The Nokia N96 has a sleek design and has a capability of a multimedia computer. It has tag images which will automatically capture the location and you can upload it directly on the web. You can even browse the internet directly with a large 2.4" display and can access the web through the wireless local area network and with an automatic hot spot authentication. It has a complete 24- hour music playback time, and using the Navi wheel option available you can access images, music downloads, pod casts and it has a dual mode WCDMA 900/2100 (HSDPA), GSM/GPRS/EGPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, and it can be automatically switched between bands and modes.
Has a hot swappable MicroSD memory card support, has a video of VGA which can run up to 120 min, and a capacity based on 3.45 per song with 48 kbps and can store up to 3,400 photos. The talk time is up to 190 minutes for WCDMA; 260 minutes for GSM; stand by time is up to 320 hours for WCDMA; 320 hours for GSM and the video captures are for 215 minutes. The video call can last up to 280 minutes; and the music play back is for 24 hours in an offline mode; and the web browsing is allowed up to 3 hours and one can hear the FM radio for up to 14 hours. The operation times may vary completely depending on the radio access technology used and it has a TFT color display which can display up to 16 million colors with a wide 160 degree viewing angle. To optimize the display brightness and power consumption, the ambient light detector can be used. The operating system is specified as Symbian OS; and the user interface is S60 3rd Edition, with a feature pack of 2 and with C++ and Java SDKs.