While Steve and Rafe are working on the full review of the Nokia N97 (initial impressions and multimedia thoughts are already posted), Ewan has been working on a little something for the weekend. An N97p for every AAS reader. Admittedly it's mainly made from paper (hence the p) and has limited electronics in it, but with the judicious use of a printer, scissors and glue, you to can appear to join in the revolution this weekend. See below. You will of course need a Bluetooth keyboard since the N97p doesn't have a sliding hinged qwerty keyboard. We'd be interested to see who can come up with the best "action shot" of their N97 (p) in action, so let us know where to find the pictures!

Download the N97 Papercraft PDF Here

Like all good products, everything starts with a prototype. Here's ours, running an older OS version, and lacking the metal styling and mirror finish of the final product.

Prototype N97 running bootstrap OS (NB: also running OPL, hence Steve's Fairway - ooh...)

Once all the angles and the curves were worked out (and sorry folks, but the sliding mechanism hasn't made it into this iteration, perhaps someone out there would be able to release a v2.0 'paperware' over the weekend?), the styling and traditional Nokia look was added.

 
Detailing the 0.0 megapixel camera and lens cover.

Editor's note: the stripes are - ahem - due to Ewan being Scottish and being too tight to splash out on a new ink cartridge for his printer! Still, if the look proves popular, AAS are considering an N97ps model too, the 'ps' standing, of course, for 'pin stripe'.

Still no capacitive touch screen on the device, sorry. It's resistive, in that it resists any attempt to get it to work....

And here it is in action!

But we're sure that the readers of AAS can come up with some better action shots of the N97p. Can't you? Let us know how you get on.

Download the N97 Papercraft PDF Here

-- Ewan Spence, June 2009.