New features include:

• Application stability improvements
• Image quality improvements
• Uninterrupted viewing/recording of videos
• Improved Bluetooth interoperability
• Compatibility with Nokia Email service

More details here

N96 has a large 2.8″ screen, 16 gigabytes of internal memory and supports for high-quality videos in a wide range of formats. In select markets, the integrated DVB-H receiver offers live broadcast TV with an automatically updating program guide.

You can get the new N96 firmware update easily via the Windows-based Nokia Software Updater.

[IntoMobile via PhoneMag]

The Nokia N96 supports common video formats including MPEG-4, Windows Media Video and Flash Video, making favorite videos easy to view. Transferring and accessing videos is even faster with the high-speed USB 2.0 connection and WLAN and HSDPA support. The Nokia N96 boasts a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, flash and video light. It allows DVD-like quality video capture at 30 frames per second. Further, with the integrated A-GPS, consumers can now ‘geotag’ their pictures with location data and share them with their online communities.

This software release is available through either the Nokia Software Updater or directly through your Nokia N96. To get this software through your Nokia N96, click Menu > Tools > Utilities > Device Manager. Select Options > Check for updates and follow the on-screen prompts. Remember that you can also use Wi-Fi to download the update.

See a change log and bug fixes from symbian-freak below

• Mobile TV is unable to set the platform guide after phone reboot
• DM settings aren’t generated automatically, when Email settings are defined in variant
• Audio: Phone resets when plugging/unplugging headset for several times during music playback
• Video call: White or black screen flashes when power saver time-out expires during an active video call
• 3D Ringing tone is too low, almost nothing cannot be heard during MT voice call
• Illumination with Voice call: During an active voice call, power saver displays when power saver time-out expires and then phone goes to sleep mode while the call is still ongoing
• Image Quality improvements
• Device slows down when large numbers of pictures are transferred to the device
• Slow to open the Reply screen for an SMS
• ViewServ11 crashes under high CPU load
• Phone jams or resets when taking photo during low power audio playback
• Phone freezes after a new SMS is received during Visual Radio playback
• Other error fixes related to general system stability improvements
• DVB-H: It is not possible to access the TV services
• DVB-H: No USER AGENT string in HTTP POST request
• DVB-H: DVB-H receiver “Black Screen 2MB fix from TI”
• DVB-H: Low audio volume in Mobile TV. DVB-H audio volume level is now set to be similar to N77

The N96, which launches in the UK on October 1st, is a multimedia computer truly optimized for video and TV. With a large 2.8″ screen, 16 gigabytes of internal memory and support for high-quality videos in a wide range of formats, the dual-slide Nokia N96 represents an exciting new chapter in mobile media.

However, not every N96 shipped in the UK will be bundled with the iPlayer app. People who buy one without iPlayer will be able to download it from the BBC website.

Ah, yes. The BBC began supporting Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch back in March this year with this cool app.

[Mobile-Ent via AAS]

Source [nseries workshop] via [phonemag]

In many markets, the Nokia N96 comes pre-loaded with a blockbuster movie (title varies by region). Feel part of the action as it erupts through the vivid 2.8″ display and built-in 3D stereo speakers. The Nokia N96 has the ability to store up to 40 hours of video content transferred from a PC via hi-speed USB 2.0 connection or found online with WLAN and HSDPA support. The Nokia N96 supports the most common video formats including MPEG-4, Windows Media Video and Flash Video.

While optimized for entertainment, the Nokia N96 offers all of the innovative features that make the Nokia Nseries line of devices the most advanced on the market. Some of these cutting edge features include a five megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, integrated Wi-Fi support and assisted-GPS navigation. Through the integration of Ovi services, the Nokia N96 becomes an even more powerful device. Consumers can enjoy one-click uploading of images, videos and other content using the Share on Ovi service, easy navigation across town and country with Nokia Maps 2.0 or a spur of the moment N-Gage games tournament with friends around the world using the preinstalled N-Gage application.

The Nokia N96 with Americas 3G support is expected to be available during the fourth quarter of 2008 for an estimated price of USD 895.

The Nokia N96 boasts a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, flash and video light. It allows DVD-like quality video capture at 30 frames per second. Further, with the integrated A-GPS, consumers can now ‘geotag’ their pictures with location data and share them with their online communities. When available, it will be sold at around 550 euro. The price will be different depends on your mobile service provider and contract plan.

Check out the flash demo here

via [symbian-freak]