Nokia N96 – Official Release
Posted February 12th, 2008 by Mihnea Boiangiu
Nokia has officially announced today its Nseries superstar – Nokia N96. The phone continues N95 tradition with high-end features and amazing multimedia capabilities. To give you a first impression, I will tell you it has 16GB internal memory, live TV with DVB-H technology and 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens.
The dual-slider could be name the most powerful mobile on the market. Nokia N96 works in the following networks: WCDMA2100/900 (HSDPA) / EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS). It sports a 2.8-inch QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) LCD TFT display and supports multiple video formats. Besides, Nokia N96 features integrated music player, radio and a TV tuner as I told you above. The 5 megapixel camera captures amazing photos at 2592 x 1944 pixels. The phone has a secondary camera for chat. Also it features a built-in GPS receiver, with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS), Nokia Maps application and voice guided car navigation.
The chapter connectivity is also well covered. The mobile has Wi-Fi 802.11 g/b with UPnP support, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 with Micro USB type B interface, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio and Enhanced Data Rates (EDR), 3.5mm stereo headset plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC). It also has an email client with support for SMTP, IMAP4, POP3, MMS, SMS.
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The retail price will be set up at 550 euros before taxes and subsidies. About availability I can say the phone will be ready in the third quarter of 2008. Guys I tell you, this could be the iPhone killer!
