UK: N96 incoming for August 08!

Ben Robinson

Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.

• Mr-X

  Well…That’s dissapointing. The Nokia N95 started selling in april ’07 which means that in the 16 months between the N95 and N96 coming to the shops, Nokia have only been able to make a few changes in design and add 1 or 2 new features.

• Chris P

  Mr-X – I agree totally. My contract is due at the end of this month what are N95 early adoptors supposed to do? Most likely I’ll be going for the highest value handset to sell in anticipation of the next decent phone. It seems that Nokia are dropping the ball on this – The N series phones are improving however slowly, the S60 platform needs a hell of a lot of work and very little has been done – that on top of slow development of hardware. The iphone 2 is the only hope of anything interesting coming soon.

• rento

  And who gives? Like Mr-X said only a few features ahead of the N95.. not impressed. Nokia has missed the boat this time, I hope for them that the N95 hype lingers on.

• Zak

  Ben, what about the Samsung G810? Do you have any insider secret release dates on that bad boy?

• Ben Robinson

  14th April – so say zeee Carphone Warehouse website – given they’ve got a specific date, I’d say that was quite likely

  Take a lookie: http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/commerce/servlet/gben-server-PageServer?article=MAIN.UK.INTERNET.THEINSIDER.COMINGSOON.SAMSUNG.SAMSGHG810

  

  Ben

• Andrew

  I’m more interested in the May date for the N78. My old 18 month contract on my N93 just ran out and I’m seriously looking forward to a snappy interface.

• Andre

  Well I really like the N96 it be one awsome good phone but today the N95 8GB rules and be real good price for N95 and also N82 into August