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Review summary: It's been said that good things come to those who wait. We did wait for six whole months after the Nokia N97 was announced during Nokia World in December 2008. Thankfully, the wait is now over, and today we bring you the full review of Nokia's ...

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Review summary: Touch screen Full QWERTY keyboard 32GB of internal flash memory 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS 5-megapixel camera Tags: Smart Phone, Video, Touch Screen

Pros: Touch screen Full QWERTY keyboard 32GB of internal flash memory 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS 5-megapixel camera

Cons: Touch user interface isn't well integrated and can be inconsistent and confusing Resistive rather than capacitive touch screen

Verdict: Although the Nokia N97 is packed with features, its clunky touch interface, sky-high price tag and outdated operating system make it hard to recommend when there are better touch-screen smartphones on the market.

Review summary: Although the Nokia N97 is packed with features, its clunky touch interface, sky-high price tag and outdated operating system make it hard to recommend when there are better touch-screen smartphones on the market.

Pros: Touch screen, Full QWERTY keyboard, 32GB of internal flash memory, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS, 5-megapixel camera

Cons: Touch user interface isn't well integrated and can be inconsistent and confusing, Resistive rather than capacitive touch screen

Verdict: It's great to finally have a touch-screen that can play up on all the capabilities of the N series, but we feel that Nokia didn't quite take full advantage of the situation. For one thing, the N97 could have benefited from a capacitive touch screen — ...

Review summary: The Nokia N97 is Nokia's latest flagship N series phone and the second Nokia to have a touch screen and S60 5th Edition (the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was the first by several months). At $699 list, the N97 costs about twice as much as the 5800 and as ...

Pros: Excellent camera, very good customizable home screen widgets, unlocked for use with any GSM carrier. Excellent voice quality and good volume in calls. Superb slider mechanism and overall good build quality, though not as ritzy looking as Nokia's metal ...

Cons: Touch experience isn't quite there yet with some inconsistencies, expensive, sometimes runs out of memory if you don't keep track of and manage running programs. Streaming YouTube video still takes a long time to launch and seems to tax the phone's ...

Verdict: When the Nokia N97 was announced in January 2009, it looked awesome. Six months is an eternity in the world of technology, and now it looks like a fine phone and an easy choice for well-heeled Nokia S60 fans but it's no slam dunk for those who are ...

Review summary: On paper, the Nokia N97 looks as if it could rival the other big phones of this summer - the Palm Pre, the Apple iPhone 3G S and T-Mobile's follow-up to the Android-based G1.

Verdict: In common with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the Nokia N97 is a really cool phone that can do a lot, but the features just don't come together as seamlessly as in other smartphones on the market. The Symbian OS doesn't simply need an update; it needs ...