To Be Released Nokia N96 Ups the Memory Storage War

Not to be outdone by Apple's recent refresh of the iPhone line to include 16 GB of on-board storage, Nokia is going to release the N96 Symbian OS powered phone to include 16 GB of storage in addition to a traditional microSD storage slot. MicroSD storage is currently available in maximum capacities of 8 GB, but 12 and 16 GB storage are coming soon. This could place the N96 with up to 32 GB of storage with the card utilized.

According to Into Mobile, the device will be released with quadband GSM, but only dual-band HSDPA. HSDPA, the 3G data technology employed, will operate on the 850 and 2100 MHz, but will not have the 1900 MHz band for AT&T in the US.

Full, rumored specs include:

-Quadband EDGE
-Dualband HSDPA 850/2100 MHz
-DVB-H Class C
-92 cc volume
-125 gram weight
-103 x 55 x 18 mm
-16 GB internal memory AND a microSD slot; 24 GB total if you spend an extra $80
-950 mAh battery
-6.1 cm (2.8 inch) 320×240 display with 16 million colors
-3.5 mm headphone jack
-WiFi (802.11b/g)
-AGPS
-5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens that also does VGA video recording at 30 FPS, Dual LED flash that can also be used when video recording!
-S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (Flash Lite 3 enabled web browser included)
microUSB