Nokia announces Nokia N79 today, it will be available in the 1st quarter next year. It will be the first Nseries touch device and the 2nd Nokia touch device after Nokia XpressMusic 5800.

Technical Profile

  • System: WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA),EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • User Interface: S60 5th Edition
  • Dimensions: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm*mm (L x W x H) *18.25 mm at camera area
  • Weight: Approx. 150 g
  • Display: 3.5 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors, nHD16:9 widescreen (640×360 pixels)
  • Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L, 1500 mAh
  • Media
    • Memory: Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board memory, plus 16GB expansion via microSD memory card slot)
    • Video playback: MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264,up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution RealVideo up to QCIF @ 30 fps Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fps
    • Flash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in internet browser
  • Music playback: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA
  • Main Camera
    • Lens: Carl ZeissTessar
    • Image capture: Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)
    • Video capture: MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30 fps
    • Aperture: F2.8
    • Focal length:5.4 mm
    • Flash: Dual LED camera flash and video light

Press Release

Desktop. Laptop. Pocket: The era of the personal Internet dawns with the Nokia N97
December 02, 2008

Tilting touch display, QWERTY keyboard and personalized home screen – a true mobile computer

Barcelona, Spain – Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N97, the world’s most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5″ touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an ‘always open’ window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Nokia’s flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology – including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds – for people to create a personal Internet and share their ‘social location.’

Press Release: Desktop. Laptop. Pocket: The era of the personal Internet dawns with the Nokia N97
Specifications: Nokia N97 Datasheet
Detailed Specifications: Nokia N97 Device Details