If you’re still on the fence about a Nokia N97 purchase, this may sway you one way or another. I mean, it’s important to know how a phone fares when it’s dunked into breakfast cereal. N97Geeks.com has given it a torture test.

Aside from cereal dunking, they try to scratch the screen and the body. The end result is a still almost fully functional and slightly scuffed handset with a broken menu key. So we can only conclude that the phone should survive even the harshest breakfast. Video below

The N97 that Nokia unveiled way last December is hitting stores tomorrow afternoon. Well, at least hitting the Nokia flagship stores in New York and Chicago. If you’re not already in line at one of these two places you might have some luck online as Amazon appears to have some in stock and we would imagine (or at least hope for the sake of all you that pre-ordered) that they will start shipping today or tomorrow as well.

This release from Nokia comes right on the heals of the new and improved iPhone 3Gs announcement and adds some healthy competition to Apple’s reigning smartphone champion. The N97 sports not only a wide touchscreen display but also has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard to add some ease and speed to your mobile …