Nokia needed a high-end phone to limit Apple’s raid of market share in the smartphone. That device was announced today and while there was very little information on the specifications of this new phone, called N97, it is clear that it will take the iPhone’s goal to be a great Internet and communications device as well as the term “smartphone” to a higher level.
It has taken Nokia some time to figure out how to deploy its resources to answer the success of Apple’s iPhone. Apple improved existing smartphones by extending the use of a traditional form and created the very first device to enable a convenient Internet browsing experience in an attractive shell. Nokia uses that very same approach and tries to eliminate obvious iPhone weaknesses.
Nokia’s N97 puts Apple iPhone on the defense 
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