Babelgum is a TV service and they have just launched a version for the  N96 which in colaboration with Vodaphone gives an alternative free TV service to iPlayer.

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As we predicted towards the end of 2008, the N96 is now available with the Nokia Comes with Music package. At the moment it is only available at the online Nokia store for a sim free cost of £540 - £60 more than the now discounted basic N96 is available for at £480.

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As we know here at Planet N96, the users of the N96 have clear ideas on how the phone should work, how to customise it, and what would make it work better. So who better to tell Nokia how to make the N97 run properly?
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Many people seem to forget that the N96 is a complicated piece of electronics, much more than a mobile phone. So it should be of little surprise that, like any modern computer, it needs updating and tweaking as time goes by.

Agreed, some of these updates seem to have been required a little too early in the short life of the N96, however the two firmware releases seem to have resolved a lot of the early issues. Read the rest of this entry »

Friday fun, courtesy of Nokia and the Bruce Lee n96.

We’re really not sure what is going on here or why ping pong and the N96 go hand in hand. If you can shed any light on it, let us know!

Planet N96 suggested some time ago that the N96 would be perfect for the Nokia ‘Comes With Music’ service, and now it looks like the service may be offered with the handset.

Good news, as it would mean unlimited music downloads to help fill up the 16MB of memory on the N96. Read the rest of this entry »

Whilst rather ordinary - just a drive to work - this video demos the rather cool time lapse photo feature on the N96, with a shot taken every 10 seconds to create a video a couple of minutes long.

What could you do with this feature?

There was some concern when it was first announced that the N96 would not have the SIP client that allowed VoIP direct from the handset.

Nokia said this would not matter because there were other third party applications available that would handle this, and so there are. Read the rest of this entry »

For all those waiting for the firmware update for the N96, you will be pleased to hear it is now available (at least in some areas) for download via NSU and OTA (Over the Air for the uninitiated, available by pressing *#0000#). Read the rest of this entry »

Nokia are releasing a limited edition Bruce Lee N96, especially for the Hong Kong market.

There is even a Bruce Lee doll in the package.

The Bruce Lee Nokia N96 costs 8,788 Chinese yuan (about $1,286)