Planet N96 has had a hands on look at the N96, and boy did we like what we saw. Although many may be crying out to compare the N96 with its predecessor, the N95, the new phone looks and feels so much more.

The smooth, rounded corners give the N96 a sleek elegance, and the dual slider ends feel reassuringly solid and well built. Indeed the N96 looses none of its elegance with the ends extended; they just fit well within the device. Although not the lightest of phones at 125g, this makes the N96 feel comfortably solid and robust.

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Don’t just take it from us; after all at PlanetN96 we are looking for good things to say about the N96, because, if the truth be told, we want this to be a great mobile.

LordPercy, the noteable and ecentric techy bloggers, have had their grubby mits on a N96, and given it an outing and report…. (more…)

Today will see Nokia unveiling the N96 to the UK at it’s two flagship stores, in London Heathrow Airport (after security so you need to be travelling somewhere!) and on Regent Street, London.

If you can’t get there, then it is available from their online store, or Nationwide from 1 October.

There is also a chance to win a N96, if you fill in the entry form you can get here, but you still need to visit a store to hand the entry form in.

Nokia are launching a video download service, specifically aimed at the N96, called Capsule N96, that will allow the download of ‘mobisodes’ (mini entertainment episodes for your mobile) of exclusive entertainment content.

These free, 96 second programmes, will cover topics such as motoring, fashion, comdey, gadgets and culture. (more…)

Nokia have been at it again, and have created another microsite for the N96, this one - Too Little Space extoling the vitrues of the large memory capacity of the N96.

There is are a number of areas to explore, and a game where you have to collect items to store on your N96 (all within the game of course) - such as music files, video, and pictures.

This shows that even with a hefty amount of files collected, there is still plenty of space left on an N96 for more. Targeted initially at the mobile phone market in India, there seems to be no restriction on who can look around the site and play the game.

Always one to admit when our sources aren’t quite right, our report that the N96 is not to be available on O2, various sources, including N96Blogs suggest that O2 will stock the N96. (more…)

3 Italia have announced price plans for the N96, which see the phone available for free on certain contracts

The phone is also available for €499 or €399, on different price plans.

In the UK, orange have started promoting the handset for free on monthly price plans ranging from £35 a month for an 18 month contract, to £50 a month for a 12 month contract.

Nokia have announced that they will launch the N96 to Australia next Thursday, 25 September, at a media event in Sidney.

Pricing information is not yet available.

Nokia have a new N96 web site based on an spy adventure RPG, using of course the N96.

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There have been fears that the N96 battery would not be up to the job of running such a powerful multimedia device, given that the original N95, with the same battery had these problems.

Nokia had counterd this by saying that power performance had been much improved allowing the smaller, thinner battery to be used. (more…)