Nokia N-73 Review

Introduction:
This phone is equipped with a large screen (2.4") and exploits the idea of photo direction (3.2 MP camera, CMOS). This smartphone is represented as a solution for taking qualitative photos and sending them to network services like Flickr. Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus for optical zoom (up to x20).
Class: smartphone, 3G, multimedia
Position in the line: above Nokia N72
Rivals: Sonyericsson K800
At the release moment the price forms 450-500 Euros

Specifications:
General features
Announced in April 2006, official announcement on the 25 April 2006
eGSM 900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100
Battery type 1100 mAh Li-Pol (BP-6M)
talk mode from 180 up to 240 minutes
standby mode from 135 up to 190 hours
Full recharging takes 2 hours
Graphical display high-contrast, 262000 colours (TFT), the resolution of 240x320 pixels, 2.4"
5D navi button
The phone is run by Symbian OS 9.1 (S60 third edition interface)
3.2-MP (CMOS), the maximum resolution of 2048x1536 pixels, integrated flash makes effect at the distance of up to 1.5 m, red eye remover, scene settings, selection of light conditions, digital zoom x20, autofocus
Video (15fps, 352x288 - normal; 640 x 480 - high)
Weight: 116 gramms
Dimensions: 110x49x19 mm

Memory
42 MB shared dynamically by the phonebook, the calendar, messages, images and applications
miniSD memory slot
Photos can be assigned to numbers in the phonebook
For each name you can store Name and Surname (two lines), Company name, Position, Phone number, Mobile phone, Fax and E-mail address — totally 8 fields. You can add any number of fields.
Unlimited number of user groups, a name can refer to several groups at once
SIM entries are stored separately, you can't view them with phone entries at once
Call lists, no limits on the number of entries, all records can contain not only time and date, but a call type as well. You can set storage period for list entries (a month by default)
Call management, ringing tones
Vibracall
Polyphonic call melody, True Tones, supported formats AAC, eAAC+, MP3, RealAudio, WAV
64-tones call signal, mp3, AAC, WAV, NB-AMR, WB-AMR
Voice dial doesn't depend on the pronunciation, no need in preliminary recording of tags
Speakerphone
Call duration
Musical composer, assign melodies to names in the phonebook

SMS
Predictive text input ?9
Message templates (10 preset, you can change them or add own ones)
Graphical messages
Concatenated messages (up to 459 characters)

Connectivity
WAP 2.0
Bluetooth v.1.2
GPRS class 10
EGPRS (Class B, Multislot class 11)
E-mail protocols: SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 - attachments
MMS
Synchronization with PC via Bluetooth or a cable
SyncML
SMIL
USB 2.0 via Pop-Port
PoC or PTT
Instant Messaging
VideoCall

Organizer and extras
Stereo FM-radio, Visual radio
User profiles (5), temporary profile
Time, date
Calculator, currency converter
Stopwatch (up to 20 intermediate values), countdown timer
Organizer with support for events of various kinds, reminders
To-do list
Dictaphone
3GPP Video Streaming
RealOne Player: playing RealMedia and 3GPP-compatible files
Special player with support for the following formats: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, M4A/MP4, RealAudio, WAV, WMA.
Photoalbum - improved gallery
QuikOffice - this application works with MS Word, MS PowerPoint files
PDF+
MP3 player
MIDP JavaTM (2.0), 3D API (JSR-184)
Download Java applications
Games

Review:
The Nokia N73 has top notch reception, and is among the strongest RF phones. We tested it both on Cingular’s 850MHz network and T-Mobile’s 1900MHz network in the US. Both incoming and outgoing voice are clear with no distortion, static or other unpleasant audio artifacts. …The N73 has one of the best cameras of any phone on the market, with only Nokia’s own N93 and the Sony Ericsson K790 / K800i competing. If you don’t need smartphone features, then the Sony Ericsson offers serious competition but it can’t compete with the Nokia on syncing, powerful PIM applications, Office viewers, PDF viewer and 3rd party software. The phone has excellent reception and call quality with fast data rates over EDGE and good ergonomics (though the straightforward design might seem boring it does make for an easy to use phone). Bluetooth is fast which is a plus when transferring those big photos and videos. The screen is gorgeous! Battery life is good and the smartphone is responsive in all tasks.”