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also added a nifty kinetic flick scrolling on the Nokia N97 mini nav that greatly improves web browsing capabilities.

The 3.2 inch display on the Nokia N97 mini is resistive-touch and requires a little more pressure compared to the capacitive touch on similar high end phones like Motorola Droid and the iPhone 3GS. It also comes with Haptic Feedback, , which is the slight vibration you feel when you touch the screen, this translates to a more intuitive experience.

The Nokia N97 Mini has a strong set of specs, a variety of multimedia features that work well, and a solid design. The addition of flick scrolling on the Nokia N97 mini is a big improvement to navigation. The sole chink in the phone�s armor is the S60 OS, which lacks the smooth navigation experience found in similar touchscreen devices.

With a size of 3.2" and a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels, the Nokia N97 mini�s QVGA screen provides up to 16.7 million colours. The phone offers various personalization features such as customizable home screen, widgets, themes, icons, shortcuts, menu, along with customizable provides, ring tones (mp3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA), video ring tones, and themes such as wallpapers, screen savers, ring tones, per-installed themes, and changeable color themes. A variety of personalization features are provided in the phone such as customizable home screen, customizable profiles, ring tones, video ring tones and themes.

Power management is handled by a BL-4D 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery with a talk-time of 430 minutes on GSM and 240 minutes on WCDMA and a standby time of 320 hours on GSM and up-to 310 h on WCDMA. The phone is operable on QUAD band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 bands and WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100 bands. Additionally, there is automatic switching between GSM bands and flight mode as well.

For connectivity, the Nokia N97 Mini has Bluetooth version 2 with EDR, TV out, USB 2.0 (micro USB connector), remote SyncML synchronization, and 3.5 mm AV connector. The phone also has an internal memory of 8 GM and a microSD memory card slot, which is hot swappable up to 16 GB. The phone also supports a wide data network of CSD/HSCSD/GPRS class A/WCDMA, HSDPA, WLAN, TCP/IP support, data modem capability, and MS outlook sync.