Nokia N79
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Advanced Sequel of N78
Monday, June 16, 2008
Nokia unveiled the Nokia N79 cell phone, the latest addition to the Nokia Nseries range that combines intelligent and customizable design with a fully-loaded multimedia computer. Behind its sleek exterior, the Nokia N79 mobile phone is a technology powerhouse. It offers a full range of multimedia experiences including integrated navigation, music with FM transmitter, high-speed connectivity, superior web browsing, at least 10 pre-loaded NGage games and an advanced 5 megapixel digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics.
The 5 megapixel digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash and video light captures sharp, clear photos and video that can be edited immediately, without the need for a Personal computer. Photos can also be geotagged to specific locations. What's more, the Nokia N79 cell phone comes packaged with a 4 GB microSD flash memory card that makes it possible to store around 3,000 songs, approximately 2,500 photos and up to four hours of DVD-quality video clips that can be organized by user albums or tags.
Main features of Nokia N79:
- Quadband GSM/Dualband UMTS.
- FM radio with RDS and FM transmitter.
- Touch-sensitive Naviwheel.
- 3.5mm headphone jack.
- Supports up to 8GB microSD cards.
- Xpress-on color covers with support for automatic changing of theme.
- Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth with A2DP.
- Stereo speakers.
- Built-in accelerometer with auto-screen rotation.
The Nokia N79 comes with Xpress-on smart covers that are available in five cool colors: Light Sea Blue, Espresso Brown, Olive Green, White and Coral Red. A combination of three of these comes with each Nokia N79. The convergence of photos, music and navigation in the Nokia N79 combines with high-speed 3.5G HSDPA and Wi-Fi to make it quick and easy to share experiences on websites, blogs or online communities.
The main camera will record videos in VGA up to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30/fps with an 8x digital video zoom. The front camera features a 2x digital zoom. The video camera records in MP4, 3GP, H.263 & H.264 file formats. The user can optimise the footage by adjusting the Scene modes, Colour tone modes and Video white balance modes settings. There is RealPlayer™ function and Real time video sharing with other compatible users with this particular capability along with video streaming.
It comes equipped with a digital music player that supports popular music formats such as, MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC & eAAC+ formats. There are dedicated volume keys allowing the user to control the 3D sound effect stereo speakers with ease. The N79 mobile phone also features a built-in FM stereo radio with RDS support and visual radio support.
The music player also offers it users Playlists, Equaliser, Selection by artist, Album & Genre, Album graphics display and Skins. Synchronising music with Windows Media Player along with Nokia music Manager, Store support and Podcasting support is also offered. This is just a small insight into what the Nokia N79 mobile phone offers it users with regards to the digital music player system.