Slightly smaller than the Nokia N97, the N97 Mini is officially announced today and will be shipped in October next month. Featuring a tilting 3.2″ touch display, QWERTY keyboard and fully customizable homescreen, the N97 Mini also comes with premium content from Lonely Planet/Michelin and supports a new Ovi Service called Lifecasting.

The lifecasting with Ovi is in partnership with Facebook, allows you to publish your location and status updates directly to your account from the home screen of a mobile device. The Nokia N97 mini is expected to begin shipping in October 2009 for an estimated retail price of EUR 450 before taxes and subsidies.

Nokia N97 Mini specification

• WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA), EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• User Interface: S60 5th Edition
• Dimensions: 113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm
• Weight: 138 g
• Display: 3.2 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors, nHD 16:9 widescreen (640×360 pixels)
• 8GB internal memory
• microSD card slot
• 5 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss Optics, dual LED flash
• Bluetooth, WiFi
• GPS
• TV-Out
• 3.5 mm headphone jack

[via slashgear]