N97 Processor Details Revealed

The N97 will soon be upon us and many people are itching to find out all they can about it. Well the good news is that details of the processor have become available, the bad news is that it may disappoint some. For the N97 Nokia have decided to use a single ARM 11 processor with a clock speed of 434 MHz. This does seem a bit low and some were expecting to see a processor packing a bit more punch, something in the 600 MHz region say, which would be comparable with other handsets announced so far this year or even with the E55. It's also worth noting that the processor Nokia have chosen doesn't give the N97 that much more power than it's other touchscreen handset, the 5800, which runs at 369 MHz. Of course clock speed isn't the full story with a handset and we can expect other strategies for ensuring the handset runs smoothly e.g. software optimisation.