Nokia N96 Launching soon in the UK

July 14, 2008

n96_music_slide Nokia N96 Launching soon in the UK I have always been a fan of the NSeries range Nokia mobile phones due to their style and their easy to use features. The N96 is the newest addition to the Nseries collection and is set to be one of the best yet. The Nokia N96 can be viewed as the N95’s big brother - it has the features of the N95, but they have been beefed up to make a more powerful device. The biggest change of the N96 can be found with the video and camera capabilities which seem to completely replace the need of carrying a regular digital camera around. The camera runs at 5 mega pixels and has a Carl Zeiss lens. The screen is larger with a 2.8″ diagonal running at 16 million colours with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. A new feature the N96 boasts is the phones ability to work as an advanced television. It acts as a television through its built in DVB-H mobile TV Tuner. DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld) has been approved in the UK as the standard for mobile broadcasting. Over the next few years you are sure to see a new generation of mobile devices boasting this technology, making your mobile phone handset become more then an internet browser and phone. The great news for us is that the N96 is here to lead the way.

GPS is built into the N96 like it was in the N95 but it can now also be used to geo-tag your photos. This allows you to keep a log of exactly where all your pictures were taken. You need not worry about storage space either as the N96 has been built with double what the N95 black version had. 16Gb of data can be stored allowing plenty of space for music, video and photos - that’s approximately 40 hours of video / 12,000 music tracks! The microSD slot (offering further consumer flexibility) builds on the N96’s superiority above its little brother, the N95.

In addition to the built in GPS receiver, with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS), the N96 also offers free downloadable maps of over 150 countries through the Nokia maps application. Millions of locations can be found in minutes along with location details and satellite imagery. Upgrades to these features are available (at additional cost) and would provide the user with multimedia city guides and navigation services for driving (drive - voice guided) or walking (pedestrian optimized turn by turn guidance).

The N96 runs Symbian’s S60 3.2 software along with Feature Pack 2. In this release of the software, Symbian have worked on making things run a lot better. Clearer menu’s, smoother scrolling and more responsiveness is now available. A unique part of the D-pad is the ability to use the edge of it as a “navi-wheel” which is activated by brushing your finger over the chrome edge. Touch sensitive sensors are located in that edge which mean scrolling through menu’s and your media section is far better and definitely more user friendly.

The phone Weighs in at 125g.

Overall a very impressive phone packed full of features. For those of you needing a phone that does it all then the N96 could be a serious contender for you to consider! The phone will be available next month (August 2008). More information can be found at the nokia website. [http://europe.nokia.com/A4797549]