What Are The Latest Mobile Phones? Check Out For Nokia N96..
February 3rd, 2009. Published under Cell Phones. No Comments.
The Nokia N96 has a sleek design and has a capability of a multimedia computer. It has tag images which will automatically capture the location and you can upload it directly on the web. You can even browse the internet directly with a large 2.4″ display and can access the web through the wireless local area network and with an automatic hot spot authentication. It has a complete 24- hour music playback time, and using the Navi wheel option available you can access images, music downloads, pod casts and it has a dual mode WCDMA 900/2100 (HSDPA), GSM/GPRS/EGPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, and it can be automatically switched between bands and modes. Has a hot swappable MicroSD memory card support, has a video of VGA which can run up to 120 min, and a capacity based on 3.45 per song with 48 kbps and can store up to 3,400 photos.
Being a successor of the Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N96 has some king-size spec sheet to top and it can’t be accused of not trying. There’s FP2, double the built-in storage and DVB-H. The bloodline is strong but the crown is heavy and ancestral sins will be held against the heir twofold. The modest battery capacity and the downgraded CPU do raise some questions that need their answers. Join us for an out-and-out review of Nokia’s latest top-of-the-shelf offer. Let’s see if it has got the performance to walk in them shoes size N95.
Key features: 1. 2.8″ 16M-color TFT LCD display of QVGA resolution 2. 5 mega pixel auto focus camera with dual-LED flash and AF assist light 3. Built-in DVB-H TV tuner 4. Symbian OS 9.3 with S60 3.2 UI 5. Dual ARM 9 264 MHz CPU and 128 MB of RAM 6. 3G with HSDPA support 7. Quad-band GSM support 8. Wi-Fi with UPnP technology 9. Built-in GPS with A-GPS functionality and 3 months of free voice-guided navigation 10. Dual slide design with dedicated gaming/audio keys 11. Massive 16GB onboard storage 12. microSD card slot with microSDHC support 13. Built-in accelerometer for UI auto-rotation 14. 3.5 mm audio jack 15. TV out 16. Stereo FM Radio with RDS 17. Car charger in the retail package 18. VGA video recording at 30fps 19. USB and Bluetooth v2.0 20. One free N-gage game and Transformers movie preloaded 21. Keypad locking slide key
N96 is in fact the first Nokia handset that ships with a car charger and it’s a neat accessory we appreciate. The pre bundled hands free is a two-piece combo, which means you can easily swap the provided headset without sacrificing the remote control. Nokia providing a car charger with NOKIA N96 Handset, neat accessory we are appreciate. The pre bundled hands free is a two-piece combo, which means you can easily swap the provided headset without sacrificing the remote control.
As the N96 is a slider phone, the 2.8″ screen dominates the front panel. With a resolution of 240×320 and capable of displaying 16 million colors, it looks superb in the majority of situations. The N96 runs the Symbian S60 9.3 operating system with the excellent Feature Pack 2 installed, bringing with it very welcome upgrades to performance and stability, plus a wealth of visual tweaks and the very handy Active Standby screen. Underneath the screen is the usual array of call buttons and softkeys, plus the introduction of a Navi-wheel, which works by moving your finger around the edge of the D-pad in order to move the onscreen cursor.
Transferring and accessing videos is even faster with the high-speed USB 2.0 connection and WLAN and HSDPA support. In select markets, the integrated DVB-H receiver offers live broadcast TV with an automatically updating program guide. The massive memory can store up to 40 hours of video content. The storage capacity of the Nokia N96 can even be further expanded with an optional microSD card, such as the new Nokia 8GB microSDHC Card MU-43 which increases the available memory of the Nokia N96 to a total of 24 GB. For added convenience, the Nokia N96 features a ‘kickstand’ on the back cover that allows for hands-free viewing.
The Nokia N96 naturally supports the Ovi family of Nokia internet services, including maps, music, media sharing and more.