Nokia N97 is a touch screen combining phone and "mobile computer" in the Nseries of smartphones by Nokia, with a fold-out QWERTY keyboard.
Announced on 2 December 2008,the N97 is Nokia's second touchscreen phone (after the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic) that is based on Symbian OS with the Nokia S60 platform.
The Nokia N97 was released in US flagship stores on 9 June 2009 and on 26th June 2009 was released worldwide. In September 2009 it was reported that two million N97 handsets had been sold in three months following its release.
N97's come shipped with trial versions of Quick Office, Adobe reader, Boingo and JoikuSpot Premium as well as Nokia's own Ovi Maps and Ovi store. Since the initial software has had mixed reception, a new, improved 2.0 software with kinetic scrolling is available for download since November, 2009. Delays to the release of the N97 firmware in the
Informal tests have shown that the battery can last nearly two days despite regular use of the phone's various features.[11] Nokia quote the following claimed operating times
Talk time: Up to 6.0 hours (3G), 9.5 hours (GSM)
Standby time: Up to 17 days (3G), 18 days (GSM)
Video playback: Up to 4.5 hours (offline mode)
Video recording: Up to 3.6 hours (offline mode)
Music playback: Up to 40 hours (offline mode)