Nokia N96 is in da house; First impressions are here

Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s WOM World was kind enough to lend me the Nokia N96 so I could carry it with myself to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The device is super slick and looks much, much better than its predecessor, Nokia N95 8GB (if that is its predecessor at all). It fits in the hand nicely and it’s quite responsive. I must add here that I still have to install some apps on it and then to evaluate its speed, but if its working like the E71, it shouldn’t be a problem.

Even though it’s a media centric device, I miss the full QWERTY keyboard. That being said, I can’t hide my enthusiasm for the Nokia N97, the first QWERTY keyboard equipped NSeries device.

Back to the N96. As I said, it’s supper slick and its large screen rocks. Too bad it’s only QVGA, as there’s certainly room for higher resolution. HTC Touch Diamond has a VGA resolution on the same-sized screen (2.8-inches).

Anyhow, the idea is not to compare it with the Diamond as it’s a different kind of device, which was released after the N96. Rather, I’ll try to write my daily endeavors with it. In that sense it will be much like my “A week with the Nokia E71″ series. This time the main role goes to the N96.

Finally, before I let you go – if you have any questions about the device, don’t hesitate to drop them in the comments form. I’ll try to address all of them. Thanks!