(Column) - Nokia recently launched another addition to its N series of cell phones, codenamed N92. Nokia’s N92 is a successor to the N90, which we reviewed late last month. The N92 has a DVB-H enabled handset with an interesting dual hinged design that beats the N90 with the sheer number of configurations you can have with the various flips. The big news, however, is that the phone supports DVB, which will allow you to watch videos while you are traveling.

If you are lucky, your favorite TV show is perhaps broadcasted this way, and if this phone (or the feature) catches people’s fancy, iTunes could be in deep trouble.

In a nutshell, here’s what the Apple video iPod does: with 30GB of storage capacity, it playback video and music, does voice recording, and lets you view photos on a crisp display.

In comparison, the N92 can playback video (stored files) it can stream using DVB-H, does voice recording (most likely), playback music and lets you view photos on an equally impressive screen. It even takes photos/videos using the built-in 2-megapixel camera, which is something the video iPod can’t do. In short, except for the pure storage space (30GB minimum for the video iPod and 2GB via miniSD card on the N92), the N92 can do everything, plus more, than Apple’s latest family member. It also gives you the convenience of just carrying a single device instead of your cell phone and the MP3 player. Not only that, but it looks like Nokia has added support for regular headphones as well, thereby giving you total control over the headphones you want to use while watching video or listening to music on its latest mobile device.

In short, the N92 does everything that the video iPod does, plus more.

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