The first Nokia N96 concept phone appeared on the Net last March. It was an interesting phone and stirred quite a lively discussion about possible future looks and specs.

Now, Nokia fans at French Spanish discussion board ToDoSymbian came up with another even more interesting Nokia N96 N-Gage gaming phone concept, that takes into account the latest developments in both S60 and N-Gage software/service platforms:

Nokia N96 is a really interesting concept combining all the best features from full touchscreen phone, numeric keypad, QWERTY keyboard and portable gaming console into one cool gadget.

The specs for this Nokia N96 would be:

• Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900) WCDMA 2100, HSDPA
• 6 mpx camera
• 3.2″ 16M color display
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0
• full QWERTY keyboard and numeric keypad
• DMB TV, FM Radio
• 4 audio speakers
• built-in GPS
• full touchscreen with motion sensor and joystick navigation
• dimensions 102.5×56x17.6 mm
• weight: 115g

My beef current Nokia N96 is - why settle for what would be a lame 6 mpx camera, when we already know that 8 megapixel/optical zoom phone cameras will appear in high end mobile phones next year? Will we even have 6 megapixel cameras?

And where’s HSUPA and 7.2 Mbps HSDPA data transfer support that will be incorporated into mobile phones next year as well?

Again. Another interesting concept. And this one a bit closer to the real model. At least in size.

And to see what  N96 looks like, what specs it sports, and why Nokia N96 is a bit of disappointment click here.