Price Range: $225.99 - $370.95

The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet underwent a nice little makeover, lightening up its once all-black casing with a sleek silver face and shaving off a bit of thickness and weight (2.9×5.7×0.5 inches; 7.2 ounces). The device is slim enough to easily slip into your bag, but it’s probably too big to comfortably fit it into a pants pocket. Holding it in your hand, you might notice it’s a little top heavy for reasons we’ll explain a bit later, but it has a solid construction. Also, if you get tired of holding it, Nokia has built in a convenient kickstand so you can prop it up on your desk. It’s located on the bottom of the device, and all you have to do is pull it out toward the back.

The browser is a full featured browser. Not a mobile browser that formats stuff for a small screen. This means that in its default state, some of the text you read is a bit small. However you can zoom in easily with buttons right on the top of the device. This tends to give you horizontal scroll bars though. To handle this you can choose “Fit width to view”. This helps, but sometimes mangles the layout of pages. I don’t mean to make a big deal about this though. For most actual use, most pages are fine, and a quick zoom in is adequate to be able to read small type. Pages render surprisingly quick, and Flash seems to work pretty well. Of course, you gotta realize its limits. I wouldn’t try to run a really cpu intensive Flash app on this thing, and I ran into a couple of pages that had a lot of Flash on them, which really slowed things down. But it plays most Youtube videos just fine, for instance.

The battery life is pretty good too: it reportedly manages 10 days in always-ON standby (the device is actually ON, and with only a few hardware elements OFF), and it managed here about 5 hours of WiFi usage (screen in low backlight mode). It is my estimation (I only had the device for just a day and a half so far) that having the Gizmo or GTalk clients ON and leaving WiFi ON while in standby mode, you should get about 4-5 days of battery life which is better than the second best such device, the Nokia E61.

Key features

• Access the web on a portable internet tablet
  • High-resolution widescreen display with improved viewing angle
  • Opera 8
  • Adobe® Flash® 9 browser plug-in
• Internet communications
  • Skype support
  • Internet calling with integrated web camera
  • Instant messaging
  • Multi-protocol email client
  • Full-screen finger keyboard
• Access to internet media at home and on-the-go
  • High quality stereo speakers
  • Media player
  • UPnP architecture
  • Real Rhapsody
  • Expandable mass memory

Form and function

• High quality stereo speakers and sensitive microphone
• High-resolution widescreen display
• Integrated desk stand for on-table use
• Ergonomic keys for internet usage

Sales package contents

• Nokia N800 Internet Tablet (RX-34)
• Extra stylus
• Battery (BP-5L)
• 128MB MiniSD card with extender (MU-17)
• Stereo headset (HS-48)
• Travel charger (AC-4)
• Pouch (CP-136)
• Data cable (DKE-2)
• Quick start guide
• Safety, warranty, and other product information

Display: Up to 16.7 million colors, Large 2.4″ Active TFT QVGA 320 x 240 pixels display with wide viewing angle

Price: $259.04 - $341.58

The N77 is a member of the Nokia N series which is a highly features focused range with high quality technologies. The N series includes many popular mobile handsets including the Nokia N76 & Nokia N95. The Nokia N77 is a multimedia focused 3G smartphone which comes with TV broadcasting capabilities. The phone is neat & compact for a 3G smartphone handset which measures 111mm x 50mm x 18.8mm & weighs 114 grams. The bar type design of the N77 provides the user with a solid & sturdy handset complete with a large 2.4 Inch high colour & high resolution screen. The screen is large is size & provides the user with the high quality viewing display which is needed for viewing video & TV broadcasts. The screen comes with an ambient light detector which optimises the brightness of the screen.

The Nokia N77 is a mobile TV and multimedia computer supporting WCDMA 2100 and EGSM 900/1800/1900 or EGSM 900/1800/1900 for some regions. The Nokia N77 is optimized for viewing mobile broadcast content and accessing interactive services. In addition to the integrated DVB-H receiver, the Nokia N77 has a large, 2.4” display with up to 16 Million colors, stereo speakers, and dedicated key for accessing DVB-H based mobile TV. The Nokia N77 also has an integrated 2 mega-pixel digital camera, and is MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) capable. The WAP 2.0 compatible Browser supports XHTML Mobile Profile (MP) and uses a TCP/IP stack to communicate with a gateway in network. The Nokia N77 supports Java MIDP 2.0 & CLDC 1.1 and supporting API’s.

