Nokia World 2009 started Wednesday in Stuttgart, Germany, and kick things off, the Finnish cell phone manufacturer, introduced several new phones, including Nokia N97 Mini.

As little brother, Nokia N97, a smartphone is not really all that much less than the N97. Mini least 4,4 cm in height by 2 inches wide, 0.5 inches (compared with 4,6 N97’s inches 2.1 inches 0.6 inches) and has a 3.2-inch touch screen tilt. It still offers a full sliding QWERTY keyboard without directional keypad, but judging by the press shots, it looks like Nokia did not do anything about the rickety accommodation space.

Nevertheless, the big news about the mini Nokia N97 is not so much about the physical design, but what lies beneath. Mini will run a new program, which adds a GUI improvements, including more home-screen widgets and flick the scroll, and includes more social networking tools.

One of these tools will Lifecasting with Ovi, which allows users to post their location and status updates directly from the N97 Mini. In addition, the device will come loaded with the new version of Ovi maps on which you can access content from Lonely Planet, Michelin and Wcities.

Other key S60 5th Edition phone includes a 5 megapixel camera, 8 GB internal memory with MicroSD expansion slot, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Unfortunately, today announced version does not support North American 3G bands, but we suspect, Nokia will launch version of the NAM as it is with the N97 and some of its other smartphones.

Mini Nokia N97, is expected to ship in October for an estimated retail price of 450 euros (about $ 640 U.S.). In addition, Nokia announced that it will release a software update and make Lifecasting with Ovi available for N97 in October as well. Other announcements from Nokia World 09 include Nokia X3 and X6 and new services.

Part of the company’s high-end N-series multimedia computer, N97 trumps all previous models with slide out full QWERTY-keyboard and tilting 3.5-inch touch screen (anyone else reminded of AT & T Tilt or Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 ?). Yes, there is a Nokia N810 Internet tablet, but the N97 includes a phone and is designed for the needs of Internet-podkovannyh consumers. ”

For example, the smartphone provides easy access to a range of social-networking sites and web-browser supports streaming video, Flash. N97 Nokia also introduces something called “social location”, which uses the integrated GPS-sensors and an electronic compass to automatically update users’ social networks, or let them share their whereabouts with the help of photos or videos with my friends.

The main screen can be personalized with favorite widget web and social-networking sites. Finally, N97 is fully compatible with Nokia, Ovi Internet services, which include application Nokia Music Store, Nokia Maps and N-Gage gaming platform - although these services are not yet fully run in the United States.

Symbian-based smartphone also features music and video player, 5-megapixel camera with optics Carl Zeiss, as well as enormous 32GB onboard memory, which can be expanded to 16GB MicroSD-card.

Quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) phone worldwide HSDPA-phone capable, but it currently only supports the 900/1900/2100MHz bands (AT & T 3G network operates at 850/1900MHz, while as T-Mobile operates at 1700/2100MHz). There is an integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, however.

Nokia N97 is expected that the ship in Europe in the first half of 2009, an estimated price of 550 euros ($ 695). How UKStory1355 humorously eager reader and astutely observed in our blog yesterday, “It is important for American citizens, we will not see him for 18 months, in any case,” there is no official word on when we will see N97 USA. Heck, we still expect Nokia N96.

Of course, there is always the possibility of buying smartphone unlocked, and who knows? Maybe, Nokia will surprise us.

Obviously, the Nokia N97 takes the KLA to other popular touch-screen smartphone, the Apple iPhone 3G, T-Mobile G1, and Research In Motion BlackBerry storm, but it will be successful? This, of course, has the content and style, take on big boys, but it will go through the Xperia X1, which in the absence of the U.S. carrier and the high price will severely limit its acceptance in the States?

Rightly or wrongly, we believe that the Nokia N97 is a very sweet device, and we look forward to having some personal hands on time with him. Above the video production Nokia N97. I would like to hear your initial thoughts.