People have been talking about the rumoured N97 Mini for some months now. Back in July pictures emerged showing the N97 next to what appeared to be a smaller version of itself. More information has been quite scant about the baby N97 until a French website just released new images of the device. The new images give a glimpse at what may be the reality of the N97 Mini and the French website also offered some indication of specifications.
Like the N97 the N97 Mini will run on Symbian S60 5th Edition and will come with the same slide out QWERTY pad only on a smaller scale. The screen has been scaled down a notch from 3.5″ to 3″ and the internal memory will be a smaller 8 or 16GB compared to the N97′s 32GB. This scaling down of specifications should also result in a reduction in price which will come as good news for fans of the N97 who are not big fans of its hefty price tag.
In other news more information has emerged about another Nokia phone that could eclipse interest even in the Nokia N97 Mini. The new N900 is a tablet-style handset that also features a slide out QWERTY pad much in the style of the 
N97. Like the latter phone, the N900 will also come with 32GB internal memory and also a 5 megapixel camera is thought to be included. The main area of interest with the N900, however, is that it will see Nokia making a departure from their favoured OS, Symbian, and instead making use of Maemo 5.
The N900 appears to be in the latter stages of development and Nokia will most likely make an official announcement in the next few weeks. As interest in the phone is already growing steadily it could look to be one of the most successful releases of the year and is expected to be available sometime in Q4.
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