Nokia N80
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The Nokia N80 is a multimedia 3G
smartphone
made by Nokia
with support for high-speed UMTS
/WCDMA
connections. Features include a 3.1 megapixel camera (interpolated from 2.0-megapixels) with built-in flash (on the back of the device), another camera (on the front) for videoconferencing
, Wi-Fi
(802.11g), Universal Plug and Play
(UPnP), FM radio, Bluetooth
1.2, digital music player functionality, MiniSD memory card slot, and support for 3D Java
games. Because of its memory card and relatively large screen, it can function as a portable media player
.
It uses the third edition of the Series 60 user interface (S60v3) and the Symbian
operating system version 9.1. It is not backward compatible with software compiled for earlier versions of the Symbian operating system.
The N80 is Nokia's first UPnP
-compatible phone, allowing the transfer of media files to compatible devices over Wi-Fi.
Nokia have now announced that the new Internet Edition firmware is available for the 'classic' N80 by using Nokia Official Software Updater, downloadable from Nokia.com.
Before the Internet Edition firmware was made available on the Nokia Software Updater, end users could update the N80 to the same specification as an N80 Internet Edition by flashing the N80 with the firmware from the N80 Internet Edition .This required the use of several hacked Nokia servicing software applications, including the Phoenix Service Software (or Nokia Software Update with Nemesis (by changing product code)). This method is of questionable legality in some jurisdictions, and may violate the terms of the phone's warranty. There are reports of the occasional failure of this method due to user error or for other unknown reasons, leaving the phone in an unusable state from which only a properly-equipped service center could recover it.
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
made by Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
with support for high-speed UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...
/WCDMA
W-CDMA
W-CDMA , UMTS-FDD, UTRA-FDD, or IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread is an air interface standard found in 3G mobile telecommunications networks. It is the basis of Japan's NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service and the most-commonly used member of the UMTS family and sometimes used as a synonym for UMTS...
connections. Features include a 3.1 megapixel camera (interpolated from 2.0-megapixels) with built-in flash (on the back of the device), another camera (on the front) for videoconferencing
Videoconferencing
Videoconferencing is the conduct of a videoconference by a set of telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously...
, Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
(802.11g), Universal Plug and Play
Universal Plug and Play
Universal Plug and Play is a set of networking protocols for primarily residential networks without enterprise class devices that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices to seamlessly discover each other's presence...
(UPnP), FM radio, 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...
1.2, digital music player functionality, MiniSD memory card slot, and support for 3D Java
Java (Sun)
Java refers to several computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, that together provide a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform environment...
games. Because of its memory card and relatively large screen, it can function as a portable media player
Portable media player
A portable media player or digital audio player, is a consumer electronics device that is capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, video, documents, etc. the data is typically stored on a hard drive, microdrive, or flash memory. In contrast, analog portable audio...
.
It uses the third edition of the Series 60 user interface (S60v3) and the 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...
operating system version 9.1. It is not backward compatible with software compiled for earlier versions of the Symbian operating system.
The N80 is Nokia's first UPnP
Universal Plug and Play
Universal Plug and Play is a set of networking protocols for primarily residential networks without enterprise class devices that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices to seamlessly discover each other's presence...
-compatible phone, allowing the transfer of media files to compatible devices over Wi-Fi.
Versions
- WCDMAW-CDMAW-CDMA , UMTS-FDD, UTRA-FDD, or IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread is an air interface standard found in 3G mobile telecommunications networks. It is the basis of Japan's NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service and the most-commonly used member of the UMTS family and sometimes used as a synonym for UMTS...
/UMTSUniversal Mobile Telecommunications SystemUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...