The mobile TV feature is the main & most impressive feature on the Nokia N77. The phone comes with a TV application which allows the user to select, purchase & view TV programs on the mobile handset. The TV broadcast feature comes with a replay option, TV program reminder feature & a program guide. The TV antenna is built into the Nokia N77 handset which avoids the antenna getting damaged when the handset is being carried & moved around from place to place. The user will never be short of entertainment on their 3G smartphone as it comes with preloaded & downloadable Java™ games which provide the user with a lively gaming experience. The phone comes with a mobile email service which allows the user to create, send & receive emails complete with file attachments. The user can share their recent photos with their email contacts by sending an email with photos attached. The user can use the text message service or multimedia message service to stay in contact with others. The multimedia message service (MMS) allows the user to share their photos, video & music with other compatible multimedia messaging contacts. The N77 comes with an online instant messaging service which works like an online chat using text & symbols between any compatible messaging user who is online at the same time as the user.

Key Features:
One-touch access to your favourite programs (Live TV)
2.4″ QVGA display with up to 16 million colors
Digital music player with high quality stereo speakers
2 megapixel camera with up to 16x digital zoom
Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map
Send and receive emails with attachments

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
Full-screen video playback on the device to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips in larger size
Supported video formats: H. 263, MPEG-4, H.264 AVC, RealVideo 8/9/10
Digital music player optimized for music listening with enhanced on the go playlist management: edit playlists, add new music
Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz)** with Visual Radio support
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): .3gp and .mp4 file formats, MPEG-4 video, H.263 video and AMR audio, RealMedia (Real Video and Real Audio), MP3, and AAC
Rip your CDS, and convert and transfer music to your device using Nokia Audio Manager
Share playlists with your friends over Bluetooth wireless technology, MMS, or e-mail
High quality stereo speakers

Browsing:
WAP/OMA and W3C standards support: WAP* 2.0, XHTML, XHTML MP, HTML 4.01, CSS, ECMAScript and JavaScript
Full Web compatibility with support for popular markup languages, scripting languages, and style sheets
Support for forms, tables, frames, and image maps
File upload over HTTP using standard HTML forms
Page layout and in-page navigation optimised for content type
Search and find capabilities
Adaptive history list
Integration with telephony (dial via a link on the page) and image galleries (view/save images)
Bookmarks database
Web Feeds (RSS)
OMA Digital DRM 1.0 - including forward lock for content protection, combined delivery, separate delivery and superdistribution
Nokia Web Browser with Mini map
OMA DRM 2.0 support for music

Imaging:
Integrated 2.0 megapixel camera (1600 x 1200 pixels) with up to 16x digital zoom
CIF camera (352 x 288) with up to 2x digital zoom
Two way video call (WCDMA service)
Integrated flash LED
Rotating gallery
Easy management, organization and transfer of images and video clips
New improved gallery with direct editing, printing and sharing
Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery
Nokia Lifeblog support
Video and still image editors
Slideshow from gallery with music
Print digital photos directly from the device to compatible printers
Transfer photos directly to compatible printer or kiosk via Bluetooth wireless technology, memory card or directly to PictBridge-compliant printer via USB cable
Sharing via e-mail or Bluetooth with full image quality or via MMS, with automatic resizing of images to fit MMS.
Two-way video call capability

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)
Email: Supports SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4 protocols. Support for images, videos, music and documents
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

Live Mobile TV:
DVB-H*** based mobile TV with internal antenna (470-750 MHz)
Dedicated TV application for selection, purchase, and consumption of TV programs
Replay of TV program (up to 30 seconds) and a reminder setting via Program Guide
Mobile TV interactive services for example voting
Channel and content protection: OMA DRM2.0, Ipsec
Integrated DVB-H***. Video/audio codecs: H.264 AVC 384kbps@QVGA 15fps/QCIF 30fps and AAC up to 128kbps)
Automatic channel discovery
Organize channels in your favorite order
Up to 50 channels (a mix of TV and radio channels)* and 5 hours watchtime
Multiple subscription and payment methods (pay TV including previews, free-to-air, pay per view)

