Yesterday, Nokia execs teased the world's tech bloggers by saying that they had a big announcement, and were surprised that it hadn't leaked. I'm surprised too - the big announcement is the N97. It's the followup to their brilliant, and ridiculously successful N95, and semi-upgrade the N96. The specs on this baby promise a lot. It'll have a 3.5", 640 x 360 touchscreen display (16:9, not 16:10), a QWERTY keyboard, HSDPA and Wi-Fi, 32GB(!) of onboard memory, a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, "DVD-quality" video capture (eat that, iPhone), and a battery that promises to pump out a day and a half of continuous audio playback. No mention of GPS, but I'd be very surprised if it lacks it. Best of all, Nokia promises an 'always-open' window to the internet and social networking sites. If that integration runs clearly through the phone, it could be very powerful indeed. This is Nokia's answer to the iPhone. The specs certainly win the day, but can they crack the all-important interface? We'll have to wait and see. Nokia N97 (via