2100 MHz for Europe/Asia. - "Internet Edition" which is available in both US and European Versions.
Bluetooth
Nokia originally announced the N80 as supporting Bluetooth 2.0, however it was released with Bluetooth 1.2 . Therefore the N80 does not currently support stereo playback over Bluetooth.Specification Sheet
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Form factor | Slide |
| Operating System | Symbian OS (9.1) + Series 60 Third Edition |
| GSM frequencies | 850/900/1800/1900 MHz |
| CPU | ARM-926 @ 220 MHz |
| GPRS | Yes, class 10 |
| EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM... (EGPRS) |
Yes, class 11 |
| UMTS/WCDMA (3G 3G 3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union... ) |
2100 MHz |
| WLAN Wireless LAN A wireless local area network links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method , and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network... |
Yes (and UPnP), 802.11b/g supported |
| Main screen | TFT TFT LCD Thin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing... Matrix, 262,144 colors, 352 × 416 pixels |
| Camera | Front 0.3 Megapixels, 2× digital zoom & Rear 3.85 Megapixels CMOS CMOS Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor is a technology for constructing integrated circuits. CMOS technology is used in microprocessors, microcontrollers, static RAM, and other digital logic circuits... w/LED flash, 20× digital zoom (5× in video rec.) |
| Video recording | Yes, MPEG-4 MPEG-4 MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC... Simple Profile at CIF Common Intermediate Format CIF , also known as FCIF , is a format used to standardize the horizontal and vertical resolutions in pixels of YCbCr sequences in video signals, commonly used in video teleconferencing systems. It was first proposed in the H.261 standard.CIF was designed to be easy to convert to PAL or NTSC... and H.263 at QCIF (max. clip length 2 hours) |
| Multimedia Messaging | Yes |
| Video calls | Yes |
| Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC) | Yes |
| Java support | Yes, MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 |
| Built-in memory | 40 MB |
| NAND Memory | 128 MB |
| SDRAM Memory | 43 MB |
| Memory card slot | Yes, MiniSD, 2 GB Max. |
| 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... |
Yes, 1.2; Profiles supported: Basic Printing, Generic Access, Serial Port, Dial-up Networking, Headset, Handsfree, Generic Object Exchange, Object Push, File Transfer, Basic Imaging, SIM Access, and Human Interface Device |
| Infrared | Yes (The Infrared feature was missing from the Nokia N70 and due to demand it was put back onto the N80) |
| Data cable support | Yes |
| Browser | WAP Wireless Application Protocol Wireless Application Protocol is a technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network.A WAP browser is a web browser for mobile devices such as mobile phones that uses the protocol.Before the introduction of WAP, mobile service providers had limited opportunities to offer... 2.0 XHTML XHTML XHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written.... /HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... |
| Yes | |
| Music player | Yes, stereo |
| Radio | Yes, stereo, visual |
| Video Player | Yes |
| Polyphonic tones | Yes, 48 chords |
| MP3 ringtones | Yes |
| HF speakerphone | Yes |
| Offline mode | Yes |
| Battery | BL-5B (3.7 V, 890 mAh) |
| Talk time | 3 hours |
| Standby time | 192 hours |
| Weight | 134 g (4.7 oz) |
| Dimensions | 95.4×50×26 mm |
| SAR Specific absorption rate Specific absorption rate is a measure of the rate at which energy is absorbed by the body when exposed to a radio frequency electromagnetic field; although, it can also refer to absorption of other forms of energy by tissue, including ultrasound . It is defined as the power absorbed per mass of... -Rating |
0.68 W/kg, 0.48 W/kg |
| Availability | Q1(2)/2006 |
| Else | QuickOffice QuickOffice Quickoffice is a productivity suite for mobile devices which allows users to view, create and edit text files, presentations and spreadsheets. It consist of Quickword , Quicksheet and QuickPoint . The programs are compatible with Microsoft Office.Quickoffice is commonly used in smartphones and PDAs... office suite / Nokia Mini Map Browser |
Internet Edition
The Nokia N80 Internet Edition is a new version of this handset with the same hardware as the normal N80. It has been released in Q4 of 2006 and is available in Patina Bronze or Pearl Black, and has the following additional software included. As of January 2007, the Pearl Black model is available for sale in the US for $499- Flickr
- 'Download!' App management
- Internet Telephone – SIP VOIP Frontend
- WLAN Wizard
Nokia have now announced that the new Internet Edition firmware is available for the 'classic' N80 by using Nokia Official Software Updater, downloadable from Nokia.com.
Before the Internet Edition firmware was made available on the Nokia Software Updater, end users could update the N80 to the same specification as an N80 Internet Edition by flashing the N80 with the firmware from the N80 Internet Edition .This required the use of several hacked Nokia servicing software applications, including the Phoenix Service Software (or Nokia Software Update with Nemesis (by changing product code)). This method is of questionable legality in some jurisdictions, and may violate the terms of the phone's warranty. There are reports of the occasional failure of this method due to user error or for other unknown reasons, leaving the phone in an unusable state from which only a properly-equipped service center could recover it.
External links
Reviews
- Review by MobileReview.com
- Review by GSM Arena
- Review by MobileBurn.com
- Review by All About Symbian
- Review by PhoneArena.com
- Reviews by CNETCNETCNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...
: Asia, Australia U.S.A.