Investing a lot of time and money on research and development of new technologies for mobile phones, companies are launching new handsets every day. Nokia and BlackBerry always keep themselves ahead of their rivals by presenting phones with unmatched features and design. Their mobile phones are not only high performing but durable also to be used for long time. To know different features of mobile phones coming from the arena of these two companies we can compare them on the basis of various specifications. Users will be able to make a decision that which handset should be purchased for getting maximum returns by going through this detailed comparison.

Both handsets have sleek and attractive design to suit any user. Their compactness allow users to carry them with an ease. A 5 mega pixel camera with resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels is given in Nokia N96 while BlackBerry Bold comes with 2 mega pixel camera with 1600 x 1200 pixels resolution to capture images. Thus, one can take more crisp images with N96 as the later mobile phone has an average camera. With Carl Zeiss optics N96 perform even better. The autofocus feature makes one to click images easily that one need not be a good photographer. The LED flash light feature is provided in both devices to click at dark places or in poor light conditions.

Nokia N96 and BlackBerry Bold have good display units for watching videos or playing games. The N96 has 2.8 inches TFT screen with 240 x 320 pixels resolution and 16 million colours while the Bold has 2.6 inches TFT screen with 65 thousand colours and 480 x 320 pixels resolution. The Bold is supported with full QWERTY keyboard for faster replying to messages and emails. The all new trackball navigation is also given for going through its various features. The pre loaded wallpapers makes one to change the display according to mood.

With 3G capability Nokia N96 can be used to access high speed internet up to 3.6 MBPS. With such speed one can do many online works like chatting with friends, gaming, downloading wallpapers or music etc easily. GPRS and EDGE are provided in both handsets as basic internet connectivity sollutions. The Wi Fi feature is given in both devices for using wireless data network at offices or wireless hubs. This will make one to save a lot of money which would have been spent as data career charges.

Stereo FM radio with RDS is present in N96 for listening to music while walking down the lane or doing work out while Bold does not have this feature. GPS with A-GPS support has been provided in both mobile phones for better navigation. The N96 has MP3, WMA, WAV, RA, AAC, M4A audio and WMV, RV, MP4, 3GP video playback while the BlackBerry Bold plays DivX, WMV, XviD, 3GP video and MP3, WMA, AAC+ audio files. Document viewer with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF has been given in these two phones for doing office works.

If we compare Nokia N96 Vs BlackBerry Bold on the basis of battery back up then it comes that N96 has stand by time of 220 hours in 2G network and 192 hours in 3G network with talk time of 3 hours 40 minuts in 2G and 2 hours 36 minuts in 3G working whereas Bold has 408 hours of stand by and 4 hours of talk time. Over all, both devices have been made to suit subscribers of all segments.