Volume: 95.9 cc
Weight: 126 g
Length: 108.8 mm
Width: 53 mm
Thickness (max): 21.8 mm

Display: 240 x 320 pixels display with automatic brightness control

Price: $325.50 to $593.74

The N70 Music Edition supports SMS, MMS and e-mail messaging with T9 predictive text input as well as Java, voice recording and dialling and a load of PIM features such as calendar, notes and to-do list. We were extremely impressed with the quality of voice calls, and their high volume means they will rarely go unheard, even in noisy environments.

The N70 Music Edition has an excellent display; a large, clear and crisp 2.1-inch screen with 262,000 colour support. Images were a joy to view, video calling was clear and video playback using the supplied RealPlayer software was also displayed well. The N70 Music Edition features Nokia’s ‘active standby screen’, which allows users to easily select their most frequently used functions without having to navigate through the phones menu. The default items on the N70 Music Edition include Contacts, Log, Profiles, Gallery and Image Print. Below the row of menu items on the standby screen is a convenient space which displays any calendar entries for the current day. Date and time, currently active profile, unread messages and missed calls are also displayed on the active standby screen.

Up to 1GB memory, the Nokia N70 Music Edition gives you more music in your pocket. You can personalize your music with a choice of digital music tracks and press the music key for direct access to them. Also, use the music-optimized headset with remote control for easy access. With these enhanced music capabilities, this compact package has high-performance multimedia at its core.

The Nokia N70 Music Edition and Nokia N73 Music Edition are expected to become commercially available in October 2006 and the Nokia N91 8GB by end of 2006, with estimated, unsubsidized sales prices of approximately 350, 450 and 550 euros respectively.

Key features:
Dedicated music key
2 megapixel and up to 20x digital zoom
Create slideshows complete with music
Send and receive emails and attachments
Transfer data wirelessly with Bluetooth connectivity or connect via USB

Multimedia:
Visual Radio*: Listen to music and interact with your favorite radio stations
Find out what song is playing, who sings it, and other artist information
Enter contests and answer surveys, vote for your favorite songs
Download the songs you buy direct to your phone
RealPlayer Media Player

Download and play multimedia files (video and music)
Stream media files from compatible media portals
Full-screen video playback on the device to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips in larger size
Played formats (decoding): MP3, AAC, Real Audio, WAV, Nokia Ring Tones, AMR, AMR-WB, AMR-NB, AU, MIDI, H.263, JPEG, JPEG2000, EXIF 2.2, GIF 87/89, PNG, BMP(W-BMP), MBM, MPEG-4 and eAAC+

Browsing:
WAP* 2.0 xHTML/HTML multimode browser
Supports HTML 4.01, including support for elements such as image maps, background images, and frames
Small screen rendering option including a faster page-up/page-down scrolling style
Full-screen mode, download progress bar, and adaptive history list
OMA Digital DRM 1.0 - including forward lock for content protection, combined delivery, separate delivery and superdistribution

Imaging:
2 megapixel camera (1600 x 1200 pixels) with 20x digital zoom
Second VGA camera (640 x 480 pixels) with 2x digital zoom
Dedicated shutter key and camera activation slide
Settings for night, brightness adjustment, image quality, self-timer, white balance settings, and color tones
Flash modes: on, off, automatic, anti red-eye
Advanced camera modes: still, sequence, video
Real time video sharing
Download and upload images and video sequences
Integrated flash LED
3GPP video streaming
Video and still image editors

Messaging:
Multimedia messaging: MMS for creating, receiving, editing, and sending videos and pictures with AMR voice clips
Automatic resizing of your megapixel images to fit MMS (max 300 KB size depending on the network)
Text messaging: Supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
Instant Messaging
Predictive Text Input: Support for all major languages in Europe and Asia Pacific including Indian dialect variants

lume: 95.9 cc
Weight: 126 g
Length: 108.8 mm
Width: 53 mm
Thickness (max): 21.8 mm

Display: 262,144 colors, 176 x 208 pixels with automatic brightness control

Price: $315.00 - $399.95

The N70 unit we tested with was supplied to us by Vodafone, and naturally enough, it works on Vodafone’s 3G network under the Vodafone Live! banner. Outside 3G coverage areas, that’ll drop down to standard GSM coverage and a limited subset of the Vodafone Live! offerings. From a technical perspective, it’s a GSM 900/1800/1900 phone. The N70 also comes with integrated Bluetooth and supports Pictbridge printing for ease of photo printing.

