It has been a little while since we last heard mention of the Sony Ericsson Vivaz. In fact, it has been since June when the handset was revealed by way of an FCC listing. Unfortunately we are not yet getting an official product release announcement, though we are expecting it to come available with AT&T more »

Nokia has unveiled a new flagship phone during the recent Nokia World 2008 event — the N97, and according to Nokia it is the “world’s most advanced mobile computer.” So, just what is the N97 packing that will make it the most advanced? Well, it seems that Nokia has packed the N97 about as full as they could. To begin with, the N97 has a 3.5-inch touchscreen display with a (16:9) 640 x 360 resolution, a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard and an incredible 32GB of built-in memory with a microSD card slot for added expansion.

Other features of the N97 will include HSDPA, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Bluetooth, a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and video capture, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a TV-out. The N97 will be running S60 5th Edition. With a nice overall feature set, the N97 also has the power to back it up, it will offer up to 320 minutes of 3G talk time and up to 400 hours of standby. Additionally it will also allow for up to 37 hours of music playback and 4.5 hours of video playback in an offline mode.

As for pricing and availability, the N97 is expected to retail for €550 (around $694 US) and will be shipping sometime in the first half of 2009.

Keep reading to check out a few more pics of the Nokia N97…