An online retailer has started accepting pre-orders for the upcoming Nokia N97. There's a specific release date now and a price tag to match the N97 rich feature set. We bet all Nokia fans will rejoice to find out that their dream device will hit the stores in less than three months.

The QWERTY-and-touch-enabled Nokia N97 is supposed to hit the shelves at the last day of March over at Play.com online retailer.

The price tag of 480 GBP (540 euro or 720 US dollars) for the dream-come-true phone sounds quite nice and is actually a tad lower than the officially announced suggested price of 550 euro before taxes or subsidies. We've never seen a Nokia phone introductory price go lower than the initial expectations, so it's either the world financial meltdown talking here or the seller is just pulling our leg.

Nokia N97

If you would like to make a quick refresh of the specifications and features of Nokia N97 you can hop to our coverage of the official announcement of the device.

To get a glimpse of the touchscreen Symbian S60 OS that the N97 runs on you can check the in-depth review of its younger sibling, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.