Nokia N96, Quad-Band and WCDMA

After much information leaks, Nokia N96 slider cellphone is now official. It is a quad-band, US-led 3G (WCDMA) phone with a 2.8-inch screen, 16 GB of memory, a 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss Tessar, A-GPS and 802.11 b / g Wi-Fi. The media-player phone features to get its own dedicated slide-out keyboard, as we already knew. It is due out in the last quarter of the year, and pricing information is not yet available. 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)