Joining the surge of smartphones with quickly evolving standards is the Nokia N97. It was unveiled today at Nokia World 2008 in Barcelona, as the conference’s centerpiece.

The top line is that it has 32 Gigs of memory, DVD quality video capture, a 3.5-inch touch screen, and it’s the first N-series phone to have a QWERTY keyboard. Upon first glance it resembles the Google Android-based G1 in some ways, with some more advanced features and elegant design.

A closer look is forthcoming and CrunchGear has more specs and pics. Nokia also provides a video here.