mash

• Nokia just announced their new smart phone handset, the N97.
• Although not as thin as most of it’s competitors, the N97 boasts a 3.5″ tilting touch screen along with a QWERTY keyboard, and 32GB of memory.
• Jonas Geust, the VP heading up the Nokia Nseries line claims that “the Nokia N97 is the most powerful, multi-sensory mobile computer in existence.” …sounds routine.
• Scoble, who got a chance to play around with the phone claims the Facebook experience on the Nokia to be far superior to the iPhone.  Depending on how you feel about Scoble, you can take the statement for truth or with a grain of salt.  I’ll take extra salt.
• In other news today, Nokia announced that they’ve acquired software company, Symbian Limited, who they’ve been working with since back when the S60 was being developed.  This isn’t a huge surprise as they already owned a decent portion of Symbian’s shares…..now they own them all.
• I’m near positive the N97 won’t come close to the iPhone, but will it give the G1 or the Storm a run for it’s money?

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