The Nokia N70 aims to try and bridge the gap between the business class smartphone with something you’ll be happy to place on the bar next to your pint. Firstly the N70 is now a useable size measuring 09 x 53 x 24 and weighing just 126 grams, it’s a smartphone that’s been on a sensible diet. Its style is best described as professional chic but some may say it’s only part way along its evolution and you can still see the slabiness of the outgoing Nokia 6680. Good use of materials makes the N70 feel good in the hand and the silver bezel around the large screen focuses the eye.

This slightly dubious design is due mainly to Nokia wanting to get a good screen and also a useable keypad on the front of device without resorting to sliders or flips. The only side action on the Nokia N70 is the cover for the camera on the rear of the handset, but we’ll get to that later. The 262k colour screen has a respectable resolution of 176 x 208 and its clever ambient light sensor means that the N70 can adjust its backlight so you should always get the best view in all lighting conditions. To see the power of the backlight you’ll need to take manual control in a dark room and use the screen as a torch, it’s very powerful and there are a number of freeware applications which allow you to do small tasks like this easily on the Series 60 platform.

It should be noted that the 2-megapixel camera on the N70 is a standard CMOS camera, not the same as the Carl-Zeiss-equipped N90. However, picture quality remains good for both still and video captures. The shutter lag has been reduced compared with previous Nokia phones, but the camera still doesn’t take too well to movements during a shot.

The N70’s display is good and clear in both bright and dark conditions. The inclusion of Realplayer, combined with 3G downloads allowed us to test video quality on the display as well. While it’s not quite up there with the Sony PSP or Apple iPod Video (and that’s partly to do with the Realplayer codec as much as anything else) video trailers and music clips were clear to view, albeit a little noisy at full volume.

Key features:
2 megapixel and up to 20x digital zoom
Create slideshows complete with music
Enjoy FM radio and MP3 with support for Visual Radio
Send and receive emails and attachments
Transfer data wirelessly with Bluetooth connectivity

Multimedia:
Visual Radio*: Listen to music and interact with your favorite radio stations
Find out what song is playing, who sings it, and other artist information
Enter contests and answer surveys, vote for your favorite songs
Download the songs you buy direct to your phone
RealPlayer Media Player
Download and play multimedia files (video and music)
Stream media files from compatible media portals
Full-screen video playback on the phone to view downloaded, streamed, or recorded video clips in larger size
Played formats (decoding): MP3, AAC, Real Audio, WAV, Nokia Ring Tones, AMR, AMR-WB, AMR-NB, AU, MIDI, H.263, JPEG, JPEG2000, EXIF 2.2, GIF 87/89, PNG, BMP (W-BMP), MBM, MPEG-4 and eAAC+

Browsing:
WAP* 2.0 xHTML/HTML multimode browser
Supports HTML 4.01, including support for elements such as image maps, background images, and frames
Small screen rendering option including a faster page-up/page-down scrolling style
Full-screen mode, download progress bar, and adaptive history list
OMA Digital DRM 1.0 - including forward lock for content protection, combined delivery, separate delivery and superdistribution

Imaging:
2 megapixel camera, 1600 x 1200 pixels with 20x digital zoom
Second VGA camera, 640 x 480 pixels with 2x digital zoom
Dedicated shutter key and camera activation slide
Settings for night, brightness adjustment, image quality, self-timer, white balance settings, and color tones
Flash modes: on, off, automatic
Advanced camera modes: still, sequence, video
Video call, real time video sharing
Download and upload images and video sequences
Integrated flash LED
3GPP H.263 video playback and streamlining
Video and still image editors
Six possible capture scene settings including scenery, portrait, night and sports

Messaging:
MMS for creating, receiving, editing, and sending videos and pictures with AMR voice clips
Automatic resizing of your megapixel images to fit MMS (max 300 KB size depending on the network)
Email: Supports SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, and APOP protocols. Support for attachments (view jpeg, 3gp, MP3, .ppt, .doc, excel, and .pdf files)
Text messaging: Supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
Instant Messaging
Predictive Text Input: Support for all major languages in Europe and Asia Pacific

