Update: Nokia N97 has been announced for real

Post updated on Dec.08.2008

There was a rumor flying around web 2.0 that Nokia will release latest N-series phone N97. Surpassingly some of them even published pictures too. A lot of articles are flying around too (this is just an example). According to this rumor this N97 will have-3-inch display, 5-megapixel camera with 20x zoom, miniSD expandability and 20GB of internal memory etc. So what is wrong with this story? A lot actually, if you just go through in some research. Nokia’s officially announced upcoming N91 will have 8GB internal memory, which would be the first symbian phone with that much storage. Since that phone is not yet out it will be very unlikely Nokia will put out another N series device with 20 GB? and 5 Megapixel camera? come on they make phone not super communicator:D

Anyway that will be why logically its not possible. More surprise for you guys, since now i found the confirmed proof that this was just a stealing content and mispresentation case. Nokia have a developer discussion board where a user name JVSmonte proposed(2006-09-30) a Nokia Model design and presented a Photoshop image of what his design would look like. That is the image circling around the net, and that is the one people turned into a possible phone release. JVSmonte’s proposal to Nokia:-

I don’t really know where to put this thread so please move it if I placed it in the wrong section (Or delete it if it violates anything).
I have a suggestion for an upcoming Nseries model… Probably N97… Featuring 3″ screen, **GB, 3D stereo speakers and I don’t know what else to put there…
Here’s a photoshop image by me.

And he added the picture bellow this post in his suggestion to Nokia. I think everyone of us is watching this same picture with some background change from all over the net. I truly do not understand why don’t people do some research before come into a decision, probably this is the one of the biggest Tech Hoax of this year:D.

[tags]Nokia N97, Hoax, Rumor, N 97, smart phone, Symbian phone [/tags]