Nokia throws up "pre-order soon" logo on US N97, drives the kids crazy

Thanks to the always revealing FCC, we knew good and well Nokia's painfully expensive N97 had Carolina (and probably the other states, to be fair) on its mind, but now we know the moment of truth is drawing near. As of right now, Nokia's US website has a teaser block informing us Yanks that we'll be able to pre-order this here smartphone "soon." Hitting the link only directs us the European legalese that we've digested before, but surely it'll lead to something meaningful in due time. Patience... it's a virtue.

[Via phoneArena]

[RileyFreeman Posted Apr 30th 2009 11:09AM]

yall need to add will drive the kids broke. wont this thing be like 700-800$

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 11:14AM]

I suspect it will sell more like $599 at the beginning.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 11:30AM]

After the last disappointing processor news, i'm really thinking thinking about a pre order, instead of a preorder.. ;-)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 1:06PM]

I see what you did there.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 7:11PM]

Hmm.. you're one of them thare megahertz/megapixel junkes, are you?

Processor frequency != device performance. (Ask Intel).

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 7:33PM]

@Tor: Well.. you might be right there.. but besides the point that i liked the linguistic joke, i have to admit i've been thinking to get the n97 at preorder, but now i'll probably wait until i've seen some decent review of the retail-version... And the pre is tempting, dont you think?