Digital Compass on the Nokia N97

We just saw an awesome preview video of our favourite mobile phone's digital compass feature.

We already knew that GPS on the N97 enables the device to find your location quickly on Nokia's own mapping software (or on Google Maps). But with most navigation devices, you need to start moving before the map will face the correct direction and you can tell which way is North on the ground, not just on the map.

And along comes the Nokia N97 with a digital compass, so that even when stationary, the phone will rotate the map so that it corresponds to the actual location of roads and sights of interest. This is a fantastic feature, especially for walking using the included mapping software.