As Symbian Freak reports, some of those attending CES 2009 had the oportunity of handling the Nokia N97, and a number of videos are emerging. The first, from CNET is below and shows a couple of minutes worth of action, including demonstration of the touch screen and screen rotate in action.

This second video shows some nice close ups of the N97, particularly the keyboard and the camera cover, something sorely missing from the N96.

According to Play.com the N97 will be available on 31 March 2009.

Could this be the good folks at Play.com fishing for pre orders? Of course it could, as they got the release date of the N96 totally wrong, but it could also be an indication that Nokia have given major retailers an indication of when the N97 may be released.

In any event for those waiting eagerly for the Nokia N97, the end of March may not seem like as long a wait as they had feared.

Get your ideas on the N97

Nokia have announced a competition to allow YOU to design a widget that will be made available on the N97. A widget is one of the little programs that will run on the front screen of the mobile phone, or as Nokia helpfully describe it: (more…)