Nokia N79

The Nokia N79 is a slick little pill of a handset. There are too many different materials and surfaces on Nokia N 79 mobile. The front of the mobile review unit was glossy white. Around the edge sat a band of chrome. Around back, swappable battery covers are glossy with a textured-looking finish. Further down the side, the phone uses a sandblasted metallic look. The phone’s 4-way button also acts as a touch sensitive Navi Wheel.

Nokia N79 mobile price in India is around Rs.12500/-.

Nokia packs an FM transmitter N79 for broadcasting to a nearby radio. The side stereo speaker of the handset were also surprisingly loud, though a bit tinny, especially in bass-heavy tunes. There are plenty of EQ and sound modifying options built to balance the sound. A standard set of cans with 3.5mm jack accommodate in this phone. User can pair with a stereo Bluetooth set for wireless listening. N79 has 4GB microSD card slot that gives freedom to load songs, pictures and videos.
The Nokia N79 has a surprisingly good Web browser, perhaps even better than it needs to be. web Pages loaded fairly quickly over AT&T’s fast HSDPA network, and even quicker when user browsing Wi-Fi.
with a 5-megapixel lens carrying Carl Zeiss brandĀ  shoot pretty good images. N79 handset is capable of recording VGA-resolution videos.
The mobile uses Nokia Maps for mapping and turn-by-turn navigation, and the mobile is powerful enough to handle the robust mapping application. Maps scrolled and zoomed smoothly, and the handset usually has no trouble finding the location. Maps also loaded quickly over the fast, 3G connection. but nevi wheel not work in this application.
TheĀ  Li-Ion 1200 mAh standard battery can run up to 372 hrs in (2G)/ 408 hrs in (3G) in stand by mode and talk time in 2G: Up to 5 hours 30 mins and in 3G: 3 hours 30 mins hours.

SPECIFICATION

General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2008, August
Status Released 2008, October
Size
Dimensions 110 x 49 x 15 mm, 74 cc
Weight 97 g
Display
Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
Touch-sensitive Navi wheel
Accelerometer sensor for auto rotate
Downloadable themes
Sound
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Internal 50 MB storage
Card slot microSD, up to 8GB, 4GB included
Data
GPRS Class 11
EDGE Class 32
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP & DLNA technology
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2592×1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash
Video Yes, VGA@30fps
Secondary VGA videocall camera
Features
OS Symbian OS 9.3, S60 rel. 3.2 UI
CPU ARM 11 369 MHz processor
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter; Visual radio
Games Yes, N-gage + downloadable
Colors Canvas white, Seal grey, Petrol black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps 2.1
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
Photo/video editor
MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
Organizer
Voice command/dial
T9
Flash Lite v3.0
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Push to talk
TV-out
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-6F)
Stand-by Up to 372 h (2G) / Up to 305 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 3 h 30 min (3G)
Misc
SAR EU 1.17 W/kg (head)
SAR US 1.42 W/kg (head) 1.10 W/kg (body)

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One Comment on “Nokia N79”

  • balaji wrote on 1 August, 2011, 10:06

    ok

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