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
