NOKIA’S SWISS ARMY KNIFE

The N96 comes loaded with features like live TV and widgets a la Windows Vista, but it runs out of battery a little too soon. The body and finish are not up to the mark either, finds our correspondent
The Nokia N96 has so much packed into it that you will need a few days to know everything about it: 5-megapixel camera with quality lens and autofocus, immense memory space of 16 GB that can be expanded by another 8 GB with a microSD memory card, good quality video and audio playback, a 2.8-inch colour screen, high-speed Internet access with support for downloads and flash video, built-in GPS with free downloadable maps for over 150 countries, even live TV.

The N96 builds on the Nokia N95. It is slightly bigger and heavier but also curvier, with a less confusing keypad. Among the more significant differences are the upgrade of the Series 60 user interface from 3.1 to 3.2, an increase in flash memory from 8 to 16 GB and the introduction of live TV.

Thanks to an internal antenna and a DVB-H TV tuner, the N96 lets you watch television on your phone, but only channels offered by state-run broadcaster Doordarshan. The fun doesn’t stop here. The N96 comes loaded with a generous assortment of preloaded music videos and tracks. The quality of playback, especially video, is very good.

The N96 comes preloaded with a music download application, Nokia Music Store, but this feature isn’t available in India yet. Then there are the games like Tetris, which though exciting, have to be bought online before you can play them using N-Gage.

If you get bored of music, video and even live TV, there is always the world wide web. While the N96 doesn’t have the now-ubiquitous stand-alone Facebook application, the inbuilt web browser allows you to see websites like they would appear on your desktop screen. It has a YouTube bookmark and you can access your favourite videos in either the mobile format or as it would appear on your computer.

Games, videos, TV and websites are best viewed in landscape mode. The screen rotates on its own when the phone is held horizontally. Another interesting feature is widgets—just like those on your Windows Vista desktop—which provide direct access to and information from particular sources online. You can also access more applications at series60.com and other websites but it’s nothing compared to the applications available on Apple’s iTunes store.

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