Dubbed by Nokia as the world’s most advanced mobile computer, the N97 combines a large 3.5-inch touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an ‘always open’ window to favourite Internet destinations.

Friends, social networks and news are available by simply touching the home screen. The 16:9 widescreen display can be personalized with frequently updated widgets of favourite web services and social networking sites. With integrated A-GPS sensors and an electronic compass, the N97 intuitively understands where it is, and makes it easy to update social networks automatically with real-time information, giving friends the ability to update their ‘status’ and share their ‘social location’ as well as related pictures or videos.

The Nokia N97 supports up to 48 GB of storage, including 32 GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16 GB microSD card. This is complemented by extensive music capabilities, full support for the Nokia Music Store and continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days. The Nokia N97 also has a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN.

The Nokia N97 is expected to available worldwide in the first half of 2009.