Between this total mess of next-gen multimedia still-called “phones” this one wasn’t sketched to rival the others, this one is armed to merely look down to them. The Nokia N96 is set to replace the ubiquitous N95 with a sleeker black design and some boosted features like 16GBs of storage, 3D stereo speakers, HSDPA access, microSDHC expansion, a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, flash, and video light, Nokia’s Maps 2.0 and the A-GPS the N95 was so famed for. Seams seem to hold — fine, a “kickstand” for hands-free viewing is crammed in as well as the capability to watch live broadcast tv with a special offered version. In other words, I take one. [via]