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Nokia N96 ready for American 3G

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 at 5:05 AM

Nokia N96

Nokia has announced that its N96 smartphone is now ready for the U.S. market, boasting the right bands to work with AT&T’s 3G network.

The Nokia N96 is arguably the best smartphone Finnish giant has ever made, sporting a large 2.8-inch screen, 5 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS, 16 gigabytes of internal memory plus a microSD card slot, and “compatibility with a wide range of video formats.” The device runs S60 3.2 (Feature Pack 2) on top of Symbian OS 9.3, allowing users to expand its functionality with any of the third-party apps available.

Not exact release date is known. All we have is “Q4 2008,” when interested buyers will be able to grab the Nokia N96 for an estimated price of $895.

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  • Brian

    I want it !

  • newtype2011

    The N85 will probably be the better for choice for many people, seeing as how it will have a brighter, crisper screen, USB charging, 1200 mah battery, lens cover, and be far cheaper. The N96 is a shameless N95 clone with no real upgrades outside of FP2 and a dedicated audio chip (16GB cards will be released soon).

  • Raj

    I cannot say about the n85 but i did get an n96 and have been test driving it for the past month. Its been simply awesome so far. Best part is i installed the mobile slingplayer (costs $29.99 but given free to nokia n-series owners!!!) and it works phenomenally! Who cares about mobileTV/live TV service when u can simply watch whatever u watch at home whereever u r! The camera and video capture have been great too. I tried stressing it out by doing multiple things at the same time: music, browsing, software updates, etc and it has handled it all well. Having 2 CPUs helps here i suppose.