Thursday, February 14, 2008

Nokia N96 goes official

Nokia has made an official announcement of the N96 smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2008. This is an heir of the N95, but looking like the N81. Like the predecessor, the new Nokia smartphone comes in a two-way slider form: the bottom part reveals a numeric keypad, while the top one hides the media player buttons. The company positions the N96 as a multimedia PC optimized for video and TV watching. There is the support of Ovi services. The smartphone is expected to be shipped in 3Q 08 at the recommended retail price of €550.


The specs of Nokia N96:

  • Standards - GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and WCDMA/HSDPA 900/2100 MHz
  • Platform - S60 3rd Edition FP 2
  • Display – 2.8” QVGA, 16M colors
  • 16 GB of onboard memory
  • microSD-slot
  • Media player (MPEG-4/SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, RealVideo, Windows Media (WMV9), Flash Lite 3.0, MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA)
  • 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, video capture at VGA resolution, 30 fps (double LED flash active at video shooting too)
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.0 EDR (A2DP stereo profile)
  • Integrated GPS-receiver with A-GPS
  • DVB-H Class C
  • microUSB-port
  • TV-out
  • FM-radio with RDS
  • Battery - 950 mAh
  • Talk time – up to 150 minutes (3G) or up to 220 minutes (GSM)
  • Standby time – up to 200 hours (3G) or up to 220 hours (GSM)
  • Playback time – up to 5 hours (video), 14 hours (audio) and 4 hours (TV)
  • Dimensions – 103x55x18 mm
  • Weight - 125 g

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