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OMG OMG OMG… sorry, but our inner japanese school-girl was just unleashed with the arrival of the Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition. If Nokia had any sense, they’d expand the action-doll bundle to the world beyond Hong Kong. Even for 8,788 Chinese Yuan (about $1,286) we’re seriously tempted. Watch Bruce clean up at ping pong in the Nokia video posted after the break — no, really.

[Via Unwired View, Thanks Robin oL]

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Tags: Break, Bruce Lee, Chinese Yuan, Chuck Norris, Doll World, Engadget Mobile, Hong Kong, Japanese School Girl, Nbsp, Nokia, Nokia N96, Omg, Ping Pong

Filed under: Software, Nokia, Symbian

The good news is that Nokia seems to be proactively addressing problems and taking care of new N96 owners, issuing a firmware update just days after the first units hit shelves around Europe. The bad news, though, is that this first update might actually be making things worse. You know what they say about vocal minorities, but there seems to be a groundswell of complaints brewing over the upgrade to v11.018 issued last week, particularly regarding earpiece volume. An N96 you can’t hear isn’t much more than an HSDPA-equipped paperweight — and a particularly expensive one, may we add — so if there’s a real issue in this place, let’s hope Nokia keeps pumping out that code to get it closed.

[Via All About Symbian]

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Tags: Bad News, Europe, Firmware Update, Groundswell, Hsdpa, Minorities, Nbsp, Nokia, Nokia Firmware, Nokia N96, Paperweight, Shelves, Software Nokia

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

When the N95 was released, it was all but universally adored. Even today, nearly two full years after it was first revealed, it’s still one of the most respected in Nokia’s lineup. From the get-go, we knew the N96 was more evolutionary and less revolutionary; after all, the two handsets even look alike. The general consensus this time around is about what we expected: the N96 is a fine phone, and a worthy successor, but probably not worth the high price it’s currently demanding. Oh sure, the call quality was stupendous, battery life was satisfactory and the multimedia playback was superb, but some critics were a bit displeased with the fit and finish given the premium price tag. All in all, don’t go into the links below expecting any very big surprises — the N96 is a nicely revamped, high-priced N95, and if that’s what you’re looking for, there doesn’t seem to be any underlying issues that should hold you back from indulging.

Read - PhoneArena (”Nokia seems to have taken more of a lateral step than pushing forward with innovation.”)
Read - MobileArsenal (”…doesn’t have anything we didn’t see before…”)
Read - LordPercy (”…an improved, quality phone…”)
Read - Mobile88 (4 out of 5 stars)

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