Cheap Nokia N97 Mini Deals & Price Comparison

The Nokia N97 Mini as its name suggests is a cut down version of the Nokia N97 smartphone. With a lower price tag the phone is aimed at those who want to stay connected on the go.

The Nokia N97 Mini is a touch screen multimedia phone with a host of features found on its big brother, the Nokia N97. The touchscreen measures 3.2" and is multi-touch sensitive making actions like zooming in and outr of web pages easy. There is also a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from the back of the phone for quick and fast messaging and email.

The Nokia N97 Mini has high speed 3g HSDPA internet and WiFi for web browsing and support for Flash. There is aGPS support and Nokia and Ovi Maps for navigating, a music player with Bluetooth streaming and 8GB of internal memory for storing tracks as well as photos and videos. A 5 mega-pixel camera with Carl Zies lens takes the pictures and there is a TV out for outputting your snaps and video directly to the big screen.

Dimensions

• Side slide with tilting screen
• Dimensions: 113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm
• Weight (with battery): 138 g
• Volume: 75 cc
• Additional size and shape information: Sliding tilt mechanism

Keys and Input Methods

• Full slide-out keyboard
• Cover keys (S60 keys, Menu key, Send/End keys, Clear key)
• Touch screen
• Arrow keys
• Dedicated camera and volume keys

Display and User Interface

• Size: 3.2"
• Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels (QVGA)
• Up to 16.7 million colours
• Resistive touch screen
• Brightness control
• Orientation sensor
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light detector

Personlisation

• Customisable homescreen:
  • Widgets
  • Themes
  • Icons
  • Shortcuts
  • Menu
• Customisable profiles
• Ring tones: mp3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA
• Video ring tones
• Themes
  • wallpapers
  • screensavers
  • ring tones
  • pre-installed themes
  • changeable colour themes

Power Management

• BL-4D 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery
• Talk-time (maximum):
  • GSM 430 mins
  • WCDMA 240 mins
• Standby time (maximum):
  • GSM up to 320 h
  • WCDMA up to 310 h
• Video playback time (nHD, 30 fps, maximum): 210 mins
• Video recording time (VGA, 30fps, maximum): 170 mins
• Video call time (maximum): 120 mins
• Music playback time (offline mode, maximum): Up to 28 h

Operating Frequency

• Quad band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900
• WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100
• Automatic switching between GSM bands
• Flight mode

Connectivity

• Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
• TV out
• Support for local and remote SyncML synchronisation
• High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
• 3.5 mm AV connector

Memory

• MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 16 GB
• Internal memory: 8 GB

Data Network

• CSD
• HSCSD, maximum speed 43.2 kbps
• GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL)
• WCDMA, maximum speed up to 3.6 Mbps
• HSDPA, maximum speed up to 3.6 Mbps
• WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g, maximum speed up to 11Mbps/54MBps
• TCP/IP support
• Capability to serve as data mode
• Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes

Software platform & user interface

• S60 5th edition
• Symbian OS version 9.4
• Voice commands
• FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)
• Automatic UI rotation
• Software updates

Personal Information Management (PIM)

• Detailed contact information
• Calendar
• To-do list
• Notes
• Recorder
• Calculator
• Clock
• Converter

Applications

• Email (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), MMS, SMS, unified editor
• Viewing of email attachments - .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf
• Data: Calendar, Contacts, To-do, Notes, E-mail
• PC Applications: Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Organizer, Lotus Notes

Email and messaging

• Easy-to-use email client with attachment support for images, videos, music, and documents
• Supported for SMTP, IMAP4, POP3, MMS, SMS. Unified MMS/SMS editor.
• Email web widget
• Nokia Email
• Mail for Exchange

Call management

• Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail details per entry and thumbnail pictures
• Speed dialling, voice dialling (speaker independent) and voice commands
• Logs of dialled, received and missed calls
• Conference calling
• Integrated hands-free speakers
• Video calling

Browsing and internet

• Full web browsing of real web pages
• Web browsing with touch control
• Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML MP, WML, CSS
• Supported protocols: HTTP v1.1, WAP
• TCP/IP support
• Visual history, HTML and JavaScript suppprt, Flash LIte 3.0 and Flash video support
• Nokia Mobile Search
• RSS reader
• Support for Nokia Download! to discover, download, and install add-on applications and widgets
• Support for streaming video
• Photos with view by tag cloud, month, album, slide show, and photo editor
• Online Share with connectivity to popular sharing services
• Nokia XPressPrint: direct printing via USB connection (PictBridge), Bluetooth connectivity (BPP) or via aonline printing
• Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)

GPS and navigation

• Integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers
• Compass and accelerometer for correct orientation of display
• Nokia Maps
• Nokia Maps loader application via PC
• 10-day Walk and Drive navigation licence included (some variation by region)*

Camera

• 5 megapixel camera (2584 x 1938 pixels) with Carl Zeiss optics
• Still image formats: JPEG, EXIF
• Autofocus and dual LED flash
• Zoom up to 14x (digital)
• Secondary camera for video calls (VGA, 640 x 480 pixels)

Other

• 8 GB internal memory, expandable to up to 24 GB with microSD card
• High-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity

Image captur

• Automatic location tagging (Geotagging) of images and videos
• Cover Flow change photos with finger motions
• Images automatically taken in the correct orientation
• Store photos on Ovi Share
• Economic sharing to optimise battery and memory use

Video cameras

• Main camera
  • 5 megapixel with Carl Zeiss optics
  • Take high-quality 16:9 videos
• Video capture in MPEG-4 up to VGA at 30 fps
• Video clip length: up to 90 minutes
• Video file format: .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
• Settings for scene, video light, white balance, colour tone
• Secondary camera
  • QCIF for video calls

Video sharing and playback

• Enhanced video centre: central hub for video experiences
• Access to last-played video and easy resume
• My videos: collection of stored videos
• Access to Internet Videos, compatible with RSS feeds, and video podcasts, with direct wireless updates and downloads
• Video directory to discover new Internet Videos
• Support for download, streaming, and progressive download
• Support for Flash video

Video codecs & formats

• MPEG-4 Video resolution up to nHD 640 x 360 pixels or VGA at 30fps
• Video file format: .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
• Zoom up to 14 x
• Video light

Music features

• Comes with Music*
• Nokia Nseries Music Player
• Music Recommender
• Music Store
• Nokia Music Manager (PC application)**
• Music codecs: .MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+
• Music meta-data ID3 tags, album art
• Bit rate up tp 320 kbps
• DRM support WM DRM, OMA DRM 2.0/1.0
• Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz/76-90 MHz), RDS

Radio

• Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz/76-90 MHz), RDS

Gaming

• Use the touch UI to play games
• The side keys can also be used to control game functions
• DJ Club Tour game included

Energy efficiency

• Ambient light sensor, unplug charger reminder, High Efficiency Charger AC-10

In the box

• Nokia N97 mini mobile computer
• Nokia Battery (BL-4D)
• Nokia High-Efficiency Charger (AC-10)
• Nokia Connectivity Cable (CA-101)
• Nokia Music Headset (WH-701)
• User Guide
• Ovi Suite DVD 1.1