Lite 3.0 with PAL/NTSC video-out
Music playback: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA
Built-in GPS with A-GPS support
3.5mm AV connector for stereo headphone jack
Memory: 8Gb internal memory with MicroSD expansion slot up to an additional 16 Gb
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