N78 economy class!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sleek design; Capable multimedia computer

• Search and find places and know how to get there, with integrated A-GPS
• Tag images automatically with capture location and upload directly to the web
• Browse the internet with large 2.4” display, access the web over Wireless LAN (WLAN) with automatic hotspot authentication
• Up to 24-hour music playback time, scroll to your favorite tracks using Navi™ wheel
• Access images, music, podcasts, video with high speed WLAN, or 3.5G connection

Operating Frequency

• Dual mode WCDMA 900/2100 (HSDPA), GSM/GPRS/EGPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Automatic switching between bands and modes

Dimensions

• Volume: 76.5 cc
• Weight: 101.8 g
• Length: 113 mm
• Width: 49 mm
• Thickness (max): 15.1 mm

Memory Functions

• Up to 70MB internal memory
• MicroSD memory card support (hot swappable)
• Approx. memory capacity indication with included 2GB microSD card:
  -Video (VGA @ 15fps): up to 120 min
  -Photos (3.2 megapixel): up to 3,400 photos
  -Music (eAAC+): up to 1,500 tracks*

* Capacity based on 3:45 per song with 48 kbps eAAC+ (M4A) encoding on the Nokia Audio Manager. Capacity with 128 kbps AAC encoding is up to [1500] songs.

Power Management*

• Battery: Nokia Battery BL-6F 1200mAh
• Talk time: up to 190 minutes (WCDMA); 260 minutes (GSM)
• Stand-by time: up to 320 hours (WCDMA); 320 hours (GSM)
• Still images: up to 375 pictures (3.2 megapixel)
• Video capture: up to 215 minutes (VGA @ 15fps)
• Video call: up to 125 minutes
• Video playback: up to 280 minutes (VGA @ 15fps)
• Music playback: up to 24 hours (offline mode)
• Web browsing: up to 3 hours (3.5G)
• FM radio: up to 14 hours

*Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.

Display and User Interface

• 2.4” QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT color display with up to 16 million colors and wide 160° viewing angle. Ambient light detector - to optimize display brightness and power consumption
• Operating system: Symbian OS
• User Interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
• Java™: MIDP2.0
• C++ and Java SDKs

Call Management

• Call logs, speed dial, voice dialing, voice commands, and talking ringtone
• OMA PoC 1.0

Messaging

• E-mail (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), MMS, SMS

Data Transfer*

• WCDMA 850/1900 (HSDPA) with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed UL/DL= 384/3.6MB, CS max speed 64kbps)
• Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 118.4/118.4 kbits/s
• EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s

*Actual achieved speeds may vary depending on network support.

Imaging and video

• Up to 3.2 megapixel (2048x1536 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss Optics, Tessar™ lens, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of at 15 fps
• Secondary camera, CIF (352x288 pixels) sensor
• On device photo editor (manual & automatic) and video editor (manual).
• 2.4” QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT color display with up to 16 million colors and wide 160° viewing angle. Ambient light detector - to optimize display brightness and power consumption
• Nokia XpressShare solution - share easily from Photos application or after capture via email, by using Bluetooth connectivity or MMS. Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
• Online album/blog: image/video uploading from Photos application or camera post-capture view
• Tag images automatically with capture location and show on a map where they were captured.
• Nokia XpressPrint solution – online printing service or direct printing via USB, Bluetooth connectivity (BPP), WLAN (UPnP), from compatible memory card.

Mobile Video

• Video resolutions: up to VGA @ 15 fps
• Audio recording: AAC stereo, 48kHz
• Digital video stabilization
• Video clip length: max 60 min per clip
• Video file format: .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
• White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene: automatic, night
• Color tone: normal, sepia, B&W, negative
• Zoom: Digital up to 8x

Mobile Photography

• Still image resolutions: up to 3.2 megapixel (2048x1536)
• Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
• Auto focus
• Auto exposure - center weighted AE
• Exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 1/3EV step
• White balance : automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene: automatic, user, close-up, landscape, night, night portrait
• Scene: automatic, user, close-up, landscape, night, night portrait
• Colour tone: normal, sepia, B&W, negative
• Zoom: Digital up to 20x
• LED flash
• Secondary camera, CIF (352 x 288) sensor

Camera Specifications

• CMOS, 3.2 megapixel (2048x1536)
• Carl Zeiss optics: Tessar™ lens
• Focal length: 4.6 mm
• Focus range: 10 cm ~ infinity
• Macro focus distance: 10 cm - 30 cm

• Music Features

  • OMA DRM 2.0 support for music.
  • Integrated FM transmitter (88.1 – 107.9 MHz)
  • Nokia Internet Radio
  • Stereo speakers
  • Nokia Stereo Headset HS-45/AD-54
  • Digital music player: supports MP3/ AAC/ AAC+/ eAAC+/ WMA with playlists, equalizer and album art.
  • Synchronize music with Windows Media Player 10 & 11.
  • Rip your CDs with one click, converting and transferring music to your device using Nokia Music Manager
  • Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz /76-90MHz) with Visual Radio™ support

N78 and N96 Live Pictures

I've been down to London this morning, to attend the Nokia Press event. I got some hands on time with the N96 and N78. They also had the 6210 Navigator phone and 6220 Classic. I will be back shortly to add some detail about the handsets, but in the meantime here are some pictures (click the image to view full size)

Don't forget to click on the ticket in the post below to go to the online Nokia NSeries event.

Hands on with the Nokia N78

Earlier on today I attended the Nokia Press Conference in the new flagship store in Regents St in London, as Nokia presented live from Barcelona their new handsets. In all four handsets were announced, the Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6220 Classic, Nokia N78 and Nokia N96. Here, I'm interested in the two NSeries handsets.

First, the N78. The N78 is a direct replacement for the very popular Nokia N73. The N73 is probably one of my favourite ever handsets, it matched a good feature set, for its time along with a very good battery life. Overall Nokia sold over 50 million N73 handsets. But, as with all things in the mobile industry, we move forward.

I saw an N78 a few months ago, and to be honest, I was not impressed. It is always hard to judge what is clearly a prototype handset, however I didn't like the look, I didn't like the feel and neither the design. And that keypad, it was awful! So of the new handsets to be seen, the N78 was the one I wasn't really to bothered about.

Well, I'm happy to say those initial impressions have been shown to be misplaced. The N78 I saw today, whilst still a prototype, was way ahead of the model I saw just a short while ago. The keypad seems to have been changed slightly, in the numeric keys are more aligned than I remember. And, whilst it does still look uncomfortable, it actually isn't. Three months of using the N82 and you soon get used to using those slim keys. The keys on the N78 are slightly different, they are not separate but one long line. In fact, none of the keys are cut out separately, but part of one whole plastic design. You can get an idea of this from the pictures below. Just click on the image to see them in full size.

The N78 is equipped with an FM transmitter. This is the first time that a mobile phone has included an FM transmitter built in. I need to try the feature out, but it works in much the same way as those add on modules do for music players. The transmitter will scan for an available FM signal and you can transmit your music via the transmitter to your car or home stereo.

The N78 has HSDPA, and WiFi, and support for Bluetooth 2.0. There is also GPS support, and this includes support for geotagging, which will capture information when you take a picture, so when you upload the picture details are stored of when and where the picture was taken.

Overall the N78 did impress me, and I imagine that in two years or so, we will be looking back and seeing that the N78 has achieved similar sales figures to the N73.