Nokia has released the ultimate device for mobile lifestyle. The new N97 combines the high performance multimedia capabilities of Nseries with personal Internet services. The device has large 3.5″ touch display and full QWERTY keyboard.

It is an interesting twist from Nokia to combine touch input with full QWERTY. This has taken place before in the N810 Internet Tablet. The physical feedback from the keyboard is better than what touch displays can provide, so sometimes this is an asset.

N97 can intuitively understand where it is by using A-GPS sensors and electric compass. This information can be used to automatically update status in social networking applications. The user interface can be customized with widgets that download information from web sites and social networking services.

Multimedia capabilities include 5 megapixel camera, support for Share on Ovi photo sharing and Nokia Music Store, 32 GB of on-board memory and support for 16 GB microSD. WLAN and HSDPA provide fast connection to Internet. Nokia expects to start shipping N97 during the first half of 2009. Estimated retail price is EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies. Nokia.

Update: Thursday 4.12.2009

There are couple of demo videos posted by Nokia.
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Video 2.