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Earlier today at a conference both Nokia and Vodafone confirmed a release date of June 26th for the UK. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, for those who were hoping for an early release. Though it's still rumored the US could see the N97 as early as June 2nd.

Earlier in May, when Nokia opened their doors for pre-orders, it was quickly noticed that Nokia's UK website didn't list a stylus in the box contents. Today Nokia confirmed that the UK version will not come packaged with a stylus, which will make handwriting recognition somewhat difficult. 

Vodafone also stated they'd initially be releasing the handset in black only and will be bundling MD-8 speakers with the handset. 

The impression I got from the Nokia rep, was that the N97 will be released only in black on all UK networks. This is apparently dependent on demand. Though I have a sneaky suspicion white is going to initially be a network exclusive to o2 perhaps?

In addition the N97 will NOT ship with Skype. Though being symbian driven, it's likely to come in the near future. Whether or not networks will allow for Skype usage on their networks is another thing. www.darlamack.com

 

In addition the onscreen virtual qwerty keyboard is said to be missing from the n97.

Earlier today at a conference both Nokia and Vodafone confirmed a release date of June 26th for the UK. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, for those who were hoping for an early release. Though it's still rumored the US could see the N97 as early as June 2nd.

Earlier in May, when Nokia opened their doors for pre-orders, it was quickly noticed that Nokia's UK website didn't list a stylus in the box contents. Today Nokia confirmed that the UK version will not come packaged with a stylus, which will make handwriting recognition somewhat difficult. 

Vodafone also stated they'd initially be releasing the handset in black only and will be bundling MD-8 speakers with the handset. 

The impression I got from the Nokia rep, was that the N97 will be released only in black on all UK networks. This is apparently dependent on demand. Though I have a sneaky suspicion white is going to initially be a network exclusive to o2 perhaps?

In addition the N97 will NOT ship with Skype. Though being symbian driven, it's likely to come in the near future. Whether or not networks will allow for Skype usage on their networks is another thing. www.darlamack.com

 

In addition the onscreen virtual qwerty keyboard is said to be missing from the n97.

Comments

[Susan]

I have just pre-ordered the Nokia N97 from http://www.MobilePhonesDirect.co.uk and got the handset for free and the monthly contract I went for is only £39.15 per month. I get free minutes and texts and also calls to landlines are free. Have a look, they have got quite competitive deals on there.

[franky]

Skype im sure will finds its wayy on there.. (non O2/Vodafone branded firmware)
Lack of stylus although probably not critical, does seem like a money saving route from Nokia, but then again with a phone that you pay that much for leaving out the accessories just looks bad.

[dani2xll]

Nokia had said that the stylus would not be enclosed and most users thought it would only be asia that would have it. I bought my n97 in the nokia flagship store and it had the stylus and to-date this seems to be the case in the majority of purchases.