An Overview of the Nokia N-Series

Written by:  • Edited by: Simon Hill
Published Jul 13, 2010
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Many of Nokia's crown jewels and most cherished smartphones happen to be from the Nokia N-Series family of multimedia phones. What impact has the popular offering of Nokia N-series had on Nokia? Keep reading to find out.

Introduction

The Nokia N-Series of smartphones represents a product family of smartphones that is geared towards multimedia features. Multimedia in this sense meaning anything to do with mobile gaming, Internet services, photography, video recording and playback, audio recording and playback and music playback.

The Nokia N-series range of smartphones were first announced in April, 2005 and thereafter the first three smartphones introduced in the N-series family were the Nokia N70, Nokia N90 and Nokia N91. Come November of the same year Nokia announced the next three being Nokia N71, Nokia N80 and Nokia N92 and since then the Nokia N-series of multimedia phones has grown to include the Nokia N72, Nokia N73, Nokia N93, Nokia N75, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N76, Nokia N77, Nokia N93i, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N82, Nokia N96, Nokia N78, Nokia N79, Nokia N85, Nokia N97, Nokia N86 8MP, (Nokia's first 8 megapixel phone) and the Nokia N8 with (12 megapixel camera).

In general these N-Series family of Nokia smartphones come with abilities that let users use their phones as still and video cameras. The family also lets users use their mobile phones as FM radio's and some as FM transmitters, and surf the Internet. Nokia N-series phones can also be used as MP3 players and give options to those interested in gaming. Newer models of the Nokia N-series come with built in GPS receivers and the very latest even have multi-touch features and 3D graphics.

Let's take a closer look at the Nokia N-Series phones.

Nokia N70
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Nokia N70 The Nokia N70 is a candy bar form factor Nokia N-series phone released in 2005. It features a small 176x208 resolution screen. This silver, ivory/pearl or black smartphone was released with Symbian OS version 8.1 and was one of the first N-series Nokia phones. The Nokia N70 came with an FM radio, supports Java and connectivity speeds going up to 3G at 384kbps. This Nokia N-series smartphone did not come with Wi-Fi. The Nokia N70 has 64MB of memory. Inbuilt was a WAP 2.0/xHTML web browser and it was capable of playing MP3 ringtones. The Nokia N70 supports video calls and has a camera with a resolution of 1600x1200 pixels. There is an image editor built into the phone as well and it came with the Xpress-on covers. There is an Edition of the Nokia N70 that includes a music player and is called the Nokia N70 music edition. Even though the Nokia N70 has been discontinued it can still be found in selected stores worldwide.

Nokia N90
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Nokia n90 The Nokia N90 was another one of the first of the Nokia N-series phones to be released by Nokia back in 2005. It looks quite strange because it is a cross between a swivel and flip form factor phone. The screen is capable of rotating 90 degrees and has a resolution of 352 x 416 pixels. The Nokia N90 also came with a smaller external color screen at 128 x 128 pixels. This Nokia N-series phone featured a digital music player as well as a video player. It had a camera that could also rotate out and a photo editor built in and it supported video calling as well. The Nokia N90 also introduced an LED flash. As far as Internet connectivity goes this phone relies on 3G connectivity as it does not come with Wi-Fi. External memory on the Nokia N90 is limited to 64MB while internal memory is limited to 31MB. The Nokia N90 came in silver right out of the factory. This Nokia N-series model has been discontinued but is still available in selected stores.

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