After playing with a few N97’s I cannot help but feel that the lack of a capacitative touch screen is its biggest downfall. These days when I see a stylus with a device, I already see a red flag waving. One thing I do appreciate about the N97 (and almost any high end Nokia) is that the build quality is excellent.
In my honest opinion, I think Nokia should stick to non touch screen phones until they are willing to switch to capacitative screens. This is not a bad thing – there is still a very big market that do not want touch screens at all.