Nokia N96

published : Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | model : NOKIA N96

Theme : Mobile zone | Smartphone

Nokia's know-how is at its most impressive stage when we take a first look at the just announced N96 smartphone. Impressive, yes, that's the word.

Nokia N95 Smartphone

eBay

400.00 $

CompUSA.com

499.99 $

TigerDirect.com

499.99 $

Global Phone Source

534.95 $

J&R Music and Computer World

649.99 $

Impressive ? yes, 125 gr only and a full bundle of high technology which seems incredible when looked from a couple of years backward : HSDPA mobile phone, Symbian S60 OS, 16 Gb internal storage space, 5 megapixels digital camera with Carl Zeiss lens and double LED flash, MP3 player, video recording at 30 fps in VGA quality and DVB-H mobile TV ! You can even record the TV programs being broadcasted! Of course, regarding connectivity, the N96 offers the full range of Wi-Fi, BT, EDGE, HSDPA 3G+ and so on with a new generation of USB connection said to offer quite high transfer rates.

The design of the N96 remains on the same base as the N95 with a double slide-up keybord : one for phone functions and one for all other PMP functions. But the appearance of the N96 is much smarter than what the N95 had to offer. Its large QVGA LCD screen is a 2,8" and its 16 Gb internal memory can be upgraded with microSD memory cards.Actually, with the 16 Gb of internal memory, you can record up to 40 hours of TV programs. The availability of the Nokia N96 is announced for next Summer 2008.