N96 available for 34,999

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finally.. n96 is available for 34,999... though some dealers say it's dependent on dealer to dealer..

if you r in del... u still nd to wait though

they say short on stocks, will be better after friday...

but no such prblm in chennai, bangalore and mum ..

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dis out of stock thingy sounds familier.. hope its not a mktng gimmick

^^ Stock has never arrived and it's already out of stock

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finally, i got mine. toying with it, will post abt my first impressions.

whatever said and done.. its fully loaded

u bought a phone for 35k... dear.....

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i have seen discussions off and on this, but i am not clear.
does n96 have 3d accelerator or not? any clue

mohitsuri50 said:
i have seen discussions off and on this, but i am not clear.
does n96 have 3d accelerator or not? any clue

Shocking, it doesn't have HW 3D acceleration. :shock:

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yeah N96doesnt hav H/W acceleration

^^ There is not much games which are making use of hw 3D accelaration, I guess it will be like that in the near future too because game developers will never release games which will only work on 2-3 handsets at max, but N96 does have hw video accelaration for codecs like H.264, MP4 etc which I guess N95 lacked.

@subir12
buddy can you please test the audio quality of your N96 with some good earphones like creative ep630 (bundled nokia ones are not that great) and tell us how it is like.

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r2d2 said:
^^ There is not much games which are making use of hw 3D accelaration, I guess it will be like that in the near future too because game developers will never release games which will only work on 2-3 handsets at max, but N96 does have hw video accelaration for codecs like H.264, MP4 etc which I guess N95 lacked.

@subir12
buddy can you please test the audio quality of your N96 with some good earphones like creative ep630 (bundled nokia ones are not that great) and tell us how it is like.

yup, sure

as it is i am on a dry run mode on it since the time i got it. it's actually a nice phone.. after a long time i see nokia covering certain pain points which have been a regular on nseries in the past.

btw.. the video playback quality is awesome! i am getting some video reviews done.. which i will share with you guys soon.

plan to try em out with some gud external speakers.. will def let u know more.

sorry, i don't wanna go on. but features that i love the most... superb video playback, music output, FP2 rocks, fully loaded of course .. itgot the best of vedios and apps - its like a library of widgets.

r2d2 said:
^^ There is not much games which are making use of hw 3D accelaration, I guess it will be like that in the near future too because game developers will never release games which will only work on 2-3 handsets at max, but N96 does have hw video accelaration for codecs like H.264, MP4 etc which I guess N95 lacked.

@subir12
buddy can you please test the audio quality of your N96 with some good earphones like creative ep630 (bundled nokia ones are not that great) and tell us how it is like.

buddy.. seek some clarification

i m not very clear.. so just wanna know the difference... nokia is running this thing for n96 where u can SMS MAZE to 55555 nd get d marbel maze game which is a 3d sensor based game. nd it works wonderfully.

isn't this due to n96 having 3d accelerometer? so.. in that case it does have it inbuilt in..

pardon me.. if i am way off.. just trying to understand

3D accelerometer and 3D acceleration ?? Hmmmm..

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Pat said:
3D accelerometer and 3D acceleration ?? Hmmmm..

i guess i goofed up somewhere..

so.. i guess 3D acceleration is basically abt 3D graphics capability vs. 3D accelerometer

which is essentially abt motion detection..

is that correct?

desiibond said:
^^ Stock has never arrived and it's already out of stock

That's a good one

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subir12 said:
i guess i goofed up somewhere..

so.. i guess 3D acceleration is basically abt 3D graphics capability vs. 3D accelerometer which is essentially abt motion detection..

is that correct?

We are discussing about Hardware video acceleration. Think of it like a video card, same like the one inside your pc but just a miniature version.

While you are talking about accelerometer, which senses motions & reflects it in the interface or helps you play some interactive games like the one you mentioned.

@subir12
By hw 3D accelaration I mean hardware 3D graphics not the motion detecting accelerometer.

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Cool G5 said:
We are discussing about Hardware video acceleration. Think of it like a video card, same like the one inside your pc but just a miniature version.

While you are talking about accelerometer, which senses motions & reflects it in the interface or helps you play some interactive games like the one you mentioned.

thanks buddy

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rate bahut jada hai

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very expensive. cann't afford.

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My First Impressions on Feature Pack 2 on n96

Timed profile

You can time ur profile before u activate it. E.g. if you want to enter into meeting mode, select timed from option and you can enter the time u want ur profile to expire.

Its simple and v useful

*media.share.ovi.com/m1/medium/0371/427758110ccc4f7180af7f6344302730.jpg

Multitasking

You can use show open apps feature to see number of apps u r using at a time. You can choose to go the menu from there and open up more apps or choose a running app and select exit.

Honesty I have tried 7 apps at a time. Video playback, music playback, browsing, sms, playing a game, camer and video recording and it works perfect.

It’s nice for perforiming multiple apps.

*media.share.ovi.com/m1/medium/0371/d728758aa22c4aa2abb2f35f42c265cb.jpg

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Any chance its price comes down a bit once N85 gets released here?

By the way, is the auto-rotate mode present? i.e., screen potraits if u turn d fone horizontal?

Scorpion said:
Any chance its price comes down a bit once N85 gets released here?

By the way, is the auto-rotate mode present? i.e., screen potraits if u turn d fone horizontal?

It's price will drop down eventually, but not because of N85. N85 will be cheaper than N96.

Yeah display orientation changes according to how the phone is held.

*www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=175457

Impressions

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My first impressions on n96, couldn't help sharing while i m in the middle of a detailed review.

hope to share that too..

things that i love abt n96

camera (nice as always)
music output
video playback (just the right quality for viewing movies), the preloaded videos are cool to watch as well

battery - its runs on horsepower considering the amount of multitasking and abuse i have done to it (will be in my review :razz:

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feature pack 2 - its one of the best things nokia could hv done
UI, wide screen
browsing
soft and easy keypads
widgets, third party apps
internet radio - its got some 1000s of radio stations by language, genre, artist, country and its a cake walk

things that could be better

i am sure nokia will do something in its forthcoming phones
more easy to use build, its a bit rigid
have more cooler color options

nd.. i know this one is weird.. i don't mind seeing something like a combination of nseries and eseries (like e71 and n98 or something)

eseries is smooth to handle and nseries is feature loaded... something in between could be just amazing :razz:

now n96 avalable in 33.5k
*www.univercell.in/component/orderb...art/page,shop.browse/category_id,3/Itemid,36/

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here's a nice video on n96...it's on marble maze..

*mobonoid.com/