Nokia’s N96 has been launched in the country and will be available from the 16th September, 2008. The dual slide phone expected to be an iphone killer will sell for a whopping Rs. 35,000.

The N96 has a 2.8-inch TFT display with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution and 16 million colors.
It runs on a Dual ARM 9 264 MHz CPU and comes with 128MB RAM, 256MB storage memory and 16GB of internal memory as well as microSD card support. For net connectivity the N96 is equipped with

• Wi-Fi,
• 3G support with HSDPA speeds,
• EDGE class 32,
• GPRS/WAP,
• Bluetooth with A2DP and
• microUSB v2.0 for data transfer.

It also features a 5 MP auto-focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics. It's also capable of video capture (VGA 30fps) and comes with the dual LED flash. The N96 also has a secondary VGA videocall camera in front.

The phone comes equipped with a 3.5mm earphone socket that doubles as a TV Out. It even has an FM radio with RDS and Visual Radio.

The N96 will come preloaded with the movie ‘Om Shanti Om’, 50 music videos, music tracks in Hindi and English and 3 N-Gage games with an unlimited license on for the 3rd edition of Asphalt Urban. It will also have 3 country Nokia Maps that include Singapore, UAE and of course India and a 3 month Navigation license for 8 Indian cities.

The handset can be pre-booked by logging on to www.nokia.co.in/n96 and registering.