Life casting will premiere on the new Nokia N97 mini, companion to the successful Nokia N97. To understand the N97 mini, you have to put it into context with the original N97 it’s a “miniaturized” version of. N97 practically epitomizes the difficulty in consumer anticipation, balancing hype, cutting-edge hardware and delivery schedules. The mini n97 compact version of the N97 was announced in Dec 2008 and released in June 2009.
The N97 is 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88cc dimension tipping the scales at 150g, while the N97 mini is 113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm dimension and a weight is 138g. That means there’s less room for the display – which slips from 3.5″ to 3.2″, though sticks at 640 x 360 resolution – but it also means it’s a far more pocket-friendly handset. The NOKIA N97 mini does not have a sliding lens cover, but it does keep the Carl Zeiss optics and dual-LED flash 5-megapixel auto focus camera , together with a front-facing camera for video calling.The A-GPS and GPS are still there in N97 mini, together with orientation, ambient light and proximity sensors and connectivity does not fall short either. the NOKIA N97 mini is packed with Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, microUSB 2.0 connection, WiFi b/g, quad band WCMDA 850/900/1900/2100 and a 3.5mm headphones socket. The biggest change in N97 mini is the removal of the D-pad on the left and the introduction of four regular arrow keys. while the missing D-pad means there is less reaching to be done with the left thumb. Nokia have increased the size of the space bar and the function key is better placed on the far left rather than the far right.
N97 mini does have extensive email account support, including the basic POP and IMAP together with Mail for Exchange. The browser of N97 mini supports full HTML with in-page Flash video, which means no separate application is required to play back YouTube content (among others).

Nokia mini mobile price in India is around 18000/-

The on board 8GB of memory is less than the original N97’s 32GB, but slot in a microSD card and you’ll have up to 24GB to play with. The 5mp camera will also shoot 30fps 16:9 aspect video in MPEG4 640 x 480 resolution, which turned ou o be smooth and reasonably watchable.
As with the NOKIA N97mini there is an FM radio (which requires a wired headset be plugged in) but no FM transmitter. the N97 mini’s home screen is made up of six rectangular widget panels which can be rearranged and edited. Battery life has proven slightly better than what user do expect from a current-generation smart phone, capable of going two days with regular use. Nokia quote up to 430 minutes of GSM talk time (240 minutes of WCDMA) or up to 320 hours of GSM standby (310 hours of WCDMA).

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