Display: Main display: 2.4″ QVGA TFT color displays (240 x 320 pixels ) with up to 16 million colors
Cover display: 1.36″ color display (160 x 128 pixels) TFT with up to 262,144 colors
Ambient light detector to optimize operating times

Price: $333.37 - $494.48

The N76 is a smartphone. It runs Symbian S60 and comes in WCDMA and GSM flavors. It doesn’t seem to be available on our shores quite yet — if I have it my hot little hands, however, that means it should be online and in Nokia stores any day now. I can’t confirm right now, but it doesn’t look like any carriers will pick this old girl up, so you may need to spend about $499 on it.

The N76 comes with a high quality & fun camera feature which allows the user to take photos, edit photos, save photos & share them with other contacts. The camera is a 2 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss Optics Tessar™ Lens. The camera comes complete with 20 x digital zoom & a LED flash which ensures a clear & precise photo is capture each & every time the camera is used. The user has the freedom to take photos when the phone is in the opened or closed position with the use of camera capture keys being situated externally. The camera feature comes with many useful & exciting camera modes & photo setting which allow the user to gain the perfect finish for their photos. The screens work as viewfinders for camera & video features.

The phone itself is quite stylish with a 2-megapixel camera and bright chromed color scheme. It his 13mm thick has 26MB internal memory with a hot swappable microSD card slot. It lasts about 160 minutes on one charge although I saw standby times of about 10 days with little use.

The user can record, play, stream, download, edit, share & video call using the Nokia N76’s video feature. The Nokia N76 comes with a built in video recorder which is easy to use & comes with many fun & useful settings & modes, ready & waiting for the user to edit their video recordings to perfection. The user can share their video with others by simply creating a multimedia message with video, text & sound. The user can have a face to face video call with other contacts who have a compatible 3G mobile phone with a video calling feature. The user can see their contact on the large internal screen & the second small camera on the N76 will record the user which will be seen by their compatible contact.
The N76 is available in red and black. My review sample was the red variety, and I have to say that while I don’t usually go for red in a handset the all metal casing and use of silver as the other colour does have a certain appeal. It won’t be for everyone, though, and the black alternative is a rather more subtle take on things.

This is a clamshell phone and a huge one. The flip format enables mobiles to be pretty small, but Nokia seems to have ignored that design possibility here. Measuring 106.5mm tall, 52mm wide and 13.7mm thick, it grows to a massive 185mm tall when the flip is opened. At 115g, at least it is not too heavy.
The size means this phone is a bit of a challenge for smaller pockets and also a challenge for smaller hands and you’ll need to both to open it, when a simple recess on the lid would have allowed for one handed opening.

Key Features:
Surf the web on the large, landscape screen
Store more music with up to 2 GB of expandable memory
Make video conference calls
Send emails and instant messages
Take snapshots with the 2 megapixel camera

Multimedia:
Integrated FM radio
Integrated music player with equalizer and playlist feature for MP3/WAV/MIDI/AAC/eAAC/eAAC+/M4A/WMA formats
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): .3gp and .mp4 file formats, MPEG-4 video, H.263 video and AMR audio, RealMedia (Real Video and Real Audio), MP3, and AAC
Video streaming, downloading and storage

Browsing:
WAP* 2.0 xHTML/HTML multimode browser
Nokia browser with Mini Map

Imaging:
2 megapixel camera, 1600 x 1200 pixels image resolution with up to 20x digital zoom
Video capture in QVGA resolution with the CIF+ (common intermediate format) camera and playback up to 15 fps with up to 4x digital zoom
Video call, video sharing and video clip sharing
Integrated flash LED

Messaging:
Email: Supports SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4 protocols with attachments
Chat
MMS
Picture messaging

Price Range: $359.97 - $419.99

Nokia’s first US 3G phone, in fact Nokia’s first US flip smart phone, and AT&T’s first 3G Symbian OS phone, the glamorous Nokia N75 has been the subject of many hopes and dreams in the seven months since it was first announced. It’s beautiful and powerful to be sure, but poor battery life makes me worry you won’t be able to get the use you want out of it. N75 measures 7 inches long, so the mouthpiece extends down quite a bit when you’re talking on the phone. We also thought that the front flap felt too pliable when held up against the ear. It’s not so bad that we think it’ll snap off its hinge, but it is something we noticed during our test period. On the upside, the handset features a soft-touch finish that makes the phone easy to grip.

