Nokia Announce a Successor to the N95 - The N96 PDF Print E-mail (will not be published)
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Written by Eddie   
Tuesday, 12 February 2008 10:24
Virtually every smartphone I see out and about at the moment is an N95 so it's successor should be popular.

OK, so it's not a complete move away from the design of the N95, but it's still a looker...

Nokia have also taken the same route to take on the iPhone as Sony Ericsson with their XPERIA X1, namely including every feature known to man...

An integrated DVB-H receiver with programme guide is the big new addition, but it's not lacking anything in the specs list.

Wifi, HSDPA , 16 gigabytes of internal memory, 2.8" screen, GPS, 5 megapixel camera with flash, FM Radio are all present and correct, additionally you can expand the memory further with a microSD card which is a nice touch.

It shares the same dual slider design as the N95, although it is slightly bigger. I personally find the original N95 a little too chunky, so I'm not sure about the extra bulk. But you can't argue with the specifications...

Operating Frequency

  • WCDMA2100/900 (HSDPA) / EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)
  • Automatic switching between bands and modes
  • DVB-H Class C, 470-750 MHz
Dimensions
  • Volume: 92 cc
  • Weight: 125 g
  • Length: 103 mm
  • Width: 55 mm
  • Depth:18 mm, locally up to 20 mm
Memory Functions*
  • 16GB internal flash memory, plus microSD memory card slot (hot swappable) for expandability and flexibility
  • Approximate dynamic memory capacity indication with 16GB storage:
    -Video: 40 hours**
    -Music: 12,000 tracks***
  • 128MB RAM, 256MB system memory (operating system plus dynamic user data area)
Power Management
  • Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5F, 950 mAh
  • Talk time: up to 150 / 220 minutes (WCDMA / GSM)
  • Stand-by time: up to 200 / 220 hours (WCDMA / GSM)
  • Video playback: up to 5 hours (offline mode)
  • Music playback: up to 14 hours (offline mode)
  • TV playback: up to 4 hours (DVB-H)

Display and User Interface

  • 2.8” QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) LCD TFT display with up to 16 million colors
  • User Interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
  • Active standby screen, Multimedia menu
Data Transfer*
  • WCDMA HSDPA 900/2100 MHz with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed DL/UL= 3.6Mbps/384kbps, CS max speed 64kbps)
  • Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4kbps
  • EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296/177.6kbps
  • GPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 107/64.2kbps

Video Center

  • Video center: central hub for video experiences
  • Access to last played video and easy resume
  • My videos: collection of stored videos
  • Access to Internet Videos, compatible with RSS feeds and video podcasts, with direct wireless updates and downloads
  • Service catalog to discover new Internet Videos
Video Codecs and Formats
  • MPEG-4 Part 2 (H.263/SP), up to VGA 30 fps, hardware-accelerated codec, scaled to max QVGA on device screen, or max SDTV on TV-out
  • MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264/AVC), up to VGA 30 fps, hardware-accelerated codec, scaled to max QVGA on device screen, or SDTV on TV-out
  • Windows Media Video (WMV9), up to CIF/QVGA 30 fps, hardware-accelerated codec, scaled to max QVGA on device screen, or SDTV on TV-out
  • RealVideo QCIF at 30 fps
  • Flash video support in browser
  • DRM support: OMA DRM 1, OMA DRM 2, WM DRM
Live TV
  • Broadcast Television (DVB-H) capable
    -DVB-H based mobile TV with internal antenna
    -DVB-H Class C, 470-750 MHz
Browser-based video access
  • Support for download, streaming and progressive download
  • Support for Flash video

Music Features

  • Digital music player – supports MP3, AAC, eAAC+, WMA, album art
  • Playlist editing and sharing
  • Equalizer and visualization
  • Search, browse and purchase songs online in Nokia Music Store – with support for Windows Media DRM protected files

Radio

  • Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz, 76-90MHz) with support for RDS, Visual Radio™ and use of FM radio in offline mode
  • Nokia Internet Radio

More details on Nokia's site

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 February 2008 12:58 )
 

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