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    Nokia's N96 Now Official, Quad-Band and HSDPA

    By Kit Eaton, 4:00 AM on Tue Aug 26 2008, 8,116 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

    After much leaking of information, Nokia's N96 slider cellphone is now official. It's a quad-band, US 3G-enabled (WCDMA) phone with a 2.8-inch screen, 16GB of built-in memory, a 5-megapixel Carl-Zeiss Tessar lens, A-GPS and 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi. The media-player functions of the phone get their own dedicated slide-out keypad, as we knew. It's due out in the last quarter of the year, and pricing is estimated by Nokia at around $810. Full specs are below.


    Technical profile:
    WCDMA 850/1900 (HSDPA)
    GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
    4 x 2.2 x 0.7-inches (local depth up to 0.8-inches)
    4.4 ounces
    2.8-inch QVGA Display (240 x 320 pixels) with up to 16 million colors
    Nokia BL-5F battery, 950 mAh

    Media:
    16 MB on-board memory
    Expandable via microSD slot
    MPEG-4/SP MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
    Up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution
    (scaled max QVGA on device, SDT on TV-out)
    Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30fps
    Flash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in browser
    MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA

    Main Camera:
    Carl Zeiss Tessar lens
    Up to 5 megapixels (2592 x 1944) JPEG/EXIF
    MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 380) at up to 30 fps
    F.28 Aperture
    5.2mm Focal length
    Dual LED camera flash and video light

    Operating Times:
    Talk time Up to 160 mins (3G), 230 mins (GSM)
    Standby time Up to 200 hrs (3G), 230 hrs (GSM)
    Video playback Up to 5 hours (offline mode)
    Music playback Up to 14 hours (offline mode)

    Connectivity & Data Services:
    WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g with UPnP support
    Micro-USB connector, hi-speed USB 2.0
    3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC)
    Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio,
    enhanced data rates
    GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)

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