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Review summary: The Nokia N97 is Nokia's flagship device, sporting a 640×360-pixel, 3.5-inch touchscreen. It also has HSDPA, Wi-Fi, A2DP and A-GPS. It has 32GB of memory and a microSD card slot. It's all rounded off with a five-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens.

Pros: Nokia's been at the forefront of mobile phone innovation for years. Or at least it was before the iPhone sauntered in. It's taken a while, but the Finnish phone company's now thrown in its own iPhone equivalent - the all-powerful N97. First up, that ...

Cons: Not too much here, to be honest. If we're being really picky, the secondary function key is hidden away on the right-hand side of the phone. Surely a more natural fit would have been to position it on the left-hand side? Hmm? Also, while this does ...

Verdict: Touchscreens are all well and good, (and the N97's is good) but this handset makes QEWRTY keyboards fashionable again. A superb multimedia phone from the Finnish phone giant with but a few minor imperfections. Here's one in the pips for you, Apple.

Review summary: Faster interface, slide out QWERTY keypad

Verdict: Once we were done with the unboxing, I opened up the phone and had a battery fitted to start up the device. Even with the battery in the phone, the device doesn't feel all that heavy. The Nokia N97 starts up in the traditional 'Nokia Connecting People ...

Review summary: We grill Nokia's long awaited handset

Pros: Full of features, more storage than you can shake a stick at, excellent media playback functionality

Cons: Clunky and outdated Symbian operating system, slightly odd QWERTY keyboard

Verdict: Fantastic piece of hardware, but a missed opportunity to make a great touchscreen variant of Symbian

Review summary: Nokia produced yesteryear's smart phones of choice with the N series, and now it's upping the ante with the N97, which sports both a touchscreen and a full Qwerty keyboard. With the power of the Symbian operating system and a groovy angled screen, ...

Pros: Well laid-out Qwerty keyboard ; access to Ovi Store ; customisable homescreen ; widgets with live updates ; angled screen ; epic 32GB of memory with room for 16GB more

Cons: Bland user interface not the easiest to use ; unimpressive-looking display ; resistive touchscreen ; still some bugs ; no multitouch ; poor battery life

Verdict: The Nokia N97 is another feature-packed N-series powerhouse that somewhat neglects design and usability considerations. With a great Qwerty keyboard but a disappointing resistive touchscreen, we're ultimately underwhelmed by the whole package

Verdict: Packed with features, but the keyboard is terrible and the touch-enabled OS confusing.