With its matte blacks and dull silvers, the N75 isn’t much to look at. The frame is flat and blocky (view our photo gallery). On the front of the closed clamshell, you’ll find a color LCD with playback buttons for the music player. Along the right edge are volume controls, camera and music mode buttons, and an IR receiver. The left edge sports a Nokia power dock. We were disappointed to find neither a standard USB port nor a 3.5mm headphone jack, but that’s typical for Nokia phones. A microSD Card slot on the phone’s left side holds more music, music, photos, or Symbian OS applications.

On the right side of the N75 are the volume rocker, the camera shutter button, and a multi-purpose media button that changes modes of the video and music player when the device is closed, and loads the media gallery when the device is open. The Nokia pop port USB/headset connector is located on the left side of the N75, along with the microSD expansion card slot. Both have secure, attached covers on them. The mini Nokia charger socket is located between them. A very small power button is located next to the hinge on the silver part of the device.

Mobile Video

• Video resolution: QCIF (176×144), CIF (352×288)
• Audio recording: AAC-LC
• Video file format: MPEG-4, 3GPP)
• White Balance: Automatic, Sunny, Incandescent, Fluorescent
• Scene: Normal, Night
• Color tone: Normal, Sepia, B&W, Negative
• Digital zoom up to 8x
• Video capture: 60 min (CIF, 15fps)

Music Features

• Sync your ripped and purchased music in Windows Media Player to your phone
• Digital music player formats: MP3/M4A/AAC/eAAC+/WMA
• Playlists and equalizer
• Dedicated music keys in cover user interface
• Stereo FM radio, requires headset to be attached
• OMA DRM 2.0 and WM DRM 10 support for music

Connectivity

• Pop-Port™ interface with USB 2.0 (Mass Storage Class)
• Bluetooth wireless technology 2.022
• Infrared
• Media Transfer Protocol (MTP)

Display: Up to 262,144 colors, 2.4 inch QVGA 240 x 320 pixels display with automatic brightness control

Price: $349.00 to $679.90

The N73 Music Edition is a candy bar mobile measuring 110 x 49 x 19 mm and weighing 16 grams, it is the latest in the N70 series building upon a solid base of middle range function while adding small layers of either business smartphone like technology or multimedia capabilities. This N73 opts for the multimedia buyer and differs from the standard N73 in only a few ways. The first is obvious with the previously silver design now clad in stealth black a move mirrored from the Sony Ericsson range.

Email is also included with SMTP, IMAP4 and POP3 clients supported. Email attachments can be downloaded and saved to the N73 Music Edition’s mini-SD card or to the 42MB of internal memory. The mini-SD card slot is cleverly located at the bottom of the handset. There is also regular MMS and SMS messaging with T9 predictive text input, but the poorly designed keyboard will affect messaging speeds.

The N73 Music phone is a tri band data enabled mobile and as seen in the standard N73 it is a rugged little performer running the Symbian OS 9.1 S60 3rd edition. The screen is the same stunning 262k colour 240 x 320 pixel unit which is chosen for its clarity as part of the standard N73 camera phone model, here it has all those features plus makes for a great interface for the media player functions. Below the screen sits the now standard Nokia button set-up for a candybar design, there 2 soft buttons provide quick access to a variety of menu options and there is a surprisingly shallow navigation joystick which is more fiddly than normal.

