Nokia N72
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The Nokia N72 is one of Nokia
's high-end Nseries mobile phones, it is effectively a re-branded Nokia N70
with a reduced feature set. It was launched in May 2006.
, and runs on Symbian
8.1a operating system. The N72 is based upon the N70 and is actually a remake of the N70-5 but was redesigned and is targeted at the mass market just like its prior model the N70-5 by the removal of the 3G hardware, making it much cheaper. However, it retains the same edition of the Symbian OS as the N70, as well as a similar set of features.
The Nokia N72 is a feature-rich phone with a 2 megapixel camera, a built-in flash, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, digital music player functionality and support for 3D Java games. It also supports Bluetooth
2.0 and USB 2.0 - Pop-Port
interface. It uses the S60 user-interface and the Symbian 8.1a operating system. It is available in two colors namely glossy black and pearl pink.
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
's high-end Nseries mobile phones, it is effectively a re-branded Nokia N70
Nokia N70
The Nokia N70 is a multimedia 3G smartphone made by Nokia and launched in Q3 2005. This phone is one of the first phones released for Nokia's line of Multimedia computers, the Nokia Nseries. Nokia N70 is released alongside with Nokia N90 and Nokia N91....
with a reduced feature set. It was launched in May 2006.
Features
For an Nseries phone its features are quite limited, as it has only a 2 MP cameraCamera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
, and runs on Symbian
Symbian
Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...
8.1a operating system. The N72 is based upon the N70 and is actually a remake of the N70-5 but was redesigned and is targeted at the mass market just like its prior model the N70-5 by the removal of the 3G hardware, making it much cheaper. However, it retains the same edition of the Symbian OS as the N70, as well as a similar set of features.
The Nokia N72 is a feature-rich phone with a 2 megapixel camera, a built-in flash, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, digital music player functionality and support for 3D Java games. It also supports Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
2.0 and USB 2.0 - Pop-Port
Pop-Port
The Pop-Port interface is a discontinued plug-in port, available with many Nokia mobile phones. The port consists of one metal pin on either end, and a plastic tab containing thirteen contacts.-Functions:...
interface. It uses the S60 user-interface and the Symbian 8.1a operating system. It is available in two colors namely glossy black and pearl pink.
External Memory
The N72 uses Dual-Voltage Reduced Size MMC (RS-DV-MMC) cards which are also marketed as MMCmobile. These cards should not be mistaken as RS-MMC cards, which have only 7 contact pins but with the same size. The user memory for Nokia N72 is expandable up to 2 GB.Specification Sheet
Feature | Specification |
---|---|
Form factor | Candybar ("Monoblock") |
Operating System | Symbian OS (8.1a), S60 Second Edition Feature Pack 3 (v2.8) |
Processor | TI OMAP 1710, ARM9 32-bit RISC CPU @ 220 MHz |
Memory (RAM) | 53 MB |
Memory (PHONE MEMORY) | 20 MB |
GSM frequencies | 900/1800/1900 MHz |
GPRS | Yes, class 10 |
EDGE (EGPRS) | Yes, class 10 , 236.8 kbit/s |
WCDMA | yes, class 10 |
Main screen | TFT Matrix, 262,144 colour |
Camera Features | Flash |
Video Recording Frame Rate | 15 frame/s |
Video Recording Formats | H.263, MPEG-4 |
Video Recording Resolution | 352 x 288 |
Camera Image Formats | JPEG |
Graphic Formats | BMP, EXIF, GIF87a, GIF89a, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, WBMP |
Messaging | MMS+SMIL, SMS |
Supported Email Protocols | IMAP4, POP3, SMTP |
Supported Document Formats | Excel, PDF, Powerpoint, Word |
Audio Formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, eAAC+, MIDI Tones (poly 64), MP3, RealAudio 7, 8, 10, True tones, WAV |