The Nokia N96 seems to be the epitome of an all-in-one. It has a nice, large 2.8-inch QVGA screen that displays up to 16.7 million colors. Stereo speakers are built-in for audiophiles, as well as a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack. It will let you connect to all the right places using a Mini-USB port, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, WiFi, HSDPA, and DVB-H TV Tuner. It’s got a whopping 16GB of internal memory and that can be supplemented with up to 16GB MicroSD cards via the previously mentioned Mini-USB port. And it’s got a 5-megapixel camera like most other top-notch camera phones currently available. Now although these are all a bunch of really great features, I have to say something’s missing. And that, my digital camera loving friends, is the Xenon flash. Don’t you agree?

Perhaps this is the one thing that can bring the Nokia N96 to “the next level” and a member at the Esato forums almost confirms that this wish will be granted by Nokia. In a forum post, user Daedalus85 says:

“Ok, this isn’t official news, but it’s as official as I can get. Our Nokia rep, who think’s we’re great told me something intriguing today. He’s said the N96 hasn’t been given the complete green light yet (I’m guessing Nokia wanted to get something that resembles the real thing out in time for MWC). And the delays are due to them adding (at the last minute) a Xenon flash, ala N82!”

He further comments that this actually fits the situation nicely, since Nokia is taking its time in delivering the highly-anticipated Nokia N96. Perhaps they’re still deliberating what other features to include in it, such as the rumored Xenon flash. I can’t say how many Nokia fans are going to go nuts over this, but I’m quite sure there’ll be a lot of them.

Via [Just Another mobile phone Blog]

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