The N73 Music Edition conveniently includes an adapter to plug in a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, which is handy, because the included pair only does a mediocre job. There is a digital music player with stereo audio supporting MP3, AAC, M4A, eAAC+ and WMA files. The device also includes RealPlayer, so playing full screen videos in MPEG-4 format is possible. Best of all, the N73 Music Edition is a USB mass storage device so files can simply be dragged and dropped onto the phone without using Nokia software. A stereo FM radio with 20 preset stations is also included, with all multimedia functions controlled through a stylish media menu.

Key Features:
3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
Large, bright 2.4-inch display
Stereo FM and support for Visual Radio
Advanced auto-focus and mechanical shutter
Integrated 3-D stereo speakers

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+
Digital music player for MP3/AAC/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA formats with playlist and equalizer
OMA DRM 2.0 support for music files
Stereo FM radio (87.5 - 108 MHz / 76 - 90 MHz)**
Integrated stereo speakers with 3D sound effect

Browsing:
WAP* 2.0 xHTML/HTML multimode browser

Imaging:
.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels) with up to 20x digital zoom
Settings for night, brightness adjustment, image quality, self-timer, white balance settings, and color tones
On device photo editor and video editors (manual and automatic)
Camera Specifications
CMOS sensor, 3.2 megapixel (2048 x 1536 pixels) with autofocus and digital zoom up to 20x
Carl Zeiss Optics, Tessar™ lens
Focal length 5.6 mm
Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
Macro mode with 10 cm focus distance
Mechanical shutter with 1/1000~0.2s shutter speed
Active slide cover for lens protection
Photography
2-stage capture key for autofocus control
2.4 inch camera viewfinder in landscape orientation and with active toolbar
Slide for camera protection and activation
Integrated flash (operating range up to 1m)
Modes: auto, off, on, red-eye reduction
Advanced camera modes: still, sequence, video
Scenes: automatic, user defined, close-up, portrait, landscape, sport and night
White balance: automatic, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent
Color tone: normal, sepia, B&W, vivid, negative
Light sensitivity: high, medium, low, automatic
Video
Video: play, record, stream
Audio recording AAC stereo
Video stabilization
Video clip up to 1.5h (limited by available memory)
File format .mp4 (high), .3gp (normal, MMS)
Video capture: 352×288 (CIF) at up to 15 fps MPEG-4
Automatic white balance control
Scenes: auto, night, close-up, snow/beach, cine, old film
Digital zoom CIF up to 4x / QCIF up to 8x
Two-way video call capability
Second VGA camera (640 x 480 pixels) with up to 2x digital zoom
Real time video sharing to another compatible mobile device

Messaging:
Multimedia messaging: MMS for creating, receiving, editing, and sending videos and pictures with AMR voice clips
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

Display: Up to 262,144 colors, 2.4 inch QVGA 240 x 320 pixels display with automatic brightness control

Price: $322.99 - $434.00

The N73 is a candy bar-shaped phone with a vibrant, six-centimetre, 262K-colour display. Nokia ships the N73 in three colour variations: silver grey/deep plum, frost white/metallic red and frost white/mocha brown. It’s quite a large phone, measuring 110mm by 49mm by 19mm, but Nokia keeps the weight of the handset down to a reasonable 116 grams. The keypad is relatively small and cramped, with eight shortcut keys squeezed above and around the numerical buttons. Navigating menus can be tricky as the joystick beneath the screen is small and sensitive.

Over at Nokia they tried to boost the N73 using various technologies so that it could not only impress end-users on imaging front but also offer fair basic functionality. The aim at the mass market has eventually resulted in three different trims - Silver Grey/Deep Plum, Frost White/Metallic Red, Frost White/Mocha Brown, however all they have only the rear and sides painted, while the light front plate remains almost untouched There is not much of a difference between two color schemes (Deep Plum, Mocha Brown) – it’s more about color tones. On the other hand the Metallic Red stands out against the background of its companions and will sure appeal to women. Hereafter the market will see launch of a black edition – whether it will be only an addition to already released trims, or a limited offering materialized owing to another promo-action, we do not know.