Weight: 5 ounces
Dimensions: 4.61 x 2.76 x .63 inches

Display: 320 x 240 pixel active matrix display with up to 16 million colors

Price Range: $253.69 to $312.00

It’s an attractive device overall, with an all-silver casing that makes it appropriate for the business set. At 4.6 by 2.7 by 0.5 inches and 5 ounces, the E62 is slightly bigger than the Moto Q, and will take some acclimation to use as a phone because it has a wider, blockier body. There are three buttons on the left spine–Volume Up, Volume Down, and Voice Record–but nothing on the right side, where we looked instinctively for a jog dial and a Back button like those found on the Q and BlackBerrys. We missed these controls, and their absence made it harder to use the E62 one-handed. Also, a Hold button would have been nice, since it was fairly easy to trigger the voice record function, and we ended up with a handful of useless recordings.

The E62’s roomy keyboard is its biggest draw: It’s one of the most spacious arrangements I’ve ever seen on a candy-bar handset, with wide, flat keys that are beautifully sized and spaced. Setting up e-mail is a breeze, and sending and receiving messages are just as simple. The E62 handles attachments with aplomb, and its included office suite lets you edit documents easily. Though the included MP3 player is loud and clear, you’ll want to use the bundled headset in lieu of the tinny internal speaker.

The E62 comes with a POP3/IMAP e-mail program that handles attachments, but the smartphone also works with a dizzying array of push-mail software, including GoodLink, Intellisync, Visto, DataViz RoadSync for Microsoft Exchange servers, Consilient’s new push-POP/IMAP mail solution, and even BlackBerry Connect. Unbelievably, I loaded Consilient’s and GoodLink’s clients simultaneously without any problems. Consilient’s software is very basic—no attachment support or formatting—but it does push mail from POP and IMAP accounts and is very affordable ($5/month). GoodLink works much as it does on other platforms, including full integr

he E62’s Web browser built specifically for S60 has two unique features. One is a ‘mouse’ cursor that can be moved across a page with the nav switch. The other is a thumbnail version of the current page that appears when scrolling down or across long pages, making navigation easier. Hit the back button and you’ll get a timeline of recent page views shown as a series of thumbnail images. Very cool. No other phone comes close to E62 when it comes to rendering pages with high fidelity, but every other one boasts better speed; our throughput averaged 100Kbps.

Email and Messaging

• Support for personal and business email accounts such as POP, IMAP (with idle) and SMTP1
• Supports third party email clients: Good Mobile Messaging, BlackBerry Connect, Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email, Mail for Exchange (Microsoft ActiveSync) and Xpress Mail 1
• Attachments viewers and editors support the most common features of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel (Microsoft Office 97, 2000, XP and 2003). Compatible with Zip Manager and Adobe Reader
• Instant Messaging client (Yahoo, AOL, OMA)1
• SMS distribution list
• Email LED indicator, vibrate and tones to alert you of new email
• Full messaging keyboard for easy text and data input

Messaging and Imaging

• Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS, ver. 1.2) for text, voice clips, video clips and still images receiving, editing and sending1,14
• Distribution list
• Video and audio streaming (GPP and RealMedia: Real video and Real Audio)1

Connectivity

• miniUSB port
• Remote and local (peer-to-peer) synchronization over Bluetooth technology, IR or data cable
• Bluetooth wireless technology 2.022
• HTML browsing with Nokia Browser1,2,12
• EGPRS (Class B, MSC 10)1,15
• GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Multislot Class 101,15
• GSM Circuit-Switched Data up to 14.4 and 43.2 (HSCSD) kbps
• TTY/TDD (requires HDA-11 adapter)

Weight: 172 g
Dimensions: 132 mm x 51mm x 21mm, 126 cc

Display: Resolution 128 x 128 pixels
Supports up to 65,536 colors
Active TFT color display

Price: $420.35 - $770.97

The Nokia 9300i is an amazing mobile phone which is completely stylish & very small considering it is a mobile office. The 9300i is similar to its predecessor the Nokia 9300 but the 9300i has a few improved features. The 9300i is focused towards the top end business user market & it is truly packed to the brim with all the portable office requirements.

Connectivity is a key feature of the 9300i, with support for wireless LAN, Bluetooth and USB 2.0. A fax port is included, and an EDGE connection enables data to be downloaded at speeds of up to 236.8 kbit/s.

