The latest Nseries, the Nokia N82, has been formally announced. The N82 features a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash, an assisted-GPS. The N82 boasts and impressive ray of connectivity options: quad-band GSM, WCDMA with HSDPA at 2100 MHz, WiFi and Bluetooth. The N82 is available immediately in key markets and sells for an approximate, pre-tax, unsubsidised price of 450 Euros (£315). Read on for more.
Ewan continues his look at the Nokia N81 8GB by loading up his music collection and trying the device for size in the real world, with a variety of 3.5mm stereo headsets. Here's his N81 8GB review part 2 - it's all about the music.
We're expecting Nokia to announce the latest addition to the Nseries range tomorrow. However some press shots of the new phone are now available on the Nokia website. The N82 has a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash. Read on for a quick overview and some comments.
(C) 'Attention Grabbing Headlines Ltd.' No, of course, I wouldn't rather have a 'classic' N95 than the newer 8GB model, if offered both for Christmas, but there's still a real story here. I argue that there are enough positives for the 'classic' as to keep it a contender. Read on...
The Nokia N81 has a firmware update available via Nokia Software Update in many regions today. The new version is 10.0.058 for the N81-1 and 10.0.035 for the N81-3, with improvements in WLAN performance, memory transfer and camera stability. Thanks Nokia, but please don't forget about the N93 and, dare I say it, the N95...
Ewan Spence now has the editorial N81 8GB and begins his multi-part review with a look at the hardware, in particular the innovative naviwheel and the way it controls (or doesn't control) the S60 interface. Part 2 will look at the extensive (and high quality) music functions of the N81.
PDA Essentials issue 68 hits the streets today (in the UK, at least), with a special section on their prestigious annual awards (in conjunction with the likes of Clove and Expansys). Of interest here is that the Nokia N95 got voted the 'Best Smartphone', in a hotly contested category (beating the Sony Ericsson P1i, among others). The Nokia E90 lost out to the HTC TyTN II for 'Best PDA' and, curiously, there wasn't a category for best 'communicator' or 'business/email' device. For more detail, go buy your own copy!
Mobility blogger Russell Beattie often comes up with really insightful articles and this one is a must-read. Coming to the Nokia N95 8GB as someone who's technically literate but not a hardened S60 fanboy, he comes up with some very apposite and constructive criticisms of the modern S60 interface. Plenty there that I'm in total agreement with, too.
So, by happy chance, a couple of Nokia N81s have hit All About Symbian - in the next week you'll have music-angled and gaming-angled reviews from Ewan and Krisse, but first - Steve's first impressions. Others round the net have either slammed the N81 or praised it - read on for Steve's opinion.