Nokia chose respected optical brand Carl Zeiss for the N73’s f2.8/f5.6 Tessar lens. With a resolution of 3.2-megapixels, you can take shots suitable for prints up to 5.1 x 6.8 inches (13 x 17cm), however standard 4 x 6 inch photos (10 x 15cm) will turn out less grainy. The N73 supports four image quality settings, from MMS-suitable shots up to the aforementioned print quality photos. Scene modes include auto, macro, portrait, landscape, sports, night and night portrait; the N73 displays a helpful description of each when you’re choosing the mode. Red-eye reduction flash mode is onboard, but we were disappointed with the N73’s LED-based flash — the xenon flash on the Sony Ericsson K800i does a much better job. Colour tone, exposure, ISO speed and white balance can all be adjusted to pre-defined values for stills.

The smartphones by Nokia are getting smaller with every release, and this case isn’t an exception – in fact, it’s the apex of miniaturization of smartphones incorporating QVGA screen. Today only Nokia 5500 can overcome the N73 dimensions-wise, but it still yields to the latest N7x’s offspring when it comes to display. The Nokia N73 measures 110?49?19 mm in size and weights 116 grams. In future the dimensions in this series will vary within the limits of these sizes, further reduction won’t take place.

The front of the N73 is dominated by the large display, but we’ll touch on that later. The keypad on the N73 is rather small, and one of the things I like least about the device. The combination of small keys and a position very, very close to the bottom of the phone make them rather hard for me to use. If you have small hands it might work out better for you, but then again, the N73 might also feel a bit top heavy for people with smaller hands. The keys themselves work very well, and the joystick and surrounding softkeys and call control keys are also very good. I don’t really like the four chromed buttons that surround the keypad, though. Of the four, only the C key and the main S60 menu keys are really used very often. The C key’s lower right hand corner placement makes it very hard for me to use, as a right handed person.

Key features:
3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
Large, bright 2.4-inch display
Advanced auto-focus and mechanical shutter
Stereo FM and support for Visual Radio
Download and stream videos with built-in RealPlayer

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+
Digital music player for MP3/AAC/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA formats with playlist and equalizer
OMA DRM 2.0 support for music files
Stereo FM radio (87.5 - 108 MHz / 76 - 90 MHz)**
Integrated stereo speakers with 3D sound effect

Browsing:
WAP* 2.0 xHTML/HTML multimode browser

Imaging:
3.2 megapixel camera, 2048 x 1536 pixels with up to 20x digital zoom
Settings for night, brightness adjustment, image quality, self-timer, white balance settings, and color tones
On device photo editor and video editors (manual and automatic)
Camera Specifications
CMOS sensor, 3.2 megapixel (2048 x1536) pixels with autofocus and digital zoom up to 20x
Carl Zeiss Optics, Tessar™ lens
Focal length 5.6 mm
Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
Macro mode with 10 cm focus distance
Mechanical shutter with 1/1000~0.2s shutter speed
Active slide cover for lens protection
Photography
2-stage capture key for autofocus control
2.4 inch camera viewfinder in landscape orientation and with active toolbar
Slide for camera protection and activation
Integrated flash (operating range up to 1m)
Modes: auto, off, on, red-eye reduction
Advanced camera modes: still, sequence, video
Scenes: automatic, user defined, close-up, portrait, landscape, sport and night
White balance: automatic, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent
Color tone: normal, sepia, B&W, vivid, negative
Light sensitivity: high, medium, low, automatic
Video
Video: play, record, stream
Audio recording AAC stereo
Video stabilization
Video clip up to 1.5h (limited by available memory)
File format .mp4 (high), .3gp (normal, MMS)
Video capture: 352 x 288 (CIF) at up to 15 fps MPEG-4
Automatic white balance control
Scenes: auto, night, close-up, snow/beach, cine, old film
Digital zoom CIF up to 4x / QCIF up to 8x
Two-way video call capability
Second VGA camera (640 x 480 pixels) with up to 2x digital zoom
Real time video sharing to another compatible mobile device

Messaging:
Multimedia messaging: MMS for creating, receiving, editing, and sending videos and pictures with AMR voice clips
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

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

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

Display: Inner: Active matrix color display (800 x 352 pixels), 16 million true colors
Outer: Active matrix color display (240 x 320 pixels), 16 million true colors

Price Range: $1094.95 to $1214.20

The E90 is Nokia’s new top end enterprise-focussed device. However, as with the multimedia-focussed N95, Nokia have packed in an impressive number of features. The connectivity options include quad band EGSM, 3G connectivity (WCDMA and HSDPA), WiFi (802.11g), Bluetooth (including stereo audio support), infrared and USB (2.0 full-speed). There is also a 2.5mm audio jack for headsets, a FM Radio, a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus and DVD-quality recording, and an integrated GPS chipset. All this in the standard Communicator clamshell form factor, which this time boasts an external QVGA screen with number keypad and a wide (800×352 pixels) internal screen with full QWERTY keyboard.