The Nokia 9300i comes in a very sleek & professional silver coloured casing. When the 9300i is closed it looks like any average phone with a clear 65k colour display screen (128 x 128 pixels) & easy to use number keys for making all those important calls. The phone can be open using a side opening mechanism which opens smoothly to display a large 65k active transflective colour screen (640 x 200 pixels) complete with a full keyboard with eight application shortcut keys.

The 9300i comes with 80 Mbytes of internal memory, plus an expandable MMC memory card. The 9300i weighs slightly more than the 9300, but only a few grams. The benefit of wireless LAN should more than compensate for this inconvenience. Be aware though that vibration alert is not supported by either the 9300 or 9300i.

What’s amazing about the 9300i (and its close cousin the 9300) is the size of the device. A few years ago the size of a closed 9300i would have been a great size on its own for a new phone (the Nokia 6230 springs to mind in terms of size). And while it’s a little bit bigger than the norm, it’s now possible pull out a communicator in the pub without getting laughed at. One of the biggest benefits to this is that it’s comfortable to use as a phone, it fits nicely in the hand, and can stay welded to your ear with no problems.
Part of this relatively diminutive size will be down to a missing camera. Consumers almost demand a camera in the specs of any smartphone, but again it comes down to where this device is aimed. The 9300 was designed with no Wi-Fi and no camera through extensive ‘focus group’ testing from Nokia.

Key features:
Small and stylish, yet powerful
Wide color screen and full keyboard
Flexible and fast data connections with integrated WLAN and EGPRS
Large memory: 80MB built-in, expandable with hot swappable MultiMediaCard (MMC)

Email:
Access your own and private email accounts
Supported email clients: Intellisync Wireless Email, BlackBerry Connect , Seven Always-On Mail, Visto email technology1
Support protocols: IMAP4, POP3, SMTP, and OMA Data Synchronization

Data Transfer:
EGPRS Multislot class 10
Data transfer up to 236.8 kbit/s in EDGE networks
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Multislot Class 10
Data transfer up to 53.6 kbit/s in GPRS networks
Circuit-Switched Data
HSCSD (High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data)
Fax Transmission

Imaging:
Possibility to attach portrait images to contacts
Video player: RealVideo, MPEG4, and H.263 formats supported

Applications:
Word processor (Documents), spreadsheet viewer and editor (Sheet), presentation viewer and editor (Presentations)
Compatible with the most common features of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (MS Office 97, 2000, XP and 2003)
Other applications: calculator, file manager, voice recorder, and music player

Text messaging (SMS):
SMS distribution list
Message register
Predictive text input (T9) in cover
Picture messaging: receive graphics with text from other compatible phones

Multimedia messaging (MMS):
Multimedia messaging (MMS) with compatible devices: send and receive messages with text, a sound clip, and an image or a video clip to other compatible devices
Multi-slide presentations as MMS with compatible devices
Delivery reports
Multiple recipients
Scaling

Weight: 167 g
Dimensions: 132mm x 51mm x 21mm, 126 cc

Display: Resolution 128 x 128 pixels
Supports up to 65,536 colors
Active TFT color display

Price: $420.35 - $770.97

The Nokia 9300 has the same wide clamshell form factor that can be found in all of the Nokia Communicator handsets. But with dimensions of 133mm x 51mm x 22mm (5.2″ x 2.0″ x .9″), it is 15mm shorter, 6mm narrower, and 2mm thinner than the full sized 9500 model. While still on the long side, the 9300 is suddenly a lot more pocketable than any of the earlier models. Its weight is down, too: 169g (5.96oz) with SIM and MMC card. That makes it a whopping 55g (1.94oz) lighter than the 9500. The 9300 is the first Communicator within range of such devices as the Sony Ericsson P910.

With the cover closed, the Nokia 9300 looks like a run-of-the-mill candy bar phone, albeit a fairly long, thick, and heavy one (5.2 by 2 by 0.8 inches and 5.9 ounces). The all-silver face is appropriately utilitarian for the 9300’s target audience of mobile professionals, and Nokia keeps the design simple with a small power button on the top-right corner, a basic dial-pad layout, Talk and End buttons, two soft keys, and a five-way navigation control just below the 1.7-inch-diagonal, 65,536-color external display. The dial pad features bright white backlighting for use in dark rooms. Our only complaint here is that it’s tough to activate the left or right navigation buttons without hitting the center Select button. And because the phone doesn’t have dedicated volume buttons on the side, you have to pull it away from your face during calls to adjust the sound level with the navigation keys.

The 9300’s clamshell form factor, however, imparts it with some real advantages over devices like the P910. For example, the 9300 has a very normal exterior look to it. There is a 128×128 pixel 65k TFT color display, a d-pad controller, two softkeys, and a large and spacious numeric keypad. You won’t find that on most PDA style phones. All of the exterior buttons and controls worked quite well, and the overall build quality and finish of the device seem to be top notch.

Call quality is mediocre. Calls come in clearly enough, but they do suffer from a sort of haziness, the audio equivalent to a light morning fog, but never did it become garbled or did the calls break up to the point at which I couldn’t hear or understand the person on the other line. The handset is subject to the usual reception issues — valleys and hills cause interference and the random dead spot, creating static and hissing. In my home, the 9300 does get decent reception, which is bizarre, as my personal handset goes haywire in the house. When I used it at home, the 9300 received a moderate, consistent signal, which is better than what I’m used to.

The other reason the 9300 looks both futuristic and very retro at the same time, is that in the intervening four years we’ve seen an update to the Communicator come and go. The Series 90 user interface was designed for a more modern Communicator (with pen input) and it makes the 9300/9500 look and feel very dated.

The only devices available that use Series 90 are the 7700 and 7710 (the latter now available in Asia) and during a period of internal turmoil, Nokia scuttled a Series 90-based QWERTY keyboard communicator on the launch pad, in favor of the 9500. Based on a 640×320 screen, the Series 90 UI makes much better use of space, and right away, as soon as you see the alpha-blended pen input overlay, you know you’re using the “true” successor to the Psion PDA. But late last year Nokia “folded” the Series 90 into the Series 60 platform.

Nor does the 9300 use the space as well as it could. Nokia’s simple “spectacle case” design doesn’t make use of the ingenious sliding hinges that gave Psion keyboards more space. The retro feel is enforced by the amount of space - a good centimeter - to the left of the keyboard. These, presumably, remain Psion patents - and either Psion hasn’t licensed them to Nokia, or Nokia has licensed them and not used them. (Clarification, anyone?). Most irritatingly, the keyboard isn’t backlit.

Key features:
Advanced voice features: handsfree speakerphone, conference calling
Full keyboard and two 65,536-color displays
Messaging options: email with attachments, SMS, and MMS
Office applications: document, spreadsheet, presentations
Organizer: Calendar, Contacts, Tasks with PC synchronization via Nokia PC Suite software
Large memory storage: 80MB built-in memory plus MultiMediaCard (MMC)
High-speed data connectivity with EGPRS (EDGE)
Mobile Internet connectivity
Symbian 7.0S OS (series 80 platform), Java MIDP 2.0 and Personal profile
Wireless connectivity via Bluetooth and Infrared to exchange information with other devices
Pop-Port™ interface for mobile enhancement connectivity
Tri-band (EGSM 900/1800/1900) operation for use in five continents

Email:
Access your own and private email accounts
Support protocols: IMAP4, POP3, APOP, SMTP, MIME, IMAP4-SSL/TLS, POP3-SSL/TLS, SMTP-SSL/TLS, and OMA Data Synchronization

Data Transfer:
EGPRS* Multislot class 10
Data transfer up to 236.8 kbit/s in EDGE networks
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Multislot Class 10
Data transfer up to 53.6 kbit/s in GPRS networks
Circuit-Switched Data
HSCSD (High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data)*
Fax Transmission

Imaging:
Possibility to attach portrait images to contacts
Video player: RealVideo, MPEG4, and H.263 formats supported

Applications:
Word processor (Documents), spreadsheet viewer and editor (Sheet), presentation viewer and editor (Presentations)
Compatible with the most common features of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel (MS Office 97 onwards)
Other applications: Calculator, File Manager, Voice Recorder and Music Player

Text messaging (SMS):
SMS distribution list
Message register

Multimedia messaging (MMS):
Multimedia messaging (MMS) with compatible devices: send and receive messages with text, a sound clip, and an image or a video clip to other compatible devices
Multi-slide presentations as MMS with compatible devices
Delivery reports
Multiple recipients
Scaling
Picture messaging: Send graphics with text to other compatible phones