Nokia Takes a Jab at the iPhone

If you remember, in 2006, an image of a supposed-Nokia N97 circulated the Net.

The N97 Hoax! Photo from www.jujuo.com
The Hoax in color. Photo from www.bloggism.net

And yes, it looked ugly and dated. Boxy, to say the least. Nothing that hasn't been done before -- better.

Well, thankfully, it was a just a hoax. Yey.

Fast forward to December 2, 2008, Nokia World Conference 2008 ~ Barcelona, Spain: Nokia finally unveiled the latest iteration to its N-Series (the high-end smartphones) ~ Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only, the original N97:

The Original N97, www.engadget.com

And it's everything the technorati (well, most of them) imagined it to be:
Sleek -- with 5 megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard, 3.5-inch (16:9 aspect ratio) touchscreen display (Take that, iPhone!), HSDPA, Wifi, BlueTooth, 32Gb on-board memory, microSD expansion slot... blah blah... Darn too many cool specs!!

Just watch the demo video here by NokiaConversations:

Cool, right?!

N97 is slated for market release by first half of 09.



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