The build quality is also excellent for this Nokia. However, the faceplate at the back of the E90 didn’t gel very well at the top where the speakers are, but we’re nitpicking and it could be just our review unit. When we’re using the directional pad, delete and enter buttons on the QWERTY, we can feel its hollowness.
On the outside, the E90 is like any other candy-bar phone. In fact, most of the functions are accessible from the 2-inch screen save for a front-facing camera for 3G video calls. The beauty of the E90 shows up only when we open the clamshell and let it sit on the table like a mini laptop.

The E90 is effectively two phones in one, but with a common data store and computer between them. With the clamshell closed, the E90 is an a fairly standard, if rather large, S60 smartphone. There are the usual control keys and number keypad, and 16 million colour QVGA screen. The external keypad is perfectly usable, although it doesn’t measure up to that found on the N93. The usual S60 applications are present and it is possible to carry out every function of the phone in this mode, from writing emails and watching films to making phone calls. However, opening up the device reveals a decent sized QWERTY keyboard and a gorgeous 800 x 352 pixel screen. The inside also runs S60, albeit with the UI appropriately reconfigured for the screen size. The impressive part is that the phone will switch seamlessly between the two screens and maintain application state. This means you can, for example, beginning to compose a message in closed mode, but decide to continue it using the full keyboard without the need for any user interface intervention. The switch generally takes about a second, although I would expect this to get better nearer the release date.

Setting up the E90 to connect to our Exchange server was also a breeze. We used the Mail for Exchange program which can be downloaded for free from Nokia’s Web site. The application allows us to sync our calendar, contacts and email on our server to the mobile device. There’s also an option to set how often the synchronization should happen, although we left that to manual most of the time. The E90 also supports other popular messaging clients such as RIM’s BlackBerry Connect and Intellisync Wireless Email.
The other component of the Communicator which we were rather impressed with is the LCD. The screen is crystal-clear and text on it appears razor sharp. It also held up well under sunlight and has a wide viewing angle.

Key features:
Browse the Internet and transfer media-rich files via HSDPA (up to 3.6 Mbit/s enabled) and 3G high-speed mobile broadband
Increase mobile productivity with applications for viewing and editing documents
Talk on every continent with quad-band GSM and automatic switching between bands
Access voice and data functions quickly and easily with convenient shortcut keys
Locate meeting venues, restaurants, and places of interest with the integrated GPS
Send images captured with the integrated 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus

Multimedia:
Video calling
FM radio
Music player (MP3, AAC)
Realplayer (streaming audio, video and MP4 video files)

Browsing:
Web browser (x)HTML
JavaScript 1.3 and 1.5 supported
Flash Lite 2.0 supported

Imaging:
3.2 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus
QCIF camera for video calling

Messaging:
Supports POP3, IMAP4, and SMTP Support for mobile email, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email 8. and a variety of third-party email clients: Mail for Exchange 1.5 (delivered via Nokia Downloads! Application), Visto Mobile v5.5, and RIM BlackBerry Connect v2.1
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Text-to-speech message reader
MMS and SMS

Display: Active matrix display
Supports up to 16M colors within 352 x 416 pixels
Up to 6 lines (Latin) in message viewing. Two display modes: portrait when flip is closed, landscape when flip is open
Zoom enables enlarged view of content in office applications and the browser

Price: 489.35 to $594.95

At first glance the Nokia E70 doesn’t look like a PDA phone at all: It’s an unassuming candy bar-style handset, with a smallish 2.1-inch screen and a tiny numeric keypad. But flip the keypad up, and the E70 reveals its charms-namely, a unique and very roomy QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard is split in two, half of it on the right of the screen and half on the left. When the unit is open, the screen automatically changes orientation from vertical to horizontal.

When closed, the E70 is about the size of an average cell phone-measuring 2.1 by 0.9 by 4.6 inches (width by depth by height)-but slightly heavier, at 4.6 ounces. Its shape is somewhat ungainly, though, because a large hinge included for opening and closing the keyboard makes holding the phone next to your ear somewhat uncomfortable. Overall, audio quality is about average, and dialing with the miniature buttons on the keypad can be tricky. Talk-time battery life in our tests was quite impressive, at 9 hours, 52 minutes.

At heart the E70 is a fairly standard S60 3rd Edition Eseries smartphone, with the full set of PIM and Enterprise-focussed applications, including the new S60 Office suite and licensed versions of Handy Expense, Zip Manager and WorldMate. See our E61 review for all the gory detail of the platform, hopefully most people reading this will know the drill by now - S60 3rd Edition is slicker and prettier, with better support for different screen sizes, but has a slightly more limited range of third party software available (though in practice this mainly means less games). The display’s impressively high resolution at 352 by 416 pixels and all S60 screen elements are nicely drawn and smoothly finished off.

The first thing that went through my mind was how boxy and brick-like the E70 looks. The Nokia 6820 had smoother curves and sleeker lines, though it was just an S40 phone, without the high tech gadgetry featured in the E70. The flip on the E70 is very square and has sharp edges. The plastics used for the phone also felt cheap, and did not match the high price tag slapped on the phone. However, the phone was solidly built, and I experienced no creaks or squeaks.

The kicker comes when you open the device up. As you’ll have spotted from the pictures, the numeric keypad lifts up and over the screen in ‘gull-wing’ fashion, creating a two-part qwerty keyboard that’s surprisingly useful. The ‘flip’ hinge is very sturdy indeed and the keyboard locks nicely into the flat position, ready for holding in both hands and thumb typing. As soon as the keypad is lifted, the display starts to change, and after a couple of seconds delay the S60 interface appears again but this time in landscape mode, as appropriate for keyboard text entry.

Key features:
Full keyboard and wide, high-resolution color screen
Native email client (POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP)
Text messaging (SMS and MMS)
Instant messaging
Email attachment viewers (documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs and .ZIP manager) and editors (documents, spreadsheets, presentations)1
2.0 megapixel camera benefits businesses and industries by providing innovative ways to incorporate images into the everyday workflow

Organizer: contacts with images, calendar with accept/reject a meeting request, to-do list, applications synchronize with Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes
Office applications: documents, spreadsheets, presentations (both viewers and editors) 1
Internet Connectivity: Nokia Browser, JavaScript™ 1.3 and 1.5 support
Car enhancements enable flexibility of communicating while on the road

Up to 64 MB of built-in memory provides high capacity for storing add-on applications, email attachments, photos and MP3 music files
Supports hot swapping - the ability to swap out one memory card for another without having to remove the battery
Ability to store 2 gigabytes of data with miniSD (secure digital) memory cards 2

Navigation:
Two soft keys with five-way scroll, power key can be used as profile key
Configurable right and left soft keys
Full keyboard with fold open design
List and grid menu
Active standby: Provides fast access to applications with 5 items user configurable
Symbian operating system OS 9.1
Series 60, 3rd edition

Connectivity:
Pop-Port™ interface
USB 2.0 full speed supported via Pop-Port™
Connect to a compatible PC wirelessly or with Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-53
Integrated infrared module (IrCOMM, IrOBEX, IrTinyTP)
Bluetooth wireless technology 1.2
Install applications with Nokia PC Suite for the Nokia E70 phone
Video and audio streaming (3GPP and RealMedia)
WCDMA (3GPP Release 4)
WAP 2.0
Multiconnectivity
WLAN connection can be shared by multiple applications at the same time. For example: email, browser and synchronization
Possible to use WLAN, Bluetooth technology, USB and infrared at the same time
Max 6 Bluetooth technology connections in use at the same time 4