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The Nokia N96 was highly anticipated as it was touted as the successor of the Nokia N95. The N96 does live up to it’s anticipation with its sexy, glossy-black finish, under-lit keys, mobile TV, and fantastic optics.

Key Features

Memory:
The N96 is fully loaded with a 16 GB Flash memory apart from a microSDHC memory card slot, (where you can fit 8 GB memory card for a total of 24GB of storage), 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB of system memory.

Display and User Interface:
The screen size is 2.8 inches and is slightly bigger than the N95 with QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) LCD TFT display with up to 16 million colors. It comes with S60 software on Symbian OS, which enables powerful multitasking facility.


Dimensions:
Nokia N96 has a dual slide design, weighs 125 gm and is of the size 103 x 55 x 18 mm. The phone, though compact, makes one feel it is slightly heavy. One of the features provided is the kick stand on the back of the handset. This will be of great use in one is engaged in watching a match or other events in a television and would not like to hold on to the phone all the while. It can be rested upright on a table or other supports.

Camera:
Like the N95, the Nokia N96 has a highly capable digital 5 MP camera (2592 x 1944 pixels). The Carl Zeiss optics Tesser lens is crystal clear and features auto focus, and auto exposure. The dual LED camera flash, video light, recording indicator, auto-focus assist light. Has settings for scene, flash, sequence, self-timer, color, white balance, contrast, exposure compensation and guides.

The N96 has a video camera as well - the secondary camera - which can capture video in MPEG-4 up to VGA (640 x 480 pixels) at 30fps. The Digital Video Stabilization ensures shake-free capture of moving video footage, with clarity. The video clips captured can be stored, edited, shared, deleted or even transferred to other compatible devices.

It is quite possible that the N96 phone can replace the need for another digital camera to capture special and memorable events in the family!

Music:
Nokia N96 comes with a digital music player and supports MP3, AAC. eAAC+. WMA album art. It has facilities for playlist editing and sharing, equalizer and visualisation. The FM Radio (87.5-108MHz, 76-90MHz) with support for RDS, Visual Radio and use of FM radio in offline mode. The audio equalizer will enhance the experience of music quality being played/listened to.
Navigation:
The built-in GPS receiver enables the user to operationalise the navigation system. Free downloadable maps of over 150 countries and location details, are available for use.

Other Features:

Messaging:

Features included for SMS, MMS, instant and picture messaging and E-mail (IMAP4, POP3, SMTP) with attachments

Browsing:
Nokia mobile phones web browser supports both HTML and JavaScript. RSS reader facility provided.

Connectivity:
WLAN – IEEE802.11 g/b with UPnP support
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 with Micro USB type B interface
3.5mm stereo headset plug, TV-out support (PAL/NTSC)
Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio and Enhanced Data Rates
Nokia N-series PC Suite connectivity with USB and Bluetooth wireless technology
Operating Frequency: WCDMA2100/900 (HSDPA) / EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)

Battery:
Nokia Battery BL-5F, 950 mAh
Talk time: 2.5 hours/3 hours 40minutes (WCDMA/GSM)
Stand-by time: Up to 200/220 hours (WCDMA/GSM)
Video play back: Up to 5 hours (offline mode)
Music playback: Up to 14 hours (offline mode)
TV playback: Up to 4 hours (DVB-H)

The N96 has a talk time of just 2.5 hours and with a plethora of other features which are power consuming, is likely to make users charge the battery more often. This will definitely be a big botheration for the user.

The Nokia N96 is priced at about USD 800 or INR 35,000 which seems to be on the high side, when compared to the features and utilities in Nokia N95 and its price.