Nokia N96 UnOfficial Blog. N96 review, N96 Pictures, N96 Price, All you need to know about Nokia N96

There has been a lot of debate over when Nokia N96 will be launched, well that debate is now over, its officially launching in August 2008. Now people are debating over Nokia N96 Price.

 After talking to some sources in Mobile Phone industry, we got to know that Nokia n96 price could be in the range of $700-800. Car Phone Warehouse in UK has already confirmed that they would offer Nokia n96 in early August.

 Hopefully Nokia can release N96 on schedule at N96 price tag of $700-$800.

Nokia is predicting that they will sell 35 million GPS phones this year, which includes the much awaited Nokia N96.  This prediction indicates that GPS and navigation/location services will play an important role in N96.

We all know N96 has some great added features to its predecessor N95 such as Quadband EDGE, DVB-H Class C & 16Gb Internal Memory. On top of this an in-built GPS on N96 would be great.

Nokia has been extremely active at adding GPS into their latest N series phones     including  N95 and N82.

Nokia recently acquired of Navteq (a leading GPS system manufacturer).

We are wondering how this would come into play in N96 GPS system. Nokia has not made it abundantly clear how it will bundle Navteq’s services into its own, especially given that it already has a branded Maps application of its own.

Lets quickly look back to the GPS used in N95. Hopefully more details are out soon on N96 GPS system.

The Samsung G810 was announced at the Mobile World congress is making waves. People have already started comparing it with Nokia N96.

People believe Samsung G810 has significant features and has capability to give touch fight to Nokia N96 which is all set to be launched in August 2008. The Nokia N96’s main new DVB-H feature might not work in all countries. It depends on your mobile operator. If uour mobile operator can stream content, DVB-H is a great addition to N96. Overall N96 still looks upbeat over other phones        coming up  in the market.

However we can’t ignore Samsung G810. We got a video of Samsung G810 from  Mobile World Congress.

Samsung G810 Video

Nokia N96 Video

According to UK retailer The Carphone Warehouse, Nokia’s N96 - which it announced at the Mobile World Congress is expected to launch by August 2008.

As we discussed earlier, N96 is the predecessor of N95 potentially replacing the current 8 GB version of Nokia N95, bringing the styling up to date with Nokia’s current range as well as adding DVB-H mobile TV, a dual-LED flash and clever kick-stand to prop up the handset while watching TV and video.

That’s actually a good news for N95 buyers, as the launch date of n96 comes closer, N95 will eventually become even cheaper.  We must agree that Nokia N95 was the most perfectly built phone by Nokia till date. Lets keep Nokia n96 for a surprise till august 2008.

Nokia N95 has it all, You name it you can do VOIP on N95, you can use SIP (session initiation protocol). We assume all the functionality related to VOIP and SIP will continue to be maintained with same ease in Nokia N96.

N96 should be VOIP / SIP compliant and popular Mobile voip operators such as Fring ,  Truphone should extend their reach to Nokia N96 pretty soon enuff. So by september, VOIP on N96 should not too hard to target.

Lets look forward to August 2008. We at The Nokia n96 will keep you updated with the latest news and happenings about this cool new gadget coming along your way.

At the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Spain Nokia launched their latest Mobile handset N96, the upgraded version of N95. N96 is a feature packed version of Nokia n95, with full optimisation for Video and TV.

 With a large 2.8″ screen, 16 gigabytes of internal memory and support for high-quality videos in a wide range of formats, the dual-slide Nokia N96 represents an exciting new chapter in mobile media.

We got some a quick feature list from the Nokia guys:

• Quadband EDGE
• Dualband HSDPA (850/2100 MHz)
• DVB-H Class C
• 125g
• 103 x 55 x 18 mm
• 16 GB internal memory AND a microSD slot
• 950 mAh battery
• 2.8 inch 320×240 display with 16 million colors
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• WiFi (802.11 b/g)
• A-GPS
• 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
  VGA video recording at 30 FPS
  Dual LED flash
• S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (Flash Lite 3 enabled web browser included)
• microUSB

Wow, 16 GB Internal Memory. That almost fits your entire photo collection till date with some more space to do amateur video recording.

Nokia N96 Release Date

Officially speaking Nokia’s press release says, “Nokia N96 multimedia computer is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2008 with an estimated sales price of approximately 550 euros, before subsidies or taxes.

Nokia seems excited about their new offering. “The Nokia N96 we introduced today builds on the success of N95, further enhancing the experience,” says Jonas Geust, who oversees Nokia’s Explore category.

The Nokia N96 supports common video formats including MPEG-4, Windows Media Video and Flash Video, making favorite videos easy to view. 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.

For a superb music experience, the Nokia N96 features media keys, a 3.5 mm headphone connector and built-in 3D stereo speakers.

So all Nokia fans, keep a watch on this coolest gadget coming your way in the 3rd quarter of 2008. Keep your wallets hot enough to buy this glory.