Nokia N97 Mini now has a Gold Edition! It got released earlier today and costs €625 or $850 (approx).

Thanks to Unwiredview for the info:

The N97 mini Gold Edition is dressed in 18-carat gold and comes with apps like “ELLE 360Fashion”, which should help fashion lovers follow the latest trends and news.

Other than that, the Nokia N97 mini Gold Edition has the same features the regular edition includes: 3.2 inch touchscreen display with 360 x 640 pixels, full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, HSPA, GPS, Nokia Maps, 3.5mm headset jack, 8GB of internal memory, and a 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash.

Gold Edition will be available across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

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Just a short note to let everyone know that the next n97 firmware update will be in mid december. Got this from a Nokia employee with userid xbungle @ nokia support forum.

Dear updaters

Here’s the latest update on the N97 2.0 software status.

Using your PC to update
We have created new support content to help you have the smoothest update experience, and to help you get the most out of your device. See the Nokia N97 support pages for more details.

Software availability
We published an additional 60 variants this week.

Software roadmap
I can now confirm that the next release for the Nokia N97 is planned for mid-late December 2009. At this stage I cannot tell you exactly when it will be available, what it will contain, or which variants and operators will approve it.

Regards
xbungle

Most people i know are pretty happy with the last update even though there have been some issues. The new update would most probably fix all those bugs, not expecting anything major.

More details, as and when we get it. follow us on twitter – @